2026 MII FOLIO Day
2026 MII FOLIO Day
Grand Valley State University Libraries invites you to join colleagues from Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois for MII FOLIO Day, a day dedicated to learning, collaboration, and innovation within the FOLIO Library Services Platform. MII FOLIO Day will be held on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at the Mary Idema Pew Library on Grand Valley’s Allendale, MI campus. Opening remarks will begin at 10 am.
The 2026 MII FOLIO Day will bring together FOLIO community members for presentations, discussions, and hands-on conversations focused on improving and streamlining workflows with FOLIO, innovative implementations across library operations, locally developed add-ons and apps that extend FOLIO’s functionality, and collaborative solutions across departments, institutions, and consortia.
The day will also feature breakout sessions, functional-area discussions, and an opening presentation from EBSCO Information Services.
Event Information
- Registration: Closed
- Attendees: 70 people have registered to attend, representing 2 organizations (EBSCO and MCLS) and 13 colleges and universities.
- Lunch: Provided by EBSCO Information Services
- Location: The Mary Idema Pew Library on the Grand Valley State University Valley Campus.
- Parking: Parking is available in Lots H1 and H2; no permit is required. Handicapped parking requires a valid placard or license plate and is available in Lot KC.
- Restrooms:
- Single-gender restrooms are available on each floor near the southwest side. On the first floor, restrooms are next to GV Brew. On floors 2-4, these are located by the computer tables. In the Atrium, restrooms are located behind the central stairwell.
- Accessible, gender-inclusive restrooms are located on the Atrium level in rooms LIB 017 and LIB 027.
- Wellness Rooms: A room for nursing mothers is located on the Atrium level in LIB 016.
Agenda
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
- Registration and Coffee in LIB 030
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
- Welcome and Opening Remarks - Melanie Shell-Weiss, Dean, GVSU University Libraries and Art Museum
- FOLIO Update - Greg Padilla, Director of SaaS Innovation at EBSCO
10:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Break - get more coffee, say hello to colleagues, and catch your breath.
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. : Breakout Session 1
- Licenses to Lending: Setting up and using the ERM at UChicago - Jessica Harris and Clara Fehrenbach, University of Chicago
- INN-Reach: You've got questions, we may have answers - Jackie Licalzi (MCLS), Katie Mostush (GVSU), Alex Smith (GVSU), Erin Weller (MSU)
- FOLIO Linked data cataloguing and best practices - Alvaro Lopez and Christine Schultz, EBSCO
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Lunch and Tours - eat, and then explore the Mary Idema Pew Library and the tree-filled Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. : Breakout Session 2
- FOLIO integration with Atlas products for resource access - Clara Fehrenhach and David Larsen, University of Chicago
- From Create Lists to ListApp and beyond: Leveraging LDP, MetaDB, API, and SQL in the transition from Sierra to FOLIO - Lucas Mak and Dao Rong Gong, Michigan State University
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- Break - Catch up with old and new friends!
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. : Breakout Discussions
- ERM workflows
- FOLIO training and custom training modules
- Circulation functions
- Resource access - integrations with other systems
- Lists and Tasks Apps
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Break - Collect your thoughts from the day. What ideas do you have for your own work?
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Closing remarks - Thanks for making the 2026 MII FOLIO Day a success!
Questions about the 2026 MII FOLIO Day? Contact Patrick Roth: [email protected]