OPAL News
OPAL Migration Meeting:
July 1 at 1 pm
Drop in for IPEDS/ACRL Office Hours
OhioLINK ICS Needs Your Input
Circulation Policy Survey
Cancelled this month
OhioNet will be closed Nov. 23 & 24 for Thanksgiving
Task Categories
Member's Guide
- Training and Mentoring
- How OPAL Works
- Getting Things Done
- Joint Subscriptions
- Quick Reference: Cataloging Manual, Circulation Manual
- Subscribe to Mailing Lists and the OPAL Updates & Tips Blog
- Have an idea that will benefit the group? Submit a Project Idea
Statistics & Reports
- Alma Analytics & Primo VE Analytics
- Circulation Activity Reports / Web Management Reports (Sierra Available through Sept 23, 2025)
- EBSCO Academic Ebook Collection Usage
- Proxy Server Usage
- Archived ACRL/IPEDS summaries & other reports
Library Systems
- Alma (LMS) and Primo VE Discovery
- CONTENTdm - OPAL Digital Collections
- Springshare - Libguides, LibApps, LibWizard
- EBSCOhost - Databases
- Weeding Helper - available until Sept. 23, 2025
OPAL Digital Collections
- Shared CONTENTdm Digital Repository - Explore original photographs, documents, and more
- How to participate & create your instance
- All OPAL Digital Collections
Support
- Questions about EZproxy, SIS loads, user authentication and record management, integrations, electronic resources, system configurations, resource sharing, data cleanup
- System status at-a-glance (proxy servers)
- Alma (LMS) & Primo VE Discovery, EBSCO, Springshare, OCLC products
- Workflow guidance and consulting
- Checklists to add/remove content or subscriptions
- How to update your calendar in Alma
- Update the OPAL directory
- Send a large file (not just for patron loads)
- Emergency Contact: 614-352-9411
