[Wactclc-alma] Flailing Around : Seven Questions

Mon Dec 2 12:03:23 PST 2019

Rhonda,

It looks like you have recently activated 4 ebsco ebook colletions (screenshot below).

I'm not sure the differences between these.

An important concern when activating collections from the CZ is to find the one that matches what you subscribe to.

If it's not clear just based on collection name or title count, a good resource is our listserv ("I subscribe to such-and-such collection, what's the best CZ equivalent"), and also George Dragich, the NW Ebsco representative, or just Ebsco support.  (Ebsco, among other vendors, seems to have a large number of package variants where the names differ only slightly.)

If I look at a title from one of these collections in Primo (https://sbctc-bigbend.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01STATEWA_BIGBEND/18d25k5/alma991656930702805) the activations seem fine, and on the Alma side everything looks accurate on the linking tab of the 'edit service' screen.

The main question is, do you need all 4 collections, and are they different.

If you can join us online tomorrow in the afternoon 1p to 3, when we talk about electronic services, we can go over some of these questions, and look at live examples.

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

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Rhonda,

I'll have to answer more completely later. But, here are some quick thoughts:

1. You can start by asking fellow staff at BBCC, where there should be some pre-existing knowledge of Alma, and what's been done at BBCC historically.

2. On that screen you captured (or any screen in Alma), go to Help / Help for this page, and you'll get descriptions of the various fields on a screen like that.

3. The top portion of that particular screen refers to the title record for the collection itself (suppress, etc), rather than the individual titles in the collection. (The behavior of the titles within the collection are more controlled under 'edit service' for the collection, from the ... menu when you are looking at the collection in an Alma search result)

4. The active from / until just refer to the anticipated subscription duration. Generally, you put the date of subscription (or first activation) in the 'from' field, and just leave the 'until' field blank (unless you know the subscription will end on a particular date, and you don't intend to renew)

About to get on a ferry, will add more later.

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

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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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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<mailto:wadeg at bigbend.edu>
http://www.wactclc.org
509.760.4474

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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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Rhonda K. Kitchens
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