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Alma Implementation

Access Services & Resource Sharing Working Group

Charge

  • Develop and maintain standard system-wide policies and workflows to enhance and expand access to CUNY collections.
  • Research security best practices and policies related to patron data, and recommend policies related to storing, sharing, and managing patron information.
  • Research and develop configuration for access services and resource sharing functionality within the Alma library services platform (LSP).
  • Explore new and emerging options for fulfillment and resource sharing in Alma to expand the sharing of resources outside of CUNY.
  • Propose optimal system settings to: enhance efficiency for local access, encourage widespread effective system resource sharing, and produce reliable data for system-wide data analysis.
  • Create shared analytics recommendations to continue data-driven development of Access Services and Resource Sharing activities.
  • Analyze fulfillment options within Primo ("CUNY OneSearch"), and recommend best practices to the standing Public Services Committee that are user-friendly and encourage the best use of local and system-wide resources.
  • Review needs and options for Access Services and Resource Sharing training at CUNY, and recommend training plans to the Alma Steering Committee and Alma Training Working Group.

Upcoming Events

Mailing List

Members of this group are already subscribed to its mailing list. To send messages, email LSP-ASRS@listserv.cuny.edu.

Members

Name Email Address Role
Kevin Collins kevin.collins@cuny.edu Member
Silvia Cho jcho@gc.cuny.edu Member
​Rhonda Johnson rhjohnson@hostos.cuny.edu Member
Kel Karpinski kkarpinski@citytech.cuny.edu Member
​Curtis Matthew cmatthew@gc.cuny.edu Chair
Chris McHale cmchale@lagcc.cuny.edu Member
​Karen Okamoto kokamoto@jjay.cuny.edu Member
Stephen Walker stephen.walker@lehman.cuny.edu Member

Meeting Minutes