ULMS Coordinating Committee Meeting- met on 9/21/18. Updates from working groups and cross-functional task forces, Shared Print Initiative (SPIRIT) & Shared Collection Development initiative. These two initiatives may have impact on resource management.
NACO training- About 16 campuses represented among NACO trainees. The CSU is now well-equipped to contribute to the NAF. The Committee recommends that the Authorities Task Force be reconvened to revisit authority work in a consortial environment and explore the use of some of the functionality in Alma in support of authority work. More updates on this forthcoming.
How-to articles
Two have been created so far. Review and provide feedback regarding best practices.
After drafting a how-to article, ask someone to follow the procedure and provide feedback.
Potential topics and creators:
How to add a local field (Luiz)
How to transfer an item record to a different bibliographic record (Eva)
How to copy catalog a book, title-by-title (Julie)
How to create a holdings record (Luiz)
How to create a portfolio (Yvonne)
How to set up prediction patterns (serials)
More ideas may come as the Committee works on the training document.
How to track progress? For creators of the suggested topics above, have draft ready for review by October 29.
Training Document
By November 12, review training document and add comments/links/edits.
Israel will edit/compose the introductory narrative.
The Committee decided to refer to this document as a training guide, rather than a training manual, as the document will outline areas of resource management competencies and will link out to our how-to articles and other training documentation.
Accession/Shelving Control Numbers in MARC21 Holdings records