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Elements In-person training sessions – RSVP by Monday November 4, 2024

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October 30, 2024

Dear Faculty,

I hope this message finds you well! I’m reaching out to share the available times for our upcoming in-person training sessions with the Elements team.  Elements is the new system replacing DMAI for annual reports.

To help finalize the schedule and reserve appropriate space, please let me know your availability.

Option 1: Email your time preference to suethoma@iu.edu.

Option 2: Alternatively, you can fill out this short form to indicate your preference.

A zoom link will also be available for the sessions.

Please indicate your preference to attend through Zoom and I will share the Zoom link.

Your input is greatly appreciated, and it will help us create a productive training experience for everyone!    A confirmation email and calendar invite with location or Zoom link will follow.

Please RSVP by Monday November 4, 2024!

SESSIONS

Wednesday, December 11

  1. 10:30-Noon     Faculty Open Session – Overview of Elements
  2. 1-2:30 pm        Faculty Open Lab (Digging into activity types, importing and harvesting publications, support tools)
  3. 4:15-5:15 pm   Faculty Open Lab

 Thursday, December 12th

  1. 8:00-9:30 am   Faculty Open Session – Overview of Elements
  2. 10:00-11:30 am           Faculty Open Lab (Digging into activity types, importing and harvesting publications, support tools)
  3. 1:30-2:45 pm   Faculty Open Lab (Digging into activity types, importing and harvesting publications, support tools)

 Session Descriptions

  • General Overview of Elements (90 minutes) – brief overview of why Elements, logging in, basic navigation, profiles, review of activity types, and claiming publications. This is fairly fast paced and doesn’t allow much time for using the system, as it is mostly show and tell
  • Digging into Activity Types – (45 minutes) deep dive into the various fields for activities, how to select the appropriate type for your activity, using labels, editing and managing activities
  • Importing and Harvesting Publications – (60 minutes) deep dive into how publications are managed in the system, bidirectional record management, importing for bibliographic sources such as Google Scholar
  • Support Tools and Resources – (45 minutes) Elements hierarchy, using tools to review and impersonate faculty accounts, reporting of activities (this is still being configured), joining or splitting records, ethics surrounding data use, resources on the website. This would be good for admins and CITL staff
  • Purpose and Future of Elements – (30 minutes) This is a discussion of how Elements was selected, timeline for implementation, future plans, and questions.
  • Individual meetings with key personnel – (xx minutes) would it help for us to talk individually with your deans, chancellor, faculty leaders?
  • Open lab sessions – (xx minutes) we can be available for specific questions or assistance

Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Best,

Susan

Susan E. Thomas, M.L.S., M.P.A.

Dean of Libraries

Indiana University South Bend

(574) 520-5500

 

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