Question | Answer | Notes |
|---|---|---|
What is happening to Melvyl? | The name “Melvyl” will be retired. The Worldcat Discovery search tool that the UCs currently use will also be retired. | Local campuses might want to redirect their campus Melvyl to Primo so that they don’t simply see an error page. |
What is ________? | Write for the “About” page once a name for this system is finalized. Will take language from the SILS page as well as borrow ideas from other pages like CSU-ULMS or other consortia Note: this might be front and center, and not on an FAQ page? Or maybe we do both. | |
What campuses are participating? | All 10 UC campuses plus the two regional storage facilities and the California Digital Library collections | |
What are the benefits to ________? | Summarize from value props, or link to this document | |
Can I search a specific set of campuses (example: UCB, UCD, UCSC; or UCB, UCLA, UCI)? or a specific campus only? | Discovery | |
When will _______ be available? | _____ will go live on July 27, 2021. | |
Are borrowing policies changing? Check out period? Number of items checked out? Are fines being standardized? | Fulfillment | |
What types of resources will be included in _____? (Books, articles, ebooks, video, images, audio, etc?) | You will be able to find books (print and online), articles, video…. | Discovery Q: locally held ebooks - will these display in the network zone? Or will they display and then show up as unavailable? |
Will I need to change my password to log-into the catalog if I want to save my catalog searches? | ||
What is happening to xxx (Roger, Library Search, Oskicat, etc. [individual campus catalogs])? | Individual campus catalogs will be replaced by _____. | This question will apply only to campuses moving to Alma/Primo for the first time. For campuses already on Alma/Primo, it will be that their local catalog will now do more. |
Can I get an ebook through ILL? | Fulfillment Also… will this still be called “ILL” if we are borrowing from the network? | |
How will I order a book from another UC Library with _______? | Discovery and Fulfillment - what will this process look like to end users? When this is finalized, we will use screen capture | |
How will I order an article from other UC Library with ________? | Discovery and Fulfillment - what will this process look like to end users? When this is finalized, we will use screen capture | |
How do I interlibrary loan an item not owned by any UCs? Will I be able to easily submit the request through Worldcat? | Discovery and Fulfillment Also… where will Worldcat be? Will we call it Worldcat? | |
Does this mean I will be able check out books from other UC Libraries if I go there (physically)? | Fulfillment? Patron Data? |
Refer to End-user hat doc