Spring 2024 calls will take place on selected Mondays and Thursdays 1-2 p.m. and Tuesdays 10-11 a.m. - topics scheduled in rotation. See upcoming schedule below, or past meeting topics below the YouTube embed.
| Circulation | Monday, April 22 | 1 pm |
| Analytics | Tuesday, April 23 | 10 am |
| Alma open tickets review | Tuesday, April 30 | 10 am |
| Norm Rules/Cataloging | Thursday, May 2 | 1 pm |
| E-Resources | Monday, May 6 | 1 pm |
| UI and Display (Primo) | Tuesday, May 7 | 10 am |
| LibKey Set-up and Integration | Monday, May 20 | 1 pm |
| Analytics | Tuesday, May 21 | 10 am |
| ELUNA Recap and Shareout | Thursday, May 30 | 1 pm |
| Circulation | Monday, June 3 | 1 pm |
| WACTCLC Alma training | Tuesday, June 4 | 10 am |
| LibKey Set-up and Integration | Tuesday, June 11 | 10 am |
| Forum: Fiscal Year Rollover | Tuesday, June 18 | 10 am |
April 2 - Primo Displays: Comparing other institutions' homepages, search results, and item records for elements we like
April 4 - Norm Rules and Cataloging: Fixing LDR/008 for videocassettes/DVDs, but is it worth it?
April 8 - E-Resources: Making databases searchable in Primo
April 9 - Training: Configuring Request Services in Primo, Hiding Resource Sharing Request options and Configuring Request Forms
April 15 - Alma & Primo updates and Feature release preview
April 16 - Weeding and Deselection Discussion
January 16 - Alma training
January 22 - Circulation: Anonymization and user purges
January 23 - Analytics: IPEDS reporting
January 25 - Norm Rules/Cataloging
January 29 - Primo & Alma February Feature Release
February 6 - Primo Studio
February 8 - Norm Rules: Tagging for subjects
February 12 - E-Resources: Primo Collections
February 13 - Training: Google Scholar Publishing Profile
February 26 - LibKey Set-up and Integration
February 27 - Alma open tickets review
March 11 - ER&L Conference Recap
March 12 - LibKey Set-up and Integration
March 18 - Inventory Processes
March 19 - Analytics: Reports for cleaning up configuration and Primo reports
March 25 - Circulation
March 16 -
March 14 - GALE Discovery presentation & open call Recording 1 Recording 2
March 9 - JSTOR presentation Recording
March 7 -
March 2 - ClickUp project management, patron load failures Recording
February 28 -
February 23 - Presentation recap Recording
February 21 - GALE Academic Outreach presentation Recording
February 16 - Rialto presentation Recording
February 14 - Lyrasis presentation Recording
February 9 - Kanopy presentation Recording passcode: o82&aA05
February 7 - EBSCO presentation: new UI & Panorama Recording
January 26 - Alma Analytics equipment report creation Recording
January 24 - Chat only Recording
January 19 - IPEDS Dashboard updating in real time Recording
January 17 - Working with statistics in Excel Recording
January 12 - Alma IPEDS Dashboard Recording
January 10 - Statistics & Analytics Toolkit Recording
January 5 - Inventory Recording
January 3 - Updates & News
December 8 - FOD Linking and Record Import Discussion Recording
December 1 - Creating a bib record from scratch using a pre-existing template in the MD Editor. Recording
November 17 - Activating Electronic Collections Recording
June 15, 2022 - Chat only, expiration and purge, updating Alma calendar - Recording
June 7, 2022 - Chat only - Recording
June 2, 2022 - Managing orders and invoices in ctcLink - Recording
May 19, 2022 - E-resource activation, invoices and reporting
May 10, 2022 - ELUNA keynote, institution rosters
May 3, 2022 - repopulating CZ portfolios, "claims returned," Alma to gmail issues
April 26, 2022 - Chat notes only, statistics discussion
April 19, 2022 - End of term due date, purging users, Alma-PeopleSoft integration for bills, SMS notifications
April 12, 2022 - Consortium planning, Unpaywall & PubMed, Gale usage
April 5, 2022 - Multiple CDI links, streaming media, physical circulation post-COVID
March 22 & 24, 2022 - WorldCat Discovery, Create User XML Sample File from Alma
March 15, 2022 - Linked data webinar
March 8, 2022 - Future consortium needs discussion
February 22, 2022 - Alma and Primo VE, March 2022 Releases, Database Searches in Primo VE, Disaster Recovery discussions Recording
February 15, 2022 - Harvesting External Collections into Primo VE, Discussion around Primo customization Recording
February 8, 2022 - OCLC reclamation project Recording
February 1, 2022 - Alma Release Notes, E-content Overlap Analysis, OCLC reclamation project Recording
January 11 & 18, 2022 - EBSCO Ebook Parser correction, Google Scholar info, Kanopy record imports Recording 18th
