GALE platform upgrades, sneak peek, webinar, info

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On Thursday July 18 2019, from 1-1:30pm, Gale will be hosting a live webinar for Maine schools and libraries. The webinar will provide a sneak peek, and an opportunity to ask questions, for the enhanced platform scheduled to go live on July 26th. The upgrade will be for Gale resources within the OneFile/Infotrac family in addition to the inContext Product family.  Other Gale resources are scheduled for upgrade later this summer, fall and winter. In addition, a number of resources will be renamed along with updated icons.(more info below)

 
 
If you cannot attend, registration is still recommended so that you can receive the link to the recording when it becomes available. Additional training sessions are being scheduled throughout the summer and into the fall.
 
For a complete list of resources to be updated, renamed, and their release date go to

https://support.gale.com/product-enhancements

Product Preview (screen shots)
https://www.gale.com/product-enhancements/preview

Overview and FAQ
https://www.gale.com/product-enhancements/overview

For ER/tech staff, the connecting urls will auto forward, although if you have EZProxy, refer to https://help.oclc.org/Library_Management/EZproxy/Database_stanzas/Gale_InfoTrac for updated info on domain changes. Gale is also working with ExLibris and EBSCO to get holdings KB/DB collections and discovery indexes updated. We will be monitoring this as well to ensure a smooth transition. More information will be shared with tech staff later this month, as needed, although you may be already receiving technical info for your library specific subscriptions.

 
If you have any questions, please contact DML staff at https://library.digitalmaine.org/about/need-assistance/ or Maine InfoNet at http://support.maineinfonet.org.