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The Alma section on the LTS Documentation wiki https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/display/LibraryStaffDoc/Alma
We're All Learning Together
- Yes, I'm the Trainer, and I'm still learning Alma. Even the working group members are still learning about Alma and what it can do, after more than a year.
- I don't know everything, but we can look for an answer together and then go ask the working group members if needed.
- This is a project in flux - it's about 80% configured at this point (90% in later June/July) - and some elements are waiting on improvements coming for us in June and July. There will continue to be updates, and all of Harvard will continue to learn how best to use Alma in our work.
Alma “Threes”
Three Phases of Training:
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- 90 Mt Auburn Street, basement-level rooms, fully accessible, buzz the front desk to be let in
- 625 Massachusetts Avenue/ITS, 3rd floor and basement-level rooms, fully accessible , ask at security desk to contact ??? for access- classes here are intended for 625 staff, if you don't normally have access to this building contact us ASAP
- Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street (Harvard Square), sub-basement/elevator access only, fully accessible, does not require ID swipe or request for entry
- Lamont Library rooms, basement or 3rd floor, accessible, you need to have a Harvard ID to enter but no additional access
- Countway Library, Harvard Medical Campus, lower level or 4th floor rooms, fully accessible (??), [key swipe/access??]
- Additional spaces may be used at libraries around campus, as needed and available
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Phase 1 training into August and Phase 2 training into September.
Training will not be a 1:1 match with job descriptions
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We are basing training around the functions and features of Alma, not around specific job descriptions. Pre-requisites and suggested sequences of classes will be listed in the registration system; work with your manager to determine all of the classes you need to attend and stay for as much of the class as you can.
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We are not training people on how to do their jobs – we are training them on how to use this new tool to do the work they already know how to do.
Classes will be available at a variety of days/times at the locations above
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The longest single class will be 2 hours, but you can choose to attend multiple classes on a single day as your schedule permits. We will try to make as much of the schedule available at once so you can plan your training.
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