Hours, logos, etc

Since the last post...

• More hours adjustments for the new semester and labor day
• Some of the database which have branding logos have been changed over to the new logo. I've contacted publishers for help, and some have already responded. EDS will be more complex since that requires EBSCOAdmin access.
• Google Scholar instructions added to the website. It appears to be working well enough, but our library links don't appear in GS automatically on campus by IP address. Oh well.
• Added new updated YouTube videos for Interlibrary Loan and Off-Campus Access. More could be made
• made small edits to our to YouTube page so that it has at least some background. Can be changed.
• A web page for the upcoming reference workshops will be made when needed

New Semester Stuff

Various changes have been made to the library website for the new semester:

• It is not possible to get editing website for all librarians. I will do the editing for us, but it may be possible for us to have one more OmniUpdate user if needed
• A new ULM logo was unveiled on Aug. 12th. I now have a set of the new logos, and I'll begin replacing the old ones on our site and databases soon
• Hours adjusted for intersesssion / summer
• New hours added to schedule online
• All library item links residing on ~name domains have been removed, which includes tutorial files, subject guides, etc. If you want yours added, email it to me and I'll add it to the site.
• The Guides and Tutorials has been re-done, so only items you-all have asked me to post are up there. I've added links to our YouTube Channel videos also. 
• Clinicalkey, New Pharmacy Database, https://ulm.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.clinicalkey.com/ , added to site

Hours, off-campus page

• The hours have been changed to summer session after the Independence Holiday
• the Off-Campus Access page picture has been changed to show the new off-campus login page

Hours, ILL, Google Scholar...

• Updated holiday hours now show on the website's left-hand sidebar; will later be changed after the break
• New image instructions for the Interlibrary Loan page, showing the new banner and fonts
• Google Scholar: still doesn't work automatically; if it does, it's often a fluke. No answers yet. But it's still functional if the user asks it to work.

More new changes

Recent changes...

• Hours updated to say we'll be opening at 7am on July 2nd.
• New ILLIAD page look-- it has a banner simialr to what we have now, and I changed the font to match the new site
• -- through LOUIS I've found out how to edit the ILLIAD page's appearance. If we need to change it again, it can be done.
• Note: According to the computing center, even though the captial letter ULM logo is on the website, the ULM circle logo like we had before is the offical ULM logo. So that's what I plan to put on most of the databases that allow graphic customizations. Although some of them already have the capital ULM logo for consistency
• Blog  and Facebook banners updated with capital ULM logo
• Off campus access page updated to match new site
• Will the other deference librarians get website access? That is still unknown  but the outlook is not good.

Coming soon:

More work on Google Scholar. It doesn't work properly off-campus yet, but on campus it does work... but only if you tell Google to do that. It doesn't recognize ULM's IP address automatically, and I'm pretty sure it's supposed to. I've asked EBSCO support about this (EBSCO LinkSource is what makes GS work and we had to ask EBSCO to set it up for us), but I haven't heard back yet. If there's no good news by next week, I may reveal GA to the public anyway, since patrons have been asking for it for a long time.

NEW SITE DOOONNNEEEE

The new website is up!
http://www.ulm.edu/library/

Many adjustments and compromises were made over its development. Let me know if you have any concerns or questions.

The old  library site is here if you need it, but it won't be there forever:
http://www.ulm.edu/library_TEMP

KN also has a backup of the old one on her computer.


Also:
CH and KN are looking to make more adjustments to the EZproxy to allow access to more journals off-campus

New website update

New website

This past month the new website has been built,with many new pages and changes. The developing site is here:

http://www.ulm.edu/library_dev/

The home page is of course the most important page, and currently is pending approval. There have been many versions.

The latest is:
 http://www.ulm.edu/library_dev/hometest-3c.html

Some previous versions include:
http://www.ulm.edu/library_dev/hometest-3a.html
http://www.ulm.edu/library_dev/hometest-3c-2.html
http://www.ulm.edu/library_dev/home-bgtest-2d.html
http://www.ulm.edu/library_dev/home-bgtest-2.html

Library Reference Materials

The new site's Guides and Tutorials page is using the old ulm.edu/~person pages since we don't know yet how we're going to get user privileges on the site for the other librarians. Most of the old tutorials from the current page have been removed for evaluation and may of them will need to be updated before they return to the new site.

Other current web site changes:

• hours
• new HTML hours page (like on new site)
• news post about upcoming new site