16:05:55 From Greg Toleno : We only have a library systems technician to do all that. She consults with us library techs since she doesn't do day-to-day circulation 16:07:47 From Lisa Ann Brlas : At Grossmont College, we have a systems librarian who does our configuration and Circulation does create brief records, checkouts and check-in, Letters and notifications are handled by systems librarian too. We should be collaborating. 16:08:24 From Lisa Ann Brlas : We experience that too, librarians vs. library technicians 16:23:21 From Lisa Brlas, Grossmont College : Things can work with collaboration!! 16:23:28 From Lori Lisowski : Yes! 16:23:46 From Jaimie Jordan : I'm a huge fan of collaboration! 16:25:40 From Lisa Brlas, Grossmont College : That's where we are at now. There's hope! 16:26:23 From Greg Toleno : How to turn all the future new people into collaborators... I have hope too 16:31:18 From Jay Hartzell : Alma's being cloud based has disrupted it as well, since you don't have to keep the infrastructure for it in IT. 16:31:29 From Lori Lisowski : Good point! 16:38:49 From Amanda Cronkright : @patricia, we had a sort of caveat for checking out chromebooks for the school that we had to also be given permission to offer our books through curbside 16:38:58 From Jaimie Jordan : We have a skeleton and also rock sample kits that get checked out through our reserves. 16:39:36 From Jaimie Jordan : (They are provided by the instructor/dept) 16:41:45 From Lisa Brlas, Grossmont College : We did our non-library materials in reserves. We created the appropriate courses. Using brief records 16:43:04 From Lori Lisowski : We have our tech and misc (markers, rulers, etc.) in a reserves fulfillment unit but it's not linked to a course or reading list. We use brief records also. 16:44:20 From Lisa Brlas, Grossmont College : I am adding IT "checkouts" into our Alma system right now. 16:46:07 From Jay Hartzell : We set up Alma from the beginning to allow other parties on campus to circulate (stem center, Math center, writing center etc) 16:46:09 From Amanda Cronkright : We had a similar thing when we took over checking out faculty laptops from the av dept, there was a lot of funky stuff and we never found all the laptops 16:49:53 From Jay Hartzell : Yea, description field is key for placing holds on individual items as well 16:51:22 From Amanda Cronkright : we do that for materials owned by other depts. too 16:52:03 From Amanda Cronkright : though we also have odd items owned by thhe library that get a full record under equipment 16:55:32 From Lori Lisowski : Our tech and misc are in reserves because those are closed "stacks" 16:56:37 From Lisa Brlas, Grossmont College : Our Reserves collection is small. And literally the only thing our students checkout vs. our Stacks. 16:57:59 From Nikki Crane : lol maybe 16:58:01 From Nikki Crane : :P 16:58:58 From Greg Toleno : Thank you for providing the office hours, it is wonderful to hear others' experiences in confronting the same issues 16:59:06 From Miranda : Thank you 16:59:12 From Nikki Crane : Thank you so much. These meetings are great! 16:59:20 From Jay Hartzell : Thanks!