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Going FINE FREE in ALMA

On April 29, 2022, I have an email from Carl telling me that Provost Kostelis had given us permission to go FINE FREE.  For some reason, I never sent you all an email telling you when I had gone into … Continue reading

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How to read Government Documents call numbers

As we work on the Government Document deaccession project, we need further guidance on how to read the sudoc numbers (call numbers). Sudoc numbers are assigned by the Superintendent of Documents at the Government Printing office. Northwestern University has a … Continue reading

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Faculty/Staff patron loads

Reminder:  Faculty, Faculty Administrative are full-time employees STAFF:  are PART-Time employees in both categories. Faculty/Staff accounts are loaded constantly if they appear in the weekly report of active employees in Core CT -or- (for adjuncts) have started less than 3 … Continue reading

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Emeritus status

Not all retired faculty get emeritus status.  I get emails from HR telling me that a faculty member has a pending request and then later I will get an email that they were granted it.  But, not all faculty who … Continue reading

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CCSU ALMA User Groups

In Alma, the patrons are all in separate User Groups.  In Millenium, we called them Patron types.  EVERY patron from either CCSU or the consortium are all Consortium Students.  The only exception are the GUEST Borrowers, because they cannot borrow … Continue reading

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ALMA printing of bills

This is a screenshot of how printing is set up in ALMA as of October 2022: The next step: below is the process in ALMA to run and print the bill for replacements (BFR):   In Alma Configuration/Fulfillment/OVERDUE LOST LOAN … Continue reading

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Alma Printing of Bills (backup procedure)

Here are the steps to find who had bills generated when Alma printing FAILS: Do this for all categories that fail to print.

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LALCC no longer a Closed Collection

As of November 9th, the LALCC collection changed from a closed collection to a normally circulating collection.

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Books in CLOSED Collections

A closed collection does not normally circulate. For example, Reference, Ready Reference or the LALCC (Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Center). Basically, these materials can be used in the library, but on rare occasions, they are allowed to loaned out … Continue reading

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Power Failure & door alarms

As we know, whenever we have a power failure, we can sometimes hear the door alarms on the first floor going off and we will need to re-alarm them. We should always just double-check them just in case to be … Continue reading

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