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Fall 2018
Library Technology Services and Harvard Library staff are engaging in a Pilot project to extend batch load functions to library staff to create bibliographic records and stub holdings and items for records supplied by vendors.
Batch Load Bibs/Holdings/Items training materials
Pilot Milestones
- Creation of generic load profile in Alma (complete).
- Creation of training program/documentation (complete)
- Pilot cohort training on record load process (completed October 9, 2018).
- Alma Sandbox Login will be updated with Resource Management Extended Plus (complete).
- Pilot members will independently practice loading records (October 9 - 19).
- Once pilot members feel comfortable with the process, they will ask LTS to review the records loaded. (Completed Oct/Nov 2018)
- LTS will review the records loaded for the operator and approve submitted login request form. (Completed Oct/Nov 2018)
- Alma Production Login will be updated with Resource Management Extended Plus. (Completed Oct/Nov 2018)
- Pilot member can begin to load records in production, in line with the best practices covered in training. (Began Nov 2018)
- Revise training program based on pilot input. (Completed March 2019)
- Extend training to all Harvard Library users with need for batch loading. (Offered April 2019)
Pilot Participants
- Nada Hussein (MED)
- Karim Rouqui (MED)
- Lev Chaban (ELD)
- Matt Sullivan (HCL Collections)
- Vardit Samuels (JUD)
- Elizabeth Vernon (JUD)
- Daryl Boone (ITS—ASWG))
- Naun Chew (ITS—RMWG)