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Complete and Submit Go Live Readiness Checklist

Completing the Checklist

After completing the Sample Testing Checklist, many of you have continued to test in your new environment. 

To leave no stone unturned, you will need to complete Ex Libris’ Go Live Readiness Checklist to guide your efforts and ensure you have sufficiently tested all the relevant modules in Alma. 

Additional guidance for completing the checklist is provided below.

Submitting the Checklist

You will need to provide your completed Go Live Readiness Checklist to Ex Libris on the applicable due date by uploading it to the Go-Live Readiness Checklist page in Basecamp. When you upload your completed version, please rename it with your school name.

Due Dates

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Symphony Colleges: This checklist will need to be completed and returned to Ex Libris by April 29 [link to Basecamp] (to allow time for OCLS to create new data extracts .by OCLS)

Non-Symphony Colleges: This checklist will need to be completed and returned to Ex Libris by May 10 (give a specific date) as there may be impacts for mapping and migration forms.  May 10

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Additional Guidance

Approach

For most libraries, this testing will be a team effort. 

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  1. User management

  2. Fulfillment

  3. Resource management

  4. Acquisitions

  5. Discovery interface (Primo VE)

  6. General

  7. Analytics

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Additional Form Instructions

  • If you are not planning on using something now or in the future (e.g., acquisitions), then you may choose not to test it. In that case, please select

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  • “NA” on the checklist.

  • For Primo section, only complete the Discovery Interface (Primo VE) section (p. 6-7). Do not complete the Primo section (p. 8-9).

Advice

  • Make note of any problems with functionality that may have an impact on configuration as well as mapping/migration forms

  • Make sure your testing is well rounded and that you are covering all functionality that your library will be using.

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Support Material: Links to Resources/Training

Checklist Section

Useful Links

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There is a single presentation for all Alma Workshop sessions so the starting slide numbers is provided with the recording.

The presentation file is available on the /wiki/spaces/CI/pages/438108189 page.

Tips/Hints

User management

Alma Workshop Presentation: Session 11 Patron Services & User Management (slides 68-71

Note: Setting broad roles for user management may help to avoid testing roadblocks.

Fulfillment

OverviewAlma Workshop Presentation: Session 10 Fulfillment
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Consider the Policies, TOU & Rules set up on your configuration form. Test loans, fines, special conditions for equipment, etc.

Do they:

  • circulate for the correct loan period?

  • accrue the correct fine?

Resource

management

Management and Inventory

Default cataloger permission levels will allow all cataloguers the ability to test all functionalities.

Acquisitions

While not all libraries are migrating acquisitions, your test environment provides a good opportunity to explore potential.

Discovery interface (Primo VE)

Note: only complete checklist pages for Primo VE, page 6 & 7

Don’t forget to test functionality for linking and accessing patron accounts from both on and off campus.

General

Ex Libris Training Links:

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Please be aware each library is responsible for training their own staff. To support this training, we are developing training material for library staff not involved in CLSP implementation (coming soon).

Analytics

Step 2: Upload complete Go Live Readiness Checklist

  1. Go the Docs & File

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