Library Updates & News

New Library System is Live!

After more than two years of planning and preparation, the library’s new system is officially live! The library's website has been updated to reflect the changes, and we are working through the inevitable quirks that we expected would occur. Circulation has resumed and OhioLINK borrowing should be up and running by the end of the month. 

If you have any questions or would like a demonstration, please stop by the library! We are planning on having lots of opportunities to learn all about Primo VE. We think you will love the new system. 

The library will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025, in observance of Memorial Day.

As a member of the OhioLINK academic library consortium, CIA's Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library will be upgrading its library systems to Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE in the summer of 2025.

Important Dates:

May 23, 2025: ALL borrowing from OhioLINK and SearchOhio will be temporarily turned off. The library will also NOT be fulfilling ILL requests.

May 26, 2025: Library circulation (checking in & out items) will be paused for several weeks. Circulation is expected to resume by mid-June.

Woohoo, it's summer! ☀️ The Library's Summer Hours, start today, Monday, May 12: Come enjoy our resources and study spaces! Mondays-Thursdays: 10 AM-4 PM, Fridays: 10 AM-2 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays: Closed. 

Congratulations CIA Class of 2025! 🎉 Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off, and we couldn't be prouder of each and every one of you! Keep shining bright! 🌟 

New state-of-the-art library system coming in summer 2025 

As a member of the OhioLINK library consortium, the Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library is pleased to announce that we will be upgrading our library system software to Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE, going live in June 2025. Alma/Primo VE is state of the art systems software, and the most-used library system in U.S. academic libraries. 

This cloud-based, enterprise system software is the backbone of day-to-day library operations (acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, etc.), and generates the underlying data that drives library business decisions and reporting. The new system will provide user benefits to help students, faculty, and other library users find (and access) information critical to their learning, teaching, and research. Its user-friendly interactions will be more intuitive and similar to today’s consumer products.  Primo VE, the new user interface replacing EBSCO Discovery Service (aka EDS or Quick Search), will streamline search functions and your access to local resources and scholarly research. It will offer new and improved features and benefits for our library users: 

• Faster searching – search electronic and print resources in one search if preferred 
• Enhanced discovery -- explore automatic recommendations, citation trails, availability in multiple formats, and track requests  
• Personalized features –saves preferences, searches, citations, and export to citation management systems
• More intuitive user experience 
• Mobile friendly – a responsive user interface designed specifically for mobile devices 

The library staff has been working on this migration for the past two years and will continue to work very hard to minimize any disruption to services. However, there will be disruptions, and we will attempt to communicate those with you in a variety of places. I highly recommend that you subscribe to the library's blog for updates about this project. You can easily read only the relevant blog posts by clicking the "Library Migration" link in the subjects list.

The cutover to the new system will impact acquisitions and requests for purchases, borrowing of print materials from OhioLINK, SearchOhio, and our local collection beginning May 23, 2025.

• OhioLINK and SearchOhio borrowing will be turned off on May 23rd and will resume at the end June. 
• There will be a brief pause in the circulation of CIA Library items while we move from the old system to the new system beginning May 26th.

While we are unable to provide an exact date, we hope to resume circulation by mid-June. If you are enrolled in or teaching a summer class, we will work with you to ensure you have access to all library materials necessary for your course. If you are not enrolled in the summer semester, you will be able to check things out once we go-live in the new system and have ensured that everything is working properly. 

Please see our FAQs page for more information on those impacts. 

Training will be available to help you through the transition.  Subscribe to the blog and watch both the library's website and CIA Weekly for more information. If you have questions, please contact the library.

The library staff is very excited about this migration, and we think you’ll be pleased with this upgrade. 

CIA Gund Library BFA Week (May 5-11) Hours:

• Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
• The library will be closed Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11.

It's finals week! Relax with puzzles, playdough, sticker art, and other calm activities, and spaces at the library! Take a break and recharge your mind, your studies will thank you! 

Come by the Library on Monday, April 28th from 4pm to 7pm for some shared study time — bring any projects, assignments, or course material you want to focus on! There will be group study spaces, quiet study spaces, and snacks. The Writing + Learning Center and Library staff will be around to give feedback, help with research, and more. No registration required.