November 30, 2021 - SQL, Release Notes, CDI citations Recording
October 21, 2021 - Separating Alma from CDI, dedup and FRBR, CDI match-and-marge Recording
October 19, 2021 - Alma Inventory, Dedup and FRBR, Vaccination policies, Library hiring Recording
October 5, 2021 - Recording
September 28, 2021 - Options for managing offensive subject headings Recording
September 21, 2021 - Patron loads, Gale titles, October Release, ctcLink DG5 Recording
September 14 & 16, 2021 - Library mobile apps, COVID plans, Alma bursar integration, Gale WSL contract info
September 7, 2021 - Shelf inventory, Credo, EBSCO eBook OA
August 24, 2021 - Finding titles with different material types in Alma Recording
August 17, 2021 - RSS feeds in Alma
August 10, 2021 - Gale In Context tickets, resources for media desk circulation Recording
August 3, 2021 - Patron purges Recording
July 29, 2021 - Recording
July 13, 2021 - vendor issues with MARC records, WSL Gale Collections and Alma CZ Recording
June 22, 2021 - COUNTER5 dashboard demo
June 17, 2021 - POLs for e-resources packages, fiscal year close, Alma disruptions, tagging vs. local collections
June 8, 2021 - Subject Headings changes discussion
May 25, 2021 - June Release Notes, fiscal year rollover
May 18, 2021 - Clarivate ProQuest purchase, Primo VE resource type and display norm rules
May 4, 2021 - Gale SDL Overlap, ELUNA 2021 Keynote, ctcLink Integration Document, recent listserv discussions, recent Ex Libris Webinars
April 27, 2021 - IGeLU/NERS Content Voting Cycle, new wactclc.org site, ctcLink for DG5, recent listserv discussions, recent Ex Libris Webinars
April 20, 2021 - Alma / Primo VE May 2021 Release Notes
April 13, 2021 - Gale in Context: College and CKB / CDI release notes, Okta and Azure AD authentication, DG4 statuses
March 30, 2021 - IPEDS 2018-2019 or WACTC schools, ExLibris Webinars, New Authentication implementations (Azure AD, Okta), status of ctcLink user record integration for DG4, Alma April 2021 release, Home Page Notifications widget in Alma, SBCTC enrollment reports
Mar 23, 2021 - Self-check experiences discussion, new patron welcome letter in Alma, ctcLink requisitions and requester roles discussion
Mar 16, 2021 - Enabling 'Chat with Support' in Alma, Changes to the DOAJ collection and adjustments needed in CDI configuration, Enabling 'Report to ExLibris' ticketing tool for electronic content within Alma, Undeleting Alma Repository Records
Mar 9, 2021 - Alma / Primo Monitoring - Real-world successes, Alma UI Tips and Tricks, Link Resolver Debugging
Mar 2, 2021 - Recent topics of note, Alma / Primo March releases, CDI settings for Alma collections, reviewing legacy 'alternative coverage' activations from the PCI
Feb 23, 2021 - Schedule meetings with Wade, WACTCLC.org web site re-org, WACTCLC Acquisitions Refresher and Training Bootcamp scheduled for next 4 or 5 of our regular Thursday, 10am calls.
Feb 16, 2021 - IPEDS Dashboard, and configuring link inside of Alma; Handling taxes on Alma invoices
Feb 9, 2021 - ctcLink DG4 update, and plans for future DG's, ctcLink Finance Pillar content, ctcLink Purchasing Workflow "meta documentation" and discussion, WACTCLC.org updates coming, ExLibris Product Accessibility Statements and VPATs
February 2, 2021 - Alma Feb 2021 Release, Primo VE Feb 2021 Release, Alma / Primo official support for Internet Explorer being dropped, Creating PO Lines for existing ebook titles or ebook titles to be imported, in-product SFTP service for Alma
January 26, 2021 - SalesForce discussion, Alma browser support for IE being dropped, February Webinar Series - Implementing Acquisitions in Alma, OER librarian positions discussion
January 19, 2021 - Upcoming Webinars, CDI Publishing Profile Report, Refactoring budget lines from FMS to ctcLink (ongoing discussion), New SFTP service available within Alma
January 12, 2021 - ctcLink Integration for DG4 institutions and links to ctcLink documentation, QR Codes in Primo VE
January 5, 2021 - Alma Jan 2021 Release Notes, CKB Notes, January ExL Webinars, Import Profiles for deleting titles and inventory, Uncorrupting MARC files with MARCEdit, New Alma Essentials series available, Alma LibGuides Documentation Landing Page
Older Meeting Notes and Recordings
Directs to the archived WACTCLC Google site
The Washington Community and Technical College Library Consortium provides on-going support for the Ex Libris ILS Alma and Discovery Index Primo VE.
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