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Campus Compilations of News Releases
February 2021 - UC Library Search is Coming!
Finalize in EUOS to deliver to local teams: Feb 1
Target release to audiences: Feb 16
Content theme: UC Library Search is Coming! (and it will replace Melvyl) - basic intro
Target audience: Broad (all faculty, staff, students)
Initial Webpage launch? (CDL level)
March 2021 - Melvyl is Retiring!
Finalize in EUOS: March 1
Target release between March 8 - March 19 (should get to individual campuses 1-2 weeks prior) - avoid Spring Break week March 22-26
Draft language of message 2 in Google DocContent theme: Why is Melvyl retiring? Why is UC Library Search better?
Release visual identity with a wordmark
Target audience: Faculty/Grad students (Melvyl users)
April 2021 - UC Library Search, One Library (also, pickup anywhere)
Finalize in EUOS: March 29
Target release: April 12
Content theme: TBD… maybe we will be able to say something about features of UC Library Search? Also… for campuses not already on Alma/Primo, additional messaging?
Something like this? (for schools new to Alma/Primo)
May/June 2021 - What do you need to do to prepare for [Melvyl’s] retirement?
Finalize in EUOS: April 12
Target May 3 (last message for semesters and law schools, instruction ends May 7)
- Another example (from CARLI)
Content Theme: More detailed messaging about the “switch” and the timeframe
Target audience: BroadFaculty before they leave campuses
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June/July 2021
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Finalize in EUOS: May 17
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Target: June 1 (last message for quarter schools, instruction ends June 4)
Content theme: More detailed messaging about the “switch” and the timeframe
Target audience: Broad
- Service Alerts
Target: Moving target - will depend campus to campus on cutover and service outage plans.
Target audience: Broad
News Release 5 Content
Content Theme: Service Alerts… What services will change or be interrupted with cutover?
Local teams work: Work with your local IC teams to determine what
Actual TIME of go-live on July 27
Any service outages (example: https://library.ucr.edu/about/news/new-catalog-launch-and-service-alerts )
Will local campuses have their own website FAQ pages?
July 2021 (Service Alerts)
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Finalize in EUOS: June 21
Target: July 6 or whenever it makes sense
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Service Alert Changes
July 2021 (GO LIVE)
Finalize in EUOS: July 13
Target: July 27
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