Cutover to PrimoVE is Monday, Jan. 9, 2023

[tcassidy]

Hello all,
The first available cutover date for PrimoVE is Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.

On that day, the Ex Libris implementation team and System Office staff will test the live VE interfaces, and we need college staff to please help us test as well in order to be certain that all features function as expected for all 23 instances, specifically:

• Do existing Quicksearch direct links redirect to VE?
  
• Do all the menu links on the VE interface work?
  
• Does login to Primo My Account work? Are any saved records still there? Please note that saved searches will not migrate from the current Primo to PrimoVE. Saved records, however, will be copied over.
  
• Does basic and advanced search work as expected?
  

I'll share instructions for reporting problems at cutover as we get closer to  the date.

Although our current Primo links will automatically redirect to Primo VE on January 9, colleges will need to do the following in the days after cutover, sometime before February 28, 2023:

1. Update any code for embedded Primo search boxes on your library website, LibGuides, etc. according to Primo VE terminology and parameters. For more information, see Creating a Search Box With Deep Links to Primo VE.
   
2. Update the Primo direct links on your library website, Libguides, etc. to point to the new Primo VE URL (New URLs will be shared with college technical contacts before cutover).
   
3. Update your third-party vendors to point to your Primo VE OpenURL base (This only applies to libraries with local e-resources; OpenURL details will be shared with the appropriate technical contacts before cutover).
   

-Tara

[mhanlin]

Is there a way to do this before January 9th which is the first day of class for most schools? If something doesn't work as anticipated usage of primo will be much higher than it is during intersession.

[tcassidy]

Thanks, I'm sorry, not sure how we missed that. We saw colleges starting the following week. 1/9 would be the earliest, based on availability of System Office staff and vendor support.

As always, we see a variety of intersession end / spring start dates, so please help us plan for cutover at the best time for your college library. I'll send a quick poll.