2025 EBSCO User Group

An experimental FOLIO backend module, edge-ai, utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Claude to automate the creation and enhancement of inventory records and other workflows using Apache Airflow. This presentation will demonstrate the functionality of edge-ai, incorporating feedback from cataloging and other staff regarding their experiences using LLMs in their work.

Join us for a session on the latest developments in FOLIO, highlighting the new features and improvements in Ramsons (Winter 2024) and Sunflower (Spring 2025) releases. This session will delve into metadata management and lists enhancements designed to enrich user experience, streamline library workflows, and enhance system performance.
FOLIO product owners will provide a live demonstration, illustrating the practical applications and benefits of these updates.
Attendees will learn about:
• Key improvements in the Ramsons and Sunflower releases
• Enhanced functionalities and user interface updates

Oklahoma State University (OSU) Libraries recently leveraged API technologies to develop a middleware tool that enhances library operations. This tool provides integration services between FOLIO and OSU’s student information system, generating reports and offering both scheduled and unscheduled bulk editing capabilities. Redbud Reports securely accesses FOLIO APIs, gathers and filters relevant data according to user preferences, and presents it in a user-friendly format, covering overdue items, user-related information, circulation, and inventory details. This presentation will demonstrate how consortium members submit report requests and specifications, highlighting the collaborative development process between librarians and developers. We will also provide an overview of the reporting system and its processes, discussing its functionality and the benefits it brings to member libraries.

Worcester State University wanted an ERM to better manage its electronic resources. While implementing the FOLIO ERM stand-alone in fiscal year 24, we discovered something extra in the acquisition module. We will share what we discovered during the implementation process as we learned what the Acquisition could do to help manage multiple aspects of the library's budget.

Discover how MOBIUS has revolutionized patron account management in FOLIO with an innovative automated process.
In this session, we’ll explore how MOBIUS transitioned from Sierra’s scheduler software to FOLIO while maintaining compatibility with existing file formats. Instead of requiring libraries to overhaul their workflows, we developed a seamless solution that converts text files of patron data into JSON format, enabling integration with FOLIO’s mod-user-import API.
Key Highlights:
• Automated Integration: Our solution leverages the mod-user-import module to create and update user records daily. The script runs automatically at 1:00 AM, importing patron data for 50 libraries, with scalability for additional libraries as requested.
• Comprehensive Web Interface: Empower help desk staff with tools to:
o Monitor metrics and review import history.
o Identify failed records and manage patron groups.
o Configure email notifications for import outcomes.
• Technical Implementation Insights: Learn about the use of the POST /user-import endpoint to streamline user data imports.
• Detailed Metrics: See how MOBIUS provides robust metrics on user import outcomes, ensuring transparency and efficiency.
Why Attend?
This session demonstrates how automation can enhance efficiency while maintaining flexibility for participating libraries. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how MOBIUS ensures FOLIO’s patron management processes remain robust, transparent, and user-friendly.

How does a consortium of 60+ libraries based on a shared ILS platform and a resource sharing system handle disruptive change? Perhaps more importantly, why would you do this in the first place? In many ways it is like turning a battleship. Also, many of these new and essential products are either in development (Locate and OpenRS) or are architecturally new (FOLIO ECS) so providing feedback and testing is all part of the mix. Large, diverse, and geographically dispersed, how do you help lead your membership on his new adventure, so they engage with you throughout the process, so they feel like they have an ownership interest in its success? Come and learn from us on what went right, what went wrong, and what we would do differently during our 2-year odyssey into the brave, new world of open-source software.

Learn how FOLIO Enhanced Consortia Support is evolving to meet the requirements of a wider variety of system models. Gain insights and offer feedback on specific enhancements being made in the following areas: Administration and authorization, inventory and authority control, Circulation, bulk editing and reporting, and acquisitions.