Very New to ALMA

[Bob Harrison]

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

[jcarrell]

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

[Bob Harrison]

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

[jcarrell]

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..._Analytics
Here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma.../Analytics

And then if you really want to go deep...here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma..._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

[Bob Harrison]

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..._Analytics
Here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma.../Analytics

And then if you really want to go deep...here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma..._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

[jcarrell]

Sure, send me an email, and we'll set up a time.

Jacqueline