I-SPIE Blog

ULMS Resource Sharing Testing

January 26, 2017

Hello,

It was nice to be able to see many of you recently at the ExLibris Workshops held in Fullerton. Those of you who attended the third day were able to see an overview of the resource sharing workflow. The Resource Sharing Governance Task Force, GTF, is now planning to host a series of testing sessions with each individual campus to provide everyone a chance to do a “live” run through of the resource sharing process. In order for this to be possible, Megan Drake from ExLibris, will be setting up the necessary configurations to enable resource sharing at each

New Statistics Form

January 24, 2017

The Statistics Committee has created a new form for this year's statistics. This form adds a few new questions and is in a new format. Please fill out the form for the 2015-2016 fiscal year by February 3rd because this information will help the GTF configure the initial Resource Sharing ROTAs in Alma.

The form can be accessed at this link This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. or by filling out the form below. Corey Schroeder was kind enough to copy all the questions from the form and create a document for people to refer to while finding the information for the survey. His document is available here: Survey Doc This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

Website Statistics 2016

January 9, 2017

The "new" website has grown a bit since it launched in fall 2015. Relevant content from previous websites has been migrated, many updates have been posted, and more and more people are visiting the website. Between August and December 31st, 2015, the website was viewed 911 times. In 2016 the website was viewed 6,221 times total. June was the most popular month with 1,118 views, possibly because everyone was getting ready for the I-SPIE conference in Fresno. The homepage was the most visited page, probably because all the updates are posted there, with 1,348 views. The next highest viewed page

Stress Relief at the Kennedy Library

December 13, 2016

By Christopher Lee

All of us at Cal Poly SLO have received a lot of questions about the stress relief programs at the Kennedy Library. We currently have two programs providing stress relief to two different demographics. The Take5 program, formerly known as Stressbusters, provides activities for our library patrons to unwind after a long day of classes and homework. We also have the Sunshine Committee to plan activities to help the other group that spends all day at the library: library faculty and staff.

Take5

College is stressful. According to the American College Health Association, over 80% of college students

Revised Resource Sharing Policy Recommendations

December 2, 2016

Thank you everyone who filled out the Resource Sharing Policies Survey. The Resource Sharing Governance Task Force (GTF) has revised their policy recommendations to the Council Of Library Deans using input from the survey. You can read the policies here This link will take you to an external website in a new tab., on the GTF I-SPIE page This link will take you to an external website in a new tab., or on the GTF Confluence page.

Resource Sharing Policy Recommendations

November 10, 2016

The Governance Task Force (GTF) has written a draft of CSU wide ILL policies. We would like input on the policies before we submit the final draft to COLD for discussion between the library deans. Please review the document linked below and fill out this short survey by November 23rd to express any ideas or concerns.

Proposed CSU Resource Sharing Policies This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

I-SPIE Item Policy Survey Results

October 27, 2016

Hello Everyone: Here are the results of the I-SPIE Item Policy Survey. These are the current policies used by I-SPIE libraries, as we approach Alma implementation these may all change.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BxL_HSUr6ltR5N_mhfWtAeuVwYhnIFZ9aKDrApuLiTk/pubhtml/sheet?headers=false&gid=503877982 This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

The 2017 I-SPIE Conference will be at...

August 25, 2016

Hello I-SPIE:

Thank you everyone who filled out the conference location survey! After 37 unanimous and anonymous responses I think it is safe to say that the conference will be held at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this year! Everyone here at Cal Poly is excited to host and we have a wonderful Conference Planning Committee of I-SPIEers, and helpful Cal Poly staff volunteers, assembled so we should have more updates for you soon!

GTF Item Policy Survey

August 25, 2016

Hello I-SPIE:

In order to make sure everything is tested in Alma the Governance Task Force (GTF) developed a short survey on how long every institution lends different material types. The answers to this survey will help with testing and possibly for recommendations of shared policies. The results of the survey will be posted on the statistics page.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjJ3bowrNmH1GuyfKiMf1YG4rwdEYjObTr8Jf65uxeFg-Kiw/viewform This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

Vote for the I-SPIE 2017 Location!

