[Eril-l] Alma Trial Feature

[Kristen A. Fredericksen]

I've used the trial feature twice, with mixed results. The first was Walter
de Gruyter's Building Types Online <https://www.degruyter.com/view/db/bdt>
and the second was NewsBank's Access World News
<https://www.newsbank.com/libraries/colleges-universities/solutions/top-resources/access-world-news>.
It took some experimentation to get the questions right, so preview the
survey form before you go live. I had to submit a ticket to Ex Libris to
figure out why a trial stayed in draft status after activating it more than
once. Apparently this happens if the bibliographic record is suppressed.

Now that I've worked out the kinks with the trials. I would use them again.
It's nice to have the information saved in Alma for future reference. It's
a shame this feature isn't available for databases.


On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:02 PM <eril-l-request at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:08:36 +0000
> Subject: [Eril-l] Alma Trial Feature
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> Hi, everyone,
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> Has anyone used Alma’s “trial” feature? If so,
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> -What type of resource(s) did you use it for?
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> -How did it work for you?
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> -Would you recommend it?
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> Just trying to decide if it makes sense to try for some upcoming
> (potential) purchases!
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> Thank you,
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> Whitney
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> Electronic and Continuing Resources Librarian
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> Georgia State University Library
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Kristen Fredericksen
Coordinator, Information Processing
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The Catholic University of America
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