The Orbis Cascade Alliance creates and provides access to training materials and documentation in a variety of modalities and for multiple aspects of functional work in libraries and archives.

Introduction to Alliance Programs & Communities

These resources are for folks who are either new to the Alliance or may appreciate a refresher for where to find information.

• Community Support. Information to sign up for email lists, locate regular meetings, access agendas, and more.
• Consortial Connections. The who, what, when, where, and why of Alliance programs and services.
• Terms and Definitions. Commonly used jargon and abbreviations.

Program Training & Documentation Quicklinks

Explore curated lists of resources collected by program area.

• Diversity & User Experience (DUX). Cross-functional focus on user experience, accessibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Open Strategies & Digital Content (OSDC). Functional work areas include digital collections, copyrights, archives, and special collections.
• Resource Sharing & Fulfillment (RSF). Functional work areas include Summit, interlibrary loan, courier service, circulation, and course reserves.
• Shared Content & Technical Services (SCTS). Functional work areas focus on cooperative collection development and resource management, including cataloguing, acquisitions, collection development, electronic resources, and open access content.
• Systems (SYS). Functional work areas focus on technologies and systems integrations, including configuration and customization for resource sharing systems and Alma/Primo, authentication, platforms, analytics, and APIs.

Coordinating Consortial Training

This section provides additional information about Alliance consortial training coordination, including background information, evaluations, and collaborative resource curation and development.

• Alliance Training Ecosystem. A general framework to consider how training and professional development opportunities are developed, organized, shared with, and communicated to Alliance member staff.
• Consortial Training Reports. Evaluations and assessments of consortial training efforts.
• Alliance Training Project Group. A group formed to develop curated lists of Alliance training resources to support the learning needs of library workers who are new to Alliance work and activities.