August 3, 2016

At this I-SPIE conference Cal Poly San Luis Obispo was the only school that signed up to host this years conference. We already have approval from our library administration to host. Normally we would wait for the Steering Committee to approve us, but we really want to get started on making hotel arrangements since this is a tourist town and they fill up fast and early. Please fill out this survey to say if you want us to host or if you want to volunteer instead!

The voting is now closed and the conference will be at California Polytechnic State University at

Conference Survey

July 25, 2016

Please fill out this survey on your thoughts about the 2016 I-SPIE Conference in Fresno.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8Q63UU3r8l7qfvEqGHFpu4X5RPSHMoec9FM8WwZTOF-YceQ/viewform This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

I-SPIE Committee Signups!

July 20, 2016

If you want to be on an I-SPIE committee and didn't sign up at the Fresno conference you can sign up here!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNJWFtXdkH9HlcW2NY9GlmGqhycWQOGdaP4wf9fAhI2_dCXA/viewform This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

I-SPIE Conference Menu

June 28, 2016

With only a few short weeks to go the catering menu This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. is available for you to view. As with any post about the conference the menu will also be placed on the 2016 conference page This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.. See you at I-SPIE!

Update to COLD

June 3, 2016

In late April Cyril Oberlander, Dean of Humboldt University Library and I-SPIE liaison to COLD, gave a report to the rest of the deans updating them on our activities. The report contained some newer information that might not be widely known in our consortia. This includes sections on the results of the ILL Policies Survey, the CSU I-SPIE Knowledge Sharing & Mentoring Program Proposal, etc. Please download the document here This link will take you to an external website in a new tab..

Conference Agenda and Map

June 1, 2016

With the conference only a month away it is a good time to mentally prepare for all the fun stuff we will learn and discuss. The Conference Committee has released a near final draft of the agenda and a map of the campus. As with all things conference related, links to these documents will also be placed on the 2016 I-SPIE Conference This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. page for easy access. See you in Fresno!

2016 I-SPIE Conference Registration

May 18, 2016

Registration for the 2016 I-SPIE Conference is officially open! The registration form is available below and on the 2016 conference page This link will take you to an external website in a new tab., which will be updated with all the information and resources for the conference as it becomes available. See you in Fresno!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepggI2F0NNZi7dO1C8RDEnvlD8VvurttNB0e-ky1S57VSmjw/viewform This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

Northridge is Hiring!

May 5, 2016

Do you know anyone who would like to be a Northridge Matador and member of I-SPIE? CSU Northridge is looking for someone to join Felicia and Darnesa as an Interlibrary Loan Assistant! If you know anyone interested please send them to the application This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.! The job ID number is: 5398.

What Do You Use For Resource Sharing?

April 6, 2016

Hello I-SPIE:

Even though we are all part of a CSU library we are not all the same. To flesh out the statistics on the website I will be sending out some short surveys to gather information. Please take a minute to share with all of I-SPIE what programs you use in Resource Sharing and Interlibrary Loan. Hopefully by sending out a few forms I can avoid bombarding everyone with constant emails!

Thank you!

Chris Lee

CPS

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebehexy5n_HHdjyzD_TWuKAWqDxyANPE6MK4grnEaiy8PPRw/viewform This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.

What I Learned at ILLiad

March 22, 2016

Last week I attended the International ILLiad Conference in Virginia Beach! Between playing Minute To Win It games, showing a snazzy poster, and chillin with Neptune I learned a thing or two about how to use certain features in ILLiad and what enhancements are coming.

ILLiad and WorldShare moving to a cloud based web app

OCLC and Atlas is looking into creating a combined cloud based web app. Very little information has been given other than they are looking into creating this new ILLiad/WorldShare hybrid. If you are interested in working on this and possibly being an early adopter of

Using Reprints Desk and Other Document Suppliers to Save Money

March 21, 2016

A little while ago I received a phone call from Darlene Nowak at San Diego State University. She knew Cal Poly, like San Diego, was using Reprints Desk to save money on copyright. Darlene thought it would be a good idea for our statistics to be shared with members of the ILL community so together we made a poster presentation This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. for the International ILLiad Conference in Virginia Beach.

This graph visualizes the difference in price between Reprints Desk and the CCC at Cal Poly SLO.

Cal Poly SLO started using Reprints Desk on August 28, 2015. To find out how