Scholars Portal Roadshow 2020
Information by event
Event | Date | Details |
Downtown Toronto University of Toronto - St. George (host) OCAD University | February 11 | Slides: http://bit.ly/TorontoSP2020 |
University of Toronto - Mississauga Campus | February 13 | Slides: http://bit.ly/UTMSP2020 |
Oshawa Ontario Tech University (host) Trent University | February 18 | Slides: http://bit.ly/OshawaSP2020 |
University of Toronto – Scarborough Campus | February 20 | Slides: http://bit.ly/UTSCSP2020 |
York University | February 25 | Slides: http://bit.ly/YorkSP20 |
Ryerson University | February 27 | |
Niagara (online) Brock University McMaster University | March 12 | |
University of Ottawa (online) | April 30 | |
Carleton University (online) | May 1 | |
Lakehead University (online) | May 6 | |
Northern Universities (online) Algoma University Laurentian University Nipissing University | May 22 | |
Western University (online) | June 1 | |
University of Windsor (online) | June 4 | |
TUG (online) University of Guelph University of Waterloo Wilfrid Laurier University | June 15 | |
Kingston (online) Queen's University Royal Military College | June 19 |
Information by topic
Presentation Title | Details | Summary |
What is Scholars Portal | Presented at 7 out of 15 events by the Client Services Librarian | Brief overview of each of the SP services Recording of the Scholars Portal 101 webinar: http://bit.ly/SP101webinar |
How Scholars Portal Works | Presented at all 15 events by the Client Services Librarian and Scholarly Resources Librarian | This section looked at how the moving pieces of Scholars Portal fit together, the work of the Scholars Portal team, and how OCUL members can learn more and get involved. |
Scholars Portal During COVID | Presented at 8 of the online events by the Client Services Librarian | Summary of changes to and continuity of SP’s services during the pandemic, including service changes, increased use of certain services, and support for OCUL members as they began to offer more and more services online. |
Dataverse | Presented at 13 events by members of the Dataverse team | Update on the Dataverse service focusing on the CANARIE grant work on the Data Curation Tool and Globus file integration, bilingual interface, and growth across Canada. |
ACE | Presented at 11 events by the Accessibility Librarian and other members of the Client Services Team | Overview of the ACE service focused on the development of the ACE staff portal, the work towards including community-scanned books on the portal, and opportunities for collaboration. |
DuraCloud Canada and the OLRC | Presented at 10 events by members of the DuraCloud project team | Overview of the OLRC and description of the new DuraCloud project funded by a CANARIE grant, which will provide a significant upgrade to the cloud storage service. |
SP & Alma: Working Together | Presented at 9 events by SP staff leading the integrations with RACER and content services | Overview of the work being done to ensure SP services can work well with Alma. The exact content changed over the weeks as Alma developments progressed. |
Linked Data Projects | Presented at 9 events by Metadata Librarians | Introduction to Linked Data concepts and description of the projects planned and underway at Scholars Portal. |
Ask a Librarian | Presented at 5 events by the Virtual Reference Librarian and other members of the Client Services Team | Overview of the Ask service including updates on new members, the texting service, and findings from the chat transcript research project. |
Permafrost | Presented at 5 events by the Digital Preservation Librarian | Overview of the Permafrost service, specifically covering the developments and growth during the service’s first full year. |
GeoPortal | Presented at 4 events by the Metadata Librarian in charge of geospatial metadata | Overview of the GeoPortal and its development over time, including new collections and formats and the ever-growing size of geospatial data. Specifically, the presentation highlighted the aging infrastructure and discussed the work being done to investigate a renewal or redevelopment of the portal. |
Publishing Services | Presented at 3 events by the Digital Projects Librarian and the Web Services and Discovery Librarian | Overview of Scholars Portal’s hosted OJS and OMP services, focusing on recent technical upgrades and new local load process for OJS journals. |