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Communications

• Mailing Lists

  • Generally used for more formal communications, questions to peers at other campuses

  • Email CO to be added to ulms-announceEmail subscription emails for . This announcement list is reviewed once a year to add new addresses, but an email will get you subscribed immediately.

  • Email to subscribe to ulms-access, ulms-analytics, ulms-discovery, ulms-techservices mailing lists. They are open to anyone in the CSU libraries who self-affiliates with these functional areas.

  • Subscribe to ExL lists if interested – alma-l for Alma, primo-l for Primo VE, content-l for collections information, eluna, eCAUG-l (ELUNA-related announcements)

  • Subscribe to eCAUG (California ELUNA Regional Users Group) if interested

• Slack

  • Generally used for less formal announcements, quick questions

  • Get an invite to Slack from the CO or from a co-worker already on Slack

  • Subscribe to any channels of interest

Confluence

• NOTE: accounts are not needed or provided unless directly involved with editing pages

• Bookmark spaces of interest – ULMS, Functional Area pages, ULMS Policies

• Review important pages if relevant

  • Best Practices for SalesForce

  • Reporting Performance Issues in SalesForce

  • Alma/Primo Enhancement cycle

  • Training Materials if not familiar with Alma/Primo

Conferences

• The ELUNA conference takes place every year in a different location in the US. Typically, the conference spans three days (four counting Developer’s Day) in May. Post-COVID, only the Ex Libris informational sessions look to be available virtually.

• eCAUG, the California regional users group, plans to hold an in-person conference annually as well.

• Many other regional user groups hold online, virtual conferences that are open to attendees from anywhere in the US. Registration information for these are typically posted on alma-l and primo-l.

Other Info

• Attend open forums in your area when scheduled – announcements are made on Slack and mailing lists

• Sign up for and take advantage of voting in Ideas Exchange. Check regularly for votes released by acceptance of ideas by ExL.

• Participate in Enhancement cycle voting, both local and for use of CO votes

• Minutes for ULMS Steering Committee and Council of Library Deans meetings are available on Confluence