[Wactclc-alma] Flailing Around : Seven Questions

[Kitchens, Rhonda]

Thank you.  I now at least have John's login for the moment.  I am trying to figure out the EBSCO eBook thing. I thought I sort of grasped it.  I do not  believe I did. I see there's been some cases.  I will review them. 

Stuck between the "history of things" and trying to pick up practical knowledge I need now while kind of going under water for periods of time.

I had some thought that I could use my Thanksgiving time off to catch up.

No.

In fact, it served to confuse me more.  



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From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> On Behalf Of Guidry, Wade
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 9:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Flailing Around : Seven Questions

Rhonda,

Regarding SalesForce, ask John or Tim to open a SalesForce case to request a SalesForce account for you, as a new library staff membe.r


Wade Guidry
WACTCLC
Library Consortium Services Manager
wadeg at bigbend.edu 
http://www.wactclc.org
509.760.4474


-----Original Message-----
From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Kitchens, Rhonda
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 2:21 PM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Flailing Around : Seven Questions

I am not going to be at the meeting. I have spent a substantial period of time reviewing ALMA essentials and related tutorial information in an effort to get certification. I am really starting a zero on this. ?



1)  Is there anything really important to do and communicate about the PRIMO VE and when will that take effect?


2)  My EBSCO ebooks are not showing up in the PRIMO search.  I believe I figured out how to do this. But then I questioned if the Bib records may have been suppressed. While I was in the electronic resource section, how can I tell what my EBSCO subscription is and if it will get me say..the Classic eBooks.  And I don't understand this form.  What is the Level URL? What does Bib Suppressed really mean? Will it show up in a PRIMO title search if the bib is not suppressed?  On the Full Text Service,  Are those top things checked correct? What "active until date" does one select?

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3)   The Resource management portion of ALMA Essentials is particularly oblique to me.  In the real world of daily or monthly tasks - how/what does one do with "creating sets, running, and monitoring jobs"?  I need it translated into real world tasks one might do to understand it.  The context eludes me.


4)  In all of these tutorials, what phrase am I looking for that will help my toggle search results in terms of preferences?  As in, if I want to weight one resource over another?


5) In the meetings, Sales Force is frequently mentioned.  I am not sure what the connection to Sales Force is.  Is that Ex Libris's help center? Are there charges or other issues when using live help?  I don't know my sign in to start a case. Where do I get that?


6) Where is the Resource Management Wizard?


Which may lead to:  How can I tell what tutorials are up to date in ExLIbris Knowledge Center?


7) AND finally -- what do I really need to know in terms of the Knowledgebase to get my electronic collection organized and up to date?  What goals should I set? What recurring tasks should I do?










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