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Very New to ALMA - Bob Harrison - 07-21-2020
Hello Everyone,
I am Robert Harrison from Thomas Nelson Community College, and I have been given cataloging and circulation duties for the college while we are in this state of influx. I have viewed several training videos, and have been catching on fairly quickly. However, I would be most grateful, if I could meet attend live training either in person or online so I may learn more about the specifics of ALMA, especially running circulation reports and such. The videos are great, but I tend to pick things up quicker with a live person I can ask questions to during hands-on training.
Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.
Robert (Bob) Harrison, Distance Learning & eCampus Librarian
Thomas Nelson Community College
HarrisonR@tncc.edu
RE: Very New to ALMA - jcarrell - 07-22-2020
Hi Bob,
Can you explain more about what training you specifically need? What do you need to do in Alma that you're struggling with?
Jacqueline
RE: Very New to ALMA - Bob Harrison - 07-22-2020
(07-22-2020, 09:07 AM)jcarrell Wrote: Hi Bob,
Can you explain more about what training you specifically need? What do you need to do in Alma that you're struggling with?
Jacqueline
Hi Jacqueline,
I am basically looking to learn how to run and print reports, especially circulation reports. For instance, I would like to run reports on overdue and lost items and I would like to sort them by type of resources such as laptops, hotspots, and calculators. I would like to set up this report/job to run automatically if I can.
Bob
RE: Very New to ALMA - jcarrell - 07-22-2020
Hi Bob,
I can help with that. Have you already viewed the introductory Alma training videos on Analytics and played around with it?
Here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Alma_Essentials/Alma_Essentials_-_English/I_Alma_Analytics
Here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Alma_Administration_Certification/Analytics
And then if you really want to go deep...here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Extended_Training/Presentations_and_Documents_-_Analytics
Send me an email at jcarrell@pvcc.edu, and we can set up Zoom call, if you'd like. I've got several automatic circulation reports set up. If you can include the specific details of the reports you need, I can work on them ahead of time and use those as examples.
Jacqueline
RE: Very New to ALMA - Bob Harrison - 07-22-2020
(07-22-2020, 10:17 AM)jcarrell Wrote: Hi Bob,
I can help with that. Have you already viewed the introductory Alma training videos on Analytics and played around with it?
Here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Alma_Essentials/Alma_Essentials_-_English/I_Alma_Analytics
Here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Alma_Administration_Certification/Analytics
And then if you really want to go deep...here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Extended_Training/Presentations_and_Documents_-_Analytics
Send me an email at jcarrell@pvcc.edu, and we can set up Zoom call, if you'd like. I've got several automatic circulation reports set up. If you can include the specific details of the reports you need, I can work on them ahead of time and use those as examples.
Jacqueline
Hi Jacqueline,
I have viewed the videos and I think I just figured it out. I still would like to go over it with you if I could. Basically, I needed a report that showed overdue and lost items that have not been returned since March when the COVID shutdown started.
Bob
RE: Very New to ALMA - jcarrell - 07-22-2020
Sure, send me an email, and we'll set up a time.
Jacqueline