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This virtual open office hour is designed to allow library staff from any FLVC institution to “drop in” and ask questions regarding acquisitions & serials, cataloging, and managing electronic resources in Alma. FLVC staff members familiar with the functionalities of Alma will offer training and advice. Staff from other institutions are encouraged to comment and offer guidance on any issues that are discussed as well.
The open office will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, from 1:30-2:30pm ET.
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| Recording Link and Date | Subjects Covered |
|---|---|
| July 12, 2023 | May 2023 Alma Releases |
| August 9, 2023 | Collection-Level CDI settings in Primo, Loading KBART files into local electronic collection, Primo Resource Types |
| September 13, 2023 | Creating, testing, and applying a norm rule on batch and single record. Configuring local search field as facet option in Alma Advanced Search |
| October 11, 2023 | Auto-packaging Continuous Order Lines, Releasing catalog records in the Metadata Editor, Creating access fee and processing charge PO line types (Order without Inventory), How to manage PO lines for orders with print & electronic inventory. |
| November 15, 2023 | Questions regarding uploading .csv or PDF source MARC records to Alma, Journal level collections in the CZ, and ordering glitches in Rialto. Discussion on CDI activation for different types of collections. New PO line task list is now default, but users can opt out until February 2024. |
| December 13, 2023 | Installing cloud apps to Alma and basic description of functionality for "Item Updater by Excel" Cloud App. Questions about PO lines in claim in Alma (continuous PO lines, and items not received by expected receipt date). Unpaywall set up, Wiley and Springer Autoholding errors in Alma. |
| January 17, 2024 | Introducing Padlet, showing how to set up the Primo VE Feedback Tool, a licensing bug that will be fixed with the February 2024 feature release, cleaning up records with notes about an item processing status code |
| February 14, 2024 | E-resources enhancements from the February feature release, questions about the benefits and logistics of Rialto implementation and issues some schools are experiencing, and troubleshooting a POL issue |
| March 13, 2024 |
Questions about restricted availability statuses for external records, adding custom e-resource coverage dates in batch via the Portfolio Loader or Autoholdings, and bringing records for print books into an Institution Zone from the Network Zone, as well as some e-resources issues related to Springer autoholdings (now resolved), Unpaywall linking (top priority, being worked on by Ex Libris), and citation linker functionality (now resolved) |
| April 10, 2024 | Finding and activating electronic collections and portfolios in the CZ, deleting e-resources from the IZ. Ghost records in Primo VE (while Primo is re-indexing, records may linger but eventually will be removed from Primo). Discussing the cons of the "Change Physical Items Information" job when changing all items of print periodical's holdings- instead want to use "Change holdings information" job. |