What is going to happen this weekend? What will I be able to do? What can be done during the Technical Services freeze? These are all valid and reasonable questions, which I will try to address in this post. No fear, though – you will still be able to work! Starting this weekend (June 22/23), as soon as Mary Ellen completes the fiscal year roll over (after which she will notify myself), I will launch several scripts on the Acorn server in order to do the full extract of our Symphony data. This is a server-load intensive process and requires…Read more Technical Freeze Starts This Weekend – So What Can I Do??
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Learn more about Alma
Curious about how other libraries are using Alma, Primo, and Leganto? The Ex LIbris User group of North America (ELUNA) provides list serves for each of the products. ALMA (staff interface): https://el-una.org/about/mailing-lists/alma-mailing-lists/ Leganto : https://el-una.org/about/mailing-lists/leganto-email-list/ Primo (public interface): https://el-una.org/about/mailing-lists/primo-email-list/
What are they talking about?
Are you hearing discussions about Alma and Primo and think that people are speaking a completely new language? Well, they are! But help in understanding it is just a click away. ExLibris has an excellent glossary on their Knowledge Center site here: Alma Glossary You can go to a particular term and see a definition and then click on links at the end to see more detailed information. Give it a try! Look up “Fulfillment”, “Community Zone” or “Metadata editor”. Or get really crazy and look up “Selective package”! Bookmark the link to the glossary and have fun learning the…Read more What are they talking about?
2017 Library Checkouts Overview
In Year 2017, the library checked out 124,570 items to faculty, graduate students, undergrads, and Vanderbilt community, that’s 341 items a day! Most checked out titles The most checked-out individual titles in 2017 are: HD30.22 .F76 2016, in Management Library, Managerial economics : a problem solving approach, checked out 151 times during the year. Come really close is ‘QD415 .V65 2016’ in science library, Fundamentals of biochemistry : life at the molecular level checked out 148 times; Third one is ‘QD253.2 .K55 2015’, also in science library, Organic chemistry, checked out 111 times during the year. Fourth one: HD58.6 .N45…Read more 2017 Library Checkouts Overview