{"id":23922,"date":"2021-05-25T13:50:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=23922"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:32","slug":"library-system-overhaul-happening-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/25\/library-system-overhaul-happening-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Library system overhaul happening in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg\" alt=\"laptop with images of books on the screen\" class=\"wp-image-15033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg 450w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-186x140.jpg 186w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-266x200.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>(copyright 123RF)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An upcoming overhaul of the platform that allows you to find, request, and borrow materials will be bringing some changes to library services and interfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current technology, which is more than thirty years old, is out-of-sync with modern computing standards, and doesn&#8217;t meet the needs of a large collection that includes an expanding variety of materials and formats, from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.umich.edu\/databases?filter.type=Video\">streaming video<\/a>&nbsp;to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.umich.edu\/about-us\/news\/new-acquisition-book-be-savored\">book made of cheese<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After many months of preparation, the library is approaching the final stage, which requires the migration of the library\u2019s entire catalog \u2014 more than 12 million items \u2014 into the new platform. This migration will begin around mid-June 2021 and will take up to six weeks to complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the process, you&#8217;ll be able to find, borrow, and request materials as usual, but we won&#8217;t be able to update the catalog. Items that arrive while the migration is underway, and requests for new items, will be processed after the changeover.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.umich.edu\/about-us\/news\/coming-soon-library-system-overhaul\">Read the rest of the article<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An upcoming overhaul of the platform that allows you to find, request, and borrow materials will be bringing some changes to library services and interfaces. The current technology, which is more than thirty years old, is out-of-sync with modern computing standards, and doesn&#8217;t meet the needs of a large collection that includes an expanding variety of materials and\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/25\/library-system-overhaul-happening-in-june\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[640],"class_list":["post-23922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-projects-services","tag-library"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-186x140.jpg",186,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-266x200.jpg",266,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-450x300.jpg",450,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",333,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"An upcoming overhaul of the platform that allows you to find, request, and borrow materials will be bringing some changes to library services and interfaces. 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