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Alma 101
- 1:00 pm - 1:05 pm. Welcome
- 1:05 pm - 1:45 pm. Strategies for New and Seasoned Alma Administrators
- 1:45 pm - 2:25 pm. Repository Import Profiles for Resource Management Workflows
- 2:25 pm - 2:40 pm. Break
- 2:40 pm - 3:20 pm. Mapping and Managing the User Data Lifecycle in Alma
- 3:20 pm - 4:00 pm. Fall in Love with Alma Analytics
Note, schedule times are approximate. Schedule may shift slightly during the event
Strategies for New and Seasoned Alma Administrators. Tonia Graves, Old Dominion University.
Three years after Old Dominion University Libraries migrated to ProQuest Ex Libris products, I was appointed the Resource Discovery Librarian largely responsible for the configuration and maintenance of Alma. I created a strategic plan to guide me through my first year in this new role. In this breakout, I will share the highlights of my strategic plan including conducting a needs assessment, creating a SWOT analysis, and techniques for documentation.
Repository Import Profiles for Resource Management Workflows. Marcus Jun, Washington Research Library Consortium.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of Alma import profiles for physical and electronic resources. The presenter will walk through the various import functions and describe the practical implications of each. Import profiles encompass various Alma concepts and understanding them will make resource management more efficient and streamlined. Import profiles can be scheduled to automatically load Marc bibliographic records on a regular basis. Indication rules exclude records based on Marc fields and normalization rules make batch changes to bibliographic records as they are imported. When dealing with incoming and existing records, match methods specify how records match and merge rules determine how they overlay. As records are loaded physical (Marc holdings and item records) and electronic inventory (portfolios) may be created. Import profiles can also delete bib records and portfolios.
Mapping and Managing the User Data Lifecycle in Alma. Hong Ma, Loyola University; Chris Martin, Loyola University, Margaret Heller.
User data is an integral component of library services, and it usually involves multiple systems, authentication methods, and user types. Alma administrators should not only understand the data lifecycle for user information, but also have well-defined procedures for managing user data. While Alma provides a single user data model for all user types, the reality of managing and tracking these users can stretch this model in challenging ways. In this presentation, we will begin with an overview of Alma user management. We will then share our journey of establishing workflows to handle different user types such as external users, internal users, and individual staff users accounts. Our overview will include SIS load profiles, user purging, systematic management of roles and privileges for staff accounts, actions for user privacy, and other parts of the user data lifecycle.
Fall in Love with Alma Analytics. Tim Siegel, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Have you ever wanted to use Alma Analytics to learn some new and interesting fact about your Library collections? Have you ever found yourself looking for a certain bit of information you know should be there, but your search keeps coming up blank? If you answered “Yes” to any and/or all of these questions, then this session is for you. This session will cover a range of analytics processes from simple to complex, and provide a number of tips and tricks on how to optimize your analyses. Come loaded with questions, as that's what analytics aims to accomplish: provide the right answers.