Below is the schedule for the eCAUG 2021 Conference. For each presentation, there will be links to a .mp4 of the presentation recording, a .pdf/.ppt of the presentation slides, an audio-only recording of the presentation, and a transcript of the chat. The social breakout sessions will not be recorded. 

Presentations

Tuesday, July 20

9:30a-10:30a   Making OER Discoverable in Alma/Primo - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenter: Ryan Edwards, West Los Angeles College

As West Los Angeles College’s Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian and Open Educational Resources (OER) Liaison, I saw the opportunities to activate OER resources in Alma and exploit them with Primo VE’s Resource Recommender service, which allows one to recommend resources based on searchable tags that are configured in Alma to expose databases, websites, people, library information, and library guides in Primo. In addition, I discovered that collaborating with other librarians across the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), the California Community College (CCC) system, and the Ex Libris Alma and Primo customer base helped to get Ex Libris to review LibreTexts OER content for possible ingestion into both the Ex Libris Central Discovery Index (CDI) and across Ex Libris’s discovery products.

Guide: Using MarcEdit to Make LibGuides in Alma/Primo

links to Ryan's Libguides in Primo:

LibGuides

LibAnswers

11:00a-noon   Social Breakout for Acquisitions

Moderator: Erika Quintana, University of California, Riverside 

Come meet with your peers in acquisitions in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large scale discussions amongst the group!

Wednesday, July 21

1:00p-2:00p   Ex Libris Updates - Presentation Recording - Slides Pt. 1- Slides Pt. 2 - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenter: Jane Burke, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Ex Libris

Join Ex Libris for a product update on Alma and Primo, an overview of their roadmaps, other solutions from Ex Libris, and an opportunity for Q&A. This session will be a general update on what's new and what's coming, and where to go to learn more about product training.

2:30p-3:30p   Social Breakout for Discovery

Moderator: Hannah Lee, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Come meet with your peers in discovery in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns, and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large-scale discussions amongst the group!

Thursday, July 22

9:30a-10:30a   Alma Data Visualization - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenter: Yoel Kortick, Ex Libris

Data Visualization (DV) is a powerful tool that enables the library to uncover new insights to make informed business decisions. The DV is an integral part of the analytics on the Ex Libris Higher Education platform. During this session we will see how to use DV to create various visualizations for both Alma and Primo, including a general introduction, creating forecasts, using map visualizations, and more.

11a-noon   Social Breakout for Analytics

Moderator: Heather Cribbs, California Polytechnic State University

Come meet with your peers in analytics in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns, and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large-scale discussions amongst the group!

Friday, July 23

9:30a-10:30a   Using Postman and the Alma APIs to Delete Electronic Collections - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenter: Tamara Pilko, University of California, Santa Cruz

Deleting Electronic Collections in Alma is a click-heavy process and not possible to do in bulk. The Alma API allows for deleting electronic collections, but as a non-coder I needed a way to automate the process. Enter Postman to save the day {{Superman-swooshing noise}}!! Postman is an API development platform and client that provides an interface for a non-coder to send and manipulate API calls. This presentation will cover how to set up Postman to use a CSV file of Database type Electronic Collection IDs to delete them in bulk. This was useful for UC Santa Cruz's cleanup to convert erroneously created electronic collections to local portfolios. This presentation will also show how to string together multiple API calls to bulk delete Electronic Collections of Selective or Aggregator type starting with the MMSID. This is useful for cleanup of CDI collections that have no activated portfolios and do not need Alma activation, particularly for institutions using the CDI EasyActive setting.

11a-noon   Social Breakout for Electronic Resource Management

Moderator: Jessica Hartwigsen, California State University, Chancellor's Office

Come meet with your peers in electronic resource management in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large scale discussions amongst the group!

Tuesday, July 27

9:30a-10:30a   Using Alma Digital for Controlled Digital Lending - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenter: Erik Beck, Sacramento State University

Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is the practice of circulating a digital surrogate of an item in place of its physical copy. The Alma extension that allows libraries to associate digital representations with existing bibliographic records (Alma Digital) is ideal for delivering CDL service. This presentation will provide a description of the CDL process and its copyright implications, as well as introducing Alma Digital as a tool for loaning digital items. The presentation will include demonstrations of Alma Digital's backend workflow and the frontend user experience of a CDL loan. The presentation will conclude with an open forum discussion about CDL, which should be a lively conversation since CDL is still a somewhat controversial practice. 

11a-noon   Social Breakout for Systems

Moderator: Caroline Sinay Gudiel, Community College League of California

Come meet with your peers in systems in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large scale discussions amongst the group!

Wednesday, July 28

9:30a-10:30a   Consortia-to-Consortia Resource Sharing - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenter: Timothy Jackson, SUNY System 

      Chris Lee, California State University, Chancellor’s Office

The California State University (CSU) and State University of New York (SUNY) library systems both share materials with other libraries in their consortia through Alma Resource Sharing, but what if the materials cannot be supplied through their consortia? Several CSU and SUNY libraries are piloting a program where the two consortia can share materials with each other using a secondary rota instead of an additional system. This presentation will go over how the two systems are connected and what they hope to achieve. 

11a-noon   Social Breakout for Resource Sharing / Interlibrary Loan

Come meet with your peers in resource sharing and interlibrary loan in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large scale discussions amongst the group!

Thursday, July 29

9:30a-10:30a Simplify Content Access: Integrating LibKey and Primo - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenters: Amy Chatfield, Karin Saric, Win Shih, University of Southern California

To streamline patron’s access to digital content, USC Libraries integrated LibKey reference linking service with a slew of discovery layers, including Primo and PubMed. In this presentation, we will share the ways these products have been integrated into our workflows, patron responses, and lessons learned from this collaborative effort between technical services, library IT, and public services departments.

11a-noon   Social Breakout for Resource Management

Moderator: Patrick Flannigan, San Diego State University

Come meet with your peers in resource management in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large scale discussions amongst the group!

Friday, July 30

9:30a-10:30a   Discovery Imports for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed - Presentation Recording - Slides - Audio Only - Chat Transcript

Presenters: Stacy Magedanz, California State University San Bernardino

        Brandon Dudley, California State University, Chancellor's Office

Using bepress Digital Commons as a use case, we will introduce importing data into VE, with a particular focus on norm rules. Never wrangled VE norm rules before? Wondering where your data vanished to? This presentation is for you!

11a-noon   Social Breakout for Fulfillment

Moderator: Cathe Olsen, California Polytechnic State University

Come meet with your peers in fulfillment in a lightly-moderated Zoom session. Bring your ideas, concerns and other topics for discussion. Breakout rooms will be provided as needed for smaller, more targeted discussions should participants wish, or take advantage of the opportunity for large scale discussions amongst the group!