COSI EMEA Conference 2022

Thursday 7th July (Day 1)

Thursday 7th July (Day 1)

08:30 - 10:00 - Registration

13:20 - 14:00 - CloudSource: Expand your digital collections and improve the discovery experience for your users

Rick Branham, VP, Pre-Sales, Academic and Content Solutions (SirsiDynix)

Join Rick Branham, VP Content Solutions, to learn how SirsiDynix’s new content platform can transform your library’s discovery experience. CloudSource OA delivers the global body of open access (OA) content to Enterprise as a new search target, along with statistical reports and collection management tools for staff. CloudSource+ expands the collection to include closed access (licensed) content, along with an underlying knowledge base, link resolver, publication finder, and comparison reports.

14:10 - 14:50 - What's your problem: How the ULMS consortium lets patrons query their checkouts through Enterprise My Account
Nathan Scrimshaw (University of Greenwich) and Stewart Brownrigg (University of Kent)
 

A follow up to our presentation at the Enterprise subgroup meeting in December 2021, this is a more in-depth technical look at how we created a 'Report a Problem' button for checkouts, to enable patrons to report issues and queries to library staff regarding specific items.

We'll look at how we used javascript, perl and yml, on the Symphony server and in Enterprise, to add functionality to the patron account area. We'd then like to open the discussion out and explore any problems/ideas with the audience to investigate whether this custom work could be developed further, and how it can be shared with the community.

Mandie Ling, Executive Account Manager (SirsiDynix)

Do you want to increase engagement with your users?  The Community Engagement Platform (CEP) helps you to connect with your users through events and targeted, multi stage campaigns.

COSI conference attendees will be invited to join a campaign that we’ll use to walk you through the ins and outs of using CEP to promote events and your service.

15:20 - 16:00 - Customising Portfolio
Jonathan Crew (Royal College of Surgeons of England)

This presentation will focus on customising Portfolio, based around our exhibitions and upcoming oral history projects.

15:20 - 16:00 - Roadmaps: the big picture
Berit Nelson, Chief Product Officer (SirsiDynix)

Join us for a general session on SirsiDynix roadmaps. We’ll cover the general roadmap with focus on areas that are a little off the beaten path, including technology updates and products that aren’t covered in other sessions.

19:00 - 23:00 - Conference Dinner at The Queen Hotel Chester

Mario Ubink (IBFD)

When CloudSource OA was first introduced we thought it would not be suitable for a small, specialized library like ours. In this presentation I will explain why we implemented it anyway. I will also demonstrate our implementation, and share some initial usage figures.

Nicki Lake, Senior Library Relations Manager (SirsiDynix)

Join us for an update on MobileStaff and BLUEcloud Circulation.  We’ll review the latest functionality for managing users, circulation and holds.  We’ll also review using MobileStaff for self-issue.

10:20 - 11:00 - BLUEcloud Course Lists: resource list management and the academic library's role in teaching
Andy Panayiotou, Product Manager (SirsiDynix)

BLUEcloud Course Lists is a resource list management system that lets library and teaching staff work together to facilitate access to library resources to support learning and teaching. In this session, Andy will give an overview of recent and planned development work with particular focus on improvements to library staff workflows.

11:20 - 12:20 - Keynote: Artificial Intelligence: What's the story?

Dr Andrew Cox, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield University

Artificial Intelligence is predicted to have a huge impact on our way of life in the next few years. Yet its use has already been surrounded by controversy. This talk seeks to make sense of some of the "stories" that surround AI from the perspective of librarians, because directly and indirectly AI will almost certainly have major effects on library services and professional work. What is the story we want to tell about AI?

14:30 - 15:10 - BLUEcloud Mobile: the basics and more
Gary Martin, Business Development Director (SirsiDynix)

Discover the basics of BC Mobile and more! With features like Self-Service and Click & Collect you can offer your users a contactless experience. Take advantage of branding, content management, and your library's physical and electronic resources to ensure you can meet your users where they are.

15:15 - 15:45 - Do you have any books on Shelves?
Iain Gray (Royal College of Art)

The presentation will be about how we implemented various policies and procedures during the lockdowns and how we eventually welcomed back students who were in their last year but had never set foot inside the library before.

I'll give a summary of the various things we introduced during the pandemic that have carried on now that we are fully open, but the main focus will be the wayfinding tool we have trialled this year. I'll chat about how we implemented it, what work was required in Symphony/Enterprise and our discovery platform. I'll look at stats on usage and hopefully if we get enough submissions on the survey what the end users have thought about it.

15:15 - 15:45 - Symphony Data Control Product Overview
Tom Butler, Executive Account Manager and Solutions Architect (SirsiDynix)

Looking for an easier way to access, export, and edit your ILS data?  Symphony Data Control is SirsiDynix’s browser-based interface for leveraging the power of Symphony’s API selection tools. This product makes quick work of editing your Symphony tables and doesn’t require any prior knowledge of coding. Data Control extends the power of the API to a broader audience, and the granular permissions allow selected staff to run queries, while limiting edit capabilities to only authorized staff.

In this session, we will give an overview of Data Control and demonstrate what it can do for your library.