Summer Meeting 2019

The 2019 Alliance Summer Meeting was held July 10th, 2019 at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, WA.

Slides and Files

Analytics

Analytics 101

Presenter: Dominic Doneux, Ex Libris

Slides: Analytics 101 (PPTX)

Analytics 201

Presenters:

Rami Attebury, University of Idaho
Alyssa Ferguson, Washington State University
Paul Ojennus, Whitworth University

Slides:

Alma Analytics 201 (PPTX)
Analytics 201 – SQL Statements in OBI (PPTX)

Description: Solving problems with Analytics: see how we used Analytics to help answer questions about our patrons’ needs and behaviors. We will walk through how we built our reports and discuss how you can adapt them for your library.

Primo Analytics

Presenter: Amanda Schmidt, Ex Libris

Slides: Primo Analytics (PPTX)

Tableau Web Data Connector

Presenter: Alyssa Ferguson, Washington State University

Slides: Using the Tableau Web Data Connector with Alma Analytics (PPT)

APIs

Getting Started with APIs

Presenters:

Blake Galbreath, Washington State University
Tamara Marnell, Central Oregon Community College
Jeremy McWilliams, Lewis & Clark College

Slides: Getting Started with Ex Libris APIs (PPTX)

Demo: Getting Started with APIs – Alma Hours (MOV)

Description: This session will cover the basics of using Ex Libris APIs to interact with data from Alma or Primo. See examples of APIs in use at Alliance institutions, and learn how to implement an Alma or Primo API in a custom application.

Open Access

Presenters:

Gabriele Hayden, University of Oregon
Franny Gaede, University of Oregon
Dawn Lowe-Wincenson, Oregon Institute of Technology
Pamela Pierce, OHSU
Hui Zhang, Oregon State University

Slides: Open Access Summer Meeting Presentations 2019 (PPTX)

Description: What is the collective meaning for openness to librarians and what are its impacts to our profession? At this Open Topic Session, panelists will discuss projects and initiatives to support openness in teaching, research, and scholarly communication at their institutions. Each panelist will speak briefly and attendees will come away with concrete approaches to open that can be implemented at their institution. Attendees and panelists will work toward an Alliance definition of “open” and focus on how institutions can work together.