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Yesterday on May 9th, Paley Library is officially closing closed in preparation for the move to Charles Library. Along with that momentous occasion, the Library Search team released a set of important updates. For details, see the Blacklight 3/9/219 release notes.

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Behind the scenes over past couple of months, we’ve also made improvements to our indexing processes for Alma records and to our overall infrastructure. This included the introduction of Airflow and an in-depth auditing of publishing/harvesting process for Alma incremental updates. This work will continue to develop over the course of the summer (see the “TACOCAT” project details for more informationproposal for details on one project we’re working towards).

Between now and the opening of Charles Library, we will continue to coordinate our goals with the priorities for the new building, including the preparations for introduction of the ASRS and the launch of new website. We will be:

  • Updating the request functionality in the Library Search for ASRS retrievals

  • Integrating Databases A-Z and new web content into the Library Search and updating the “bento-box” display for all collections

  • Adding a basic call number browse, while starting to investigate new options for the exploration of our records and collections

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