Consortial Training Reports
The Alliance evaluates and assesses our consortial training through reports and assessments.
Alliance Training Project Group
The Alliance Training Project Group will develop curated lists of Alliance training resources to support the learning needs of library workers who are new to Alliance work and activities. (This group will be active in February-December 2025.)
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ArchivesSpace Workshop: Implementation Choices
This workshop introduces implementation methods for ArchivesSpace.
ArchivesSpace Workshop: Capstone
This capstone ArchivesSpace workshop is a chance to review the content from the previous workshops, add a few more skills, and to address any points that may be fuzzy for you or your institution.
ArchivesSpace Workshop: Accessions, Agents, and Subjects
Accessions, agents, and subjects are some of the building blocks of any type of ArchivesSpace implementation. This training focuses on creating records that are compliang with DACS and related standards, and on linking these elements.
ArchivesSpace Training
The Archives & Manuscripts (A&M) Collections Service offers participating institutions training in implementing, migrating to, and using ArchivesSpace.
Policy: Working in Alma and the Network Zone
This policy sets out the overarching principles regarding working in the Network Zone that Alliance members must understand.
Use of Faceted Terms in Cataloging
These best practices address how to use faceted terms in bibliographic records.
Policy: Suppression of Records in Alma
This policy specifies how records in the Network Zone (NZ) should be suppressed in different situations.
Best Practice: Sharing Import Profiles to the Community Zone
Following shared naming conventions will allow Alliance libraries to easily identity other Alliance import profiles shared with the Alma community.
Policy: Retaining and Deleting MARC Fields in OCLC Records
Catalogers must retain all MARC fields in OCLC records when exporting from Connexion with the exception of the 029 field, which must be deleted.
OCLC Member Merge Participation
Alliance members who participate in the OCLC Member Merge program receive extensive training to get authorization to perform master record merges.
- Documentation
- Documentation is primarily text based, but it can incorporate screen captures and other images.
- Training
- Training includes video, audio, recorded sessions, and other resources that demonstrate a principle or process.
The option "Documentation & Training" will return webpages in either category.
Outside the Alliance
Below are external training opportunities and resources that may be of interest to Alliance members.
Ex Libris Knowledge Center
- One stop shopping for documentation, training, articles, and links to other Ex Libris pages (such as Salesforce)
- Alma Training
- Primo Training
OCLC
OCLC’s Web Junction offers courses, webinars, and other training resources.