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SFX | SFX Interest Group
Anouncement and Topic Outline
In September 2008, CARLI will begin hosting a series of webcasts on SFX topics of general interest. All CARLI SFX administrators are welcome and encouraged to attend. In part this is a response to requests for additional SFX training from CARLI SFX administrators. These sessions are also intended raise awareness of the services and utilities that SFX has to offer. To allow for as many people as possible to attend, the same topic will be covered twice in a given month. Generally, sessions are scheduled every month on the 3rd Monday from 1:30-2:30 PM and the 4th Tuesday from 10-11 AM. For specific dates, please see the CARLI calendar. Attendees will be able to participate toll-free and view accompanying presentations on their personal computers via Wimba. No registration is required.
Wimba Connection Information
You will need to connect to the video portion of the webcast via Wimba and the audio portion by conference call. A few minutes before the webcast is scheduled to begin, point your browser to: http://webj.wimba.com/launcher.cgi?room=carli_meeting1
*Note that the url for the webcast is NOT the same as the url for the Wimba Setup Wizard.
For additional information, including webcast etiquette, please read the documentation at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/comms/WimbaWebcastPrep.pdf
For Help
Be sure to run the Wimba Setup Wizard well in advance of the session. Please work with your institution’s tech support staff to resolve any computer issues that the Wizard may identify. Remember, you won’t need Wimba audio, so those setup steps are not critical. If you have problems with the Setup Wizard that your tech support staff cannot resolve, contact CARLI at support@carli.illinois.edu or by phone at 1-866-904-5843. We can’t modify your PC, but we will at least send you the slides from the webcast and make sure you have the training information you need.
September 2008
Take Charge of Your Monthly Update Reports:
- Text v. HTML reports: advantages and disadvantages
- What didn’t get updated
- AutoActivating aggregator targets
- Watching for new targets
- Saving old monthly updates
- Where to read a synopsis of the monthly update in the documentation center
October 2008
Targets: everywhere you want your users want to go
- Local v. shared targets
- Full-text and non-full text targets
- Free targets
- CrossRef/DOI for better article level linking
- Choosing a target and activating object portfolios
- Adding local objects
- Reporting KB errors
November 2008
Sources: all roads lead to the SFX menu
- Take advantage of the SFX Source Config Manual; Stay away from SFXAdmin > Sources
- OPACS as sources
- Databases as sources
- EBSCOhost
- OCLC FirstSearch
- Other sources
December 2008
The Value Menu: The Simplified Template
- Easy transitions from the Advanced (old- style default) Menu to the Simplified Template and back again!
- Check boxes and radio buttons
- Images
- Display logic
- Changing Colors
January 2009
A New Year’s Resolution: reducing the clutter in your SFX menu using display logic
- Reducing EBSCO clutter
- ILL as a last resort
- Deprecated targets
- About rule sequencing
February 2009
2008 in Review: SFX usage statistics, target overlap reports, and exports of title lists, etc…
March 2009
Extreme Makeover SFX Edition: modifying graphic files
- Where to find "stealable" buttons
- Software to use
- Sending files to CARLI
- What images can be changed, and what's the effect on overall look-and-feel
April 2009
The Full-Text Express: DirectLinking
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Banner framing
- How to set it up
May 2009
Everything you ever wanted to know about SFX-Voyager integration but were afraid to ask
- WebVoyage and/or VuFind as Sources
- WebVoyage and/or VuFind as Targets
- Local catalog and/or UC as Targets
- Enhancing recall from OPAC Target
- xISBN look-ups
- Searching OPAC by title keyword as well as standard number
- Loading print holdings data
- How to decide whether and what to load
- How to load titles
- How to load coverage data (notes or thresholds)
June 2009
The ABC’s of SFX A-Z lists
- CARLI update procedures
- Customizing the look-and-feel
- Browser toolbar plug-in
- Ideas for leveraging the list
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