"At October CAT meeting, the Chair offered to host a half or full day meeting in May or June 2017 to present a carefully curated set of speakers from experienced campuses, within and outside the CSU. Interest level was moderate, and the committee requested COLD’s input regarding support of this particular assessment priority."
The RS community has been actively testing Alma using a test script adapted from one provided by consultant Anya Arnold. Testing should be wrapped up by next week, with a short report out on their findings.
The GTF will respond to the Access policy recommendations and provide their own policy recommendations no later than 12/1.
Ian Chan will be providing a webinar on Alma - INNReach integration in November (probably 11/4 or 11/18, to coincide with GTF). The CSU Libraries community is welcome to attend, and the session will be recorded. The first part of the webinar is designed to give nonspecialists such as administrators an overview of functionality and main issues. The rest of the webinar will go into the technical functions and related issues of INNReach and Alma.
The Link+/Circuit survey indicated caution and ambivalence on the part of most of the 12 INNReach libraries regarding dropping this service. Karen recommends a breakout conversation among the INNReach libraries to discuss the implications of staying or going. Even more critically, the CSU Libraries should have a clear idea of how resource sharing works in Alma.