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<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;padding-left:18pt;"><a href="https://libguides.bigbend.edu/c.php?g=1189110"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;">October 19, 2021 - Inventory, FRBR and Dedup, Campus Vaccine

Policies, Library Hiring</span></font></a></div>

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<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;">Topics discussed in today's meeting.</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:18pt;">Alma Inventory</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;">The Alma inventory info page on the WACTCLC web site can be found at:</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://libguides.bigbend.edu/c.php?g=1142085&p=8595916"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"><u>Alma Inventory Tools - Documentation</u></span></font></a></div>

<div style="margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:18pt;">Dedup and FRBR</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;">To check the deduplication and FRBRization status of any two records in Alma, you can use the <b>Discovery / Dedup and FRBR Test Utility</b>:</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/090Dedup_and_FRBR_for_Primo_VE/Dedup_and_FRBR_Analysis_Tool_for_Primo_VE"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"><u>Dedup

and FRBR Analysis Tool for Primo VE - Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com documentation)</u></span></font></a></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Training/Primo_VE_Training/Additional_Primo_VE_Training/Primo_VE_Dedup_and_FRBR/PVE_DF_02-How-to-Test"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"><u>How

to Test Dedup and FRBR</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"> (3 min video)</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzFJCZw_mI"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"><u>Become an Expert on Dedup and FRBR in Primo VE</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"> (Youtube,

55 min)</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Content_Corner/Central_Discovery_Index/Documentation_and_Training/Documentation_and_Training_(English)/CDI_-_The_Central_Discovery_Index/060Match_and_Merge_in_CDI"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"><u>Match

and Merge in the CDI</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"> (Informational only, not configurable by customer)</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:18pt;">Campus Vaccine Policy Statuses and other COVID-related info (self-reported by libraries)</span></font></div>

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<li style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SYFHp451KC8l3TZawbYdI93KZYW4CVvKau0js8xnc4w/edit?usp=sharing"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><u>Fall 2021 Library Re-opening plans (as

self-reported via librarydir listserv)</u></span></font></a></li></ul>

<div style="margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:18pt;">Library Hiring</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;">A number of openings currently exist within the WACTC libraries, which I believe are all listed on the PNLA jobs page:</span></font></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><a href="https://pnla.org/jobs/"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#2954D1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;"><u>Library Jobs in Pacific Northwest – Pacific Northwest Library Association (pnla.org)</u></span></font></a></div>

<div style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;">And LWTech recently hired <a href="https://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library/staff/"><font color="#2954D1"><u>Stirling Holland-Stone</u></font></a> as

their new Library Tech II.</span></font></div>

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<div>Wade Guidry</div>

<div>Library Consortium Services Manager, WACTCLC</div>

<div><a href="mailto:wadeg@bigbend.edu"><font color="blue"><u>wadeg@bigbend.edu</u></font></a></div>

<div>(509) 760-4474</div>

<div><a href="http://www.wactclc.org/"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.wactclc.org</u></font></a></div>

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