The CUNY Libraries are licensed for three premium sandboxes: 1 Network Zone sandbox and 2 Institution Zone sandboxes: 01CUNY_CC and 01CUNY_QC. (Access to the institution zone sandboxes is available to all, regardless of their campus affiliation.) The data in the sandboxes is refreshed from production twice a year, on the Sunday after the February and August Alma release on the production environments.
Alma and Primo VE sandboxes are updated with new release two weeks before the general release to production environments.
Premium Sandboxes
- Full data from selected libraries
- Up to 50% or 100K more patron records may be loaded beyond what is in production
- Up to 20% or 500K more bib records may be loaded beyond what is in production
- Data loaded from production is enriched (classification and headings), additional data is not
- Limited to 30 active/distinct users who may log in
- Email services disabled by default
- Primo VE sandbox has full representation from Alma sandboxes
- Primo VE sandbox simulates production-like results by including holdings of all members
- Alma Analytics not included in sandbox
Accessing the Premium Sandboxes
Alma
Sandbox | URL |
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SANDBOX (01CUNY_CC) | https://cuny-cc-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com |
SANDBOX (01CUNY_QC) | https://cuny-qc-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com |
SANDBOX (01CUNY_NETWORK) | https://cuny-network-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com |
Primo VE
Sandbox | URL |
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SANDBOX (01CUNY_CC) | https://cuny-cc-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_CC:CUNY_CC |
SANDBOX (01CUNY_QC) | https://cuny-qc-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_QC:CUNY_QC |
SANDBOX (01CUNY_NETWORK) | https://cuny-network-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_NETWORK:CUNY_NETWORK |
Recommendations for Sandbox Use
- Review and testing of new releases and enhancements
- Staff training and hands-on practice
- Develop new workflows
- Testing data loads
- Testing batch changes
- Integrations/API testing
- Testing changes to Primo VE interface
Other Consortial Best Practices
- CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois)
- GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (University System of Georgia)
- Orbis Cascade Alliance