Premium Workshops
Global Professional Services is pleased to announce a new virtual, instructor-led training offering, Premium Workshops. These interactive, small-group workshops are designed to provide a personalized experience with a significant practical hands-on component. Each 2-hour workshop will cover a specific topic and will constitute a combination of lecture and hands-on practical exercises. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and s
hare their screens. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of 12 attendees to enable active participation.
We are also happy to work with you if you would like to schedule training for a group at your organization, don’t see the topic you would like to cover, or would like to request a workshop be delivered in another language. Our standard training offerings can be found on our Consulting Services page, and you may contact premium.services@clarivate.com with questions or for a custom training quote.
Have questions about our workshops? Check out our FAQ, or contact us at training.services@clarivate.com.
Refund policy: If you cannot attend a workshop, please let us know at least 10 business days in advance. We cannot give refunds, but we will help you find another session that fits your schedule.
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Foundations: Alma Fulfillment and User Management Workshop This workshop will provide an overview of two Alma subject areas: Fulfillment Configuration and User Management. We Will Cover:
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Workshop Prerequisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Fulfillment Administrator, Circulation Desk Manager, Circulation Desk Operator(b) Access to your sandbox and production Alma installations |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Wednesday, September 11 8 AM - 10 AM Sydney Other time zones
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, September 11 8 AM - 10 AM Chicago Price per seat: $300 USD
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Alma Analytics: Basics Workshop This workshop will provide an overview of understanding and using Alma Analytics for beginners. We will provide a full review of the features and functionality of Alma Analytics. We will start with an overview of what Alma Analytics is, what data it contains, how “out of the box” reports can be used, and how to create customized reports. Reports and analytics objects will be made on the live environment (the sandbox does not contain Alma Analytics, and in any case, Analytics is a “read only” function and thus does not change any existing data). We Will Cover:
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Workshop Prerequisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Analytics Administrator, Design Analytics |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Wednesday, September 18 9 AM - 11 AM Dubai Other time zones
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, September 18 9 AM - 11 AM Chicago Price per seat: $300 USD
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Alma Analytics: Advanced Workshop Explore advanced functions and their applications for reporting on your institution's data in Alma Analytics. For this advanced analytics workshop, attendees should be comfortable with creating analyses and using simple functions. We Will Cover:
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Workshop Prerequisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Design Analytics(b) Be comfortable with creating analyses and using simple functions |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly timesThursday, September 26 8 AM - 10 AM Sydney Price per seat: $300 USD
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Thursday, September 26 8 AM - 10 AM Chicago
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Foundations: Alma Acquisitions Workshop Are you a new library employee who needs a crash course in Alma Acquisitions? Perhaps it has been a while, and you need a refresher on acquisitions workflows. In this premium workshop, you will learn the essentials…the foundations of Acquisitions. We Will Cover:
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Workshop Prerequisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Acquisitions Administrator, Ledger Manager, Fund Manager, Purchasing Manager, Invoice Manager, and Receiving Operator.(b) Access to your sandbox and production Alma environments |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Wednesday, October 31 9 AM - 11 AM Sydney
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, October 31 8 AM - 10 AM Chicago Other time zones
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Configure SUSHI Harvesting and Loading COUNTER Data Workshop Does your library want to automate its electronic resource usage statistics tracking? Alma can ingest and report on the statistics information supplied by content providers in COUNTER format. Participants will leave the session with a configured SUSHI account and an understanding of working with COUNTER files. We Will Cover:
(a) Alma User Roles: Vendor Manager (b) Access to vendor COUNTER reports and SUSHI credentials
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Time slot 1: Americas-friendly times Wednesday, November 6 10 AM - 12 PM Los Angeles
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Eastern Americas-friendly times Thursday, November 7 8 AM - 10 AM Chicago Other time zones
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Foundations: Alma Resource Management – Physical Workshop This workshop will provide an overview of managing physical resources in Alma. We will start with a full review of the features and functionality of the Metadata Editor. Other topics include bibliographic record management, adding physical inventory, authority record management, and templates. We Will Cover:
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Workshop Prerequisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Catalog Manager/Cataloger, Physical Inventory Operator(b) Access to your sandbox and production Alma environments |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Wednesday, November 14 10 AM - 12 PM Sydney Other time zones
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, November 14 8 AM - 10 AM Chicago Other time zones
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Foundations: Alma Resource Management – E-Resources Workshop Was Alma implemented in your library before you joined the staff, or are you new to electronic resources? This Foundations Workshop will cover the fundamental principles of how to manage electronic resources in Alma. Bring a list of resources at your institution that need to be activated, and we’ll help you get it done! We Will Cover:
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Workshop Prerequisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Repository Manager or Electronic Inventory Operator (Limited, regular, or Extended)(b) Bring a list of e-resources to which your institution subscribes but that have not yet been activated in your Alma environment |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Wednesday, November 21 12 PM - 2 PM Sydney Other time zones
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, November 21 8 AM - 10 AM Los Angeles Other time zones
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Troubleshoot Discovery Linking Issues Workshop This workshop includes hands-on, individualized troubleshooting with a product expert to help participants identify the causes of full-text linking problems in their discovery services and fix them so patrons can access the content they need. Each participant will leave the session with a troubleshooting toolkit tailored to their own institution. We Will Cover:
Workshop Pre-requisites: (a) Alma User Roles: Repository Manager or Electronic Inventory Operator Extended(b) Bring examples of linking issues from your discovery service; that is, discovery search results that involve some or all of these issues:
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Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Wednesday, December 5 12 PM - 2 PM Sydney Other time zones
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, December 5 8 AM - 10 AM Los Angeles 10 AM - 12 PM Chicago
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Configure Resource Types in Primo VE Workshop Are parts of your collection hard to discover? As a Primo VE Administrator, Reference Librarian, or Cataloger, what can you do to improve user access to the resources you have in your collections? Participants will leave with the knowledge to apply changes to live views in their production environment. We Will Cover:
(a) Alma User Roles: Discovery - Administrator (b) Working in your library's live environment is recommended. A sandbox environment will also be available for participants. |
Time slot 1: APAC-friendly times Thursday, December 12 10 AM - 12 PM Sydney Other time zones
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Time slot 2: EMEA and Americas-friendly times Wednesday, December 11 8 AM - 10 AM Chicago Other time zones
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