[Wactclc-alma] question about ELUNA

[Thomas, Kirsti]

>From what I've seen, the Technical Seminar always takes place on the 2 days preceding ELUNA. All of the presentations at the Technical Seminar will be done by Ex Libris staff, as opposed to ELUNA where most of the presentations are by Ex Libris customers.  In some cases, Ex Libris staff offer hands-on training sessions at Technical Seminar.

I attended Technical Seminar last year and learned some incredibly useful things at most (but not all) of the sessions.  I think Technical Seminar is most helpful for new customers of Alma-Primo who are trying to figure out their way around the system.  Many of the sessions I attended complemented the implementation work we were doing with Justine and Le at the time.

Last year Technical Seminar included several in-depth training sessions on Alma Analytics that filled up quickly.  I was only able to get into the intro session.  It was useful enough that I'm considering going to Technical Seminar this year if they offer the advanced Alma Analytics session again.  That said, having attended the Technical Seminar once, I'm not sure that I would feel the need to attend again other than for the Alma Analytics workshops, but it was definitely worth going once while a new customer.

Kirsti S. Thomas
Library Technical Services Manager
Seattle Colleges
kirsti.thomas at seattlecolleges.edu


From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Herman, Amy
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 10:02
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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] question about ELUNA

I am filling out a grant application due tomorrow, to help get funds to attend ELUNA 2018.  The ELUNA website for 2018 isn't very complete yet and I'm trying to see what the cost would be.  I see a registration option to attend "Technical Seminar" as well and it looks like it's one or two days, but there's no info about what it is and exactly when it is (there's an indication it may be Monday and/or Tuesday. There is also info about Developer's Day but I'm not interested in that.   My question is, if you attended in the past, is the Technical Seminar worth it, and how long/when was it in relation to the regular conference?

Thanks!

Amy Herman
Library Faculty | Olympic College
1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337
aherman at olympic.edu<mailto:aherman at olympic.edu> | 360-475-7256



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