Campus-Level Staff Training Plan

Owned by Liana Giovando
Last updated: May 09, 2022 by Aura Hill
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1 Introduction | 2 Schedule | 3 Tips | 4 Additional Resources

Introduction

The timing of your campus-level staff training will vary depending on your staff complement and availability. Please adapt this proposed schedule to meet your library’s needs.

Schedule

Timing

Audience (Staff responsible for the following service areas)

Topics

Reference Material

Timing

Audience (Staff responsible for the following service areas)

Topics

Reference Material

May 2 - June 3

All Staff

  • Introduction to Alma

  • Implementation Plan

  • Go-Live Plan

May 16 - June 16

  • Circulation

  • User Services

  • Front-End Staff

  • Fulfillment

    • Work Orders

    • Holds

    • Requests

    • Course reserves

    • User Management

 

May 16 - June 16

  • Technical Services

  • Acquisitions

  • Receiving

  • ILL

  • Resource Management

  • Acquisitions

  • Resource Sharing

May 16 - July 22

  • Working with students

  • Information literacy Instruction

  • Faculty liaison

  • Searching Primo VE

  • Managing User Profile

  • Saving Search Results

 

 

Tips

  • Use the Alma sandboxes when training staff who are just getting started in Alma (e.g. intro sessions, practicing basic tasks)

  • After staff have had some experience in the Alma sandbox, then create a user profile in the college’s production environment.

Additional Resources

Reference material included in the table above is not a comprehensive list of training material. You may also want to use these additional resources.

Meeting Recordings & Presentations

Ex Libris Resources

Other Consortia Resources