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Please note: Many of the following documents were created using the old Alma UI. The DALNET office is working to replace them with documents with images from the new UI.
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Support Sites
Contents
Release Notes
Roadmaps
Ex Libris Essentials
Configuration & General
Acquisitions & Serials
Resource Management
Label Printing
Electronic Resource Management
Fulfillment
Course Reserves
Reports & Alma Analytics
Inventory / Shelf Reports
Release Notes - DALNET SummariesOctober 2017-January 2018 [DALNET .docx]
RoadmapsUpdated! 2018-2019/20 Alma Roadmap Highlights [Ex Libris .pdf]
2018-2019 Alma Roadmap Highlights [Ex Libris .pdf]
Ex Libris Essentials (Online Help)Integrations with External Systems
Configuration & General Documents: from DALNET (& Others)Alma Glossary [Harvard University]
Acquisitions & Serials: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Acquisitions Training Materials [Harvard University]
Using MARC Prediction Patterns [Wesley Teal, formerly Wartburg College]
Creating an order for existing inventory [DALNET .docx]
Editing or Deleting a PO Line [DALNET .docx]
Setting Up Serials in Alma [DALNET .docx]
Setting up Serials with a Prediction Pattern [DALNET .docx]
Receiving Serials Issues in Alma [DALNET .docx]
Close or Cancel a Subscription in Acquisitions [DALNET .docx]
Fiscal Period Closure [Ex Libris .pdf]
Manually Creating PO Line, Receiving and Claiming [OCC .docx]
Serials: Receiving and Claiming Appendix 1 [OCC .docx]
Alma Prediction Pattern Basics [Becky Bearden, ENUG 2016 .pdf]
Workflows for Binding Print Serials [RMIT University .docx]
Resource Management: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Resource Management Training Materials [Harvard University]
Physical Item Cataloging [DALNET Draft .docx]
Adding Holdings & Relinking Items [DALNET .docx]
Cleaning Up Holdings and Items [DALNET .docx]
Collapsing / Cleaning Serials Holdings [DALNET .docx]
Marking an item missing from shelf [DALNET .docx]
Suppressing / Unsuppressing Bibs and Holdings [DALNET .docx]
Importing Films on Demand videos [DALNET .docx]
Importing a Bib Record from NLM via Z39.50 [DALNET .docx]
Importing a Bib Record from OCLC Connexion Client [DALNET .docx]
Helpful Resources for Normalization Rules [DALNET .docx]
An Overview of Alma Normalization Rules [6/1/2017 First Thursday Webinar]
Testing a Normalization Rule in Alma [DALNET .docx]
How to Run a Norm Rule to Delete a MARC Field from Bib Records in Bulk [DALNET .docx]
OCLC Connexion Browser Set-Up and Importing into Alma [Renae Keeler, OCL .docx]
Automatically insert call number from bib record into holdings record [DALNET .docx]
Label Printing: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Configuring the Label Printing Tool [Ex Libris]
SpineOMatic v. 7.0 Guide [Boston College .pdf]
SpineOMatic [Boston College, GitHub]
SpineOMatic: Label Printing Software for Alma [Ex Libris Developer Network Tech Blog]
Spine Labels [Harvard University]
Label Printers & Labels [Univ. of Rhode Island]
Label Printing from Alma (SpineOMatic) [Univ. of Rhode Island]
Electronic Resource Management: Docs from DALNET (& Others)E-resources Training Materials [Harvard University]
MeL Databases in Alma and PCI [9/6/2018 First Thursday Webinar]
- Slides [.pdf]
- EBSCOhost MeL Short Names List [.xlsx] | [.pdf]
- New MeL Resources in Alma CZ 2018 [.xlsx] | [.pdf]
Electronic Resource Workflows [Ex Libris .pptx]
Activating Databases (Electronic Collections) in Alma 2018 (with eLibrary example) [DALNET .pdf]
Activating Databases (Electronic Collections) in Alma 2017 [DALNET .pdf]
Activating single electronic portfolios in Alma (i.e. eBooks) [DALNET .pdf]
Activating Electronic Resources - In Batch from the Community Zone (i.e. an eBook collection) [DALNET .docx]
Activating Electronic Resources - In Batch from an Excel File (i.e. an eBook collection) [Jeff Zachwieja, OCC .pdf]
Deleting a Portfolio [DALNET .pdf]
Fulfillment: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Circulation, Holds, and Fines Training Materials [Reynolds (VA) Community College]
Fulfillment Training Materials [Harvard University]
Setting Due Dates for After a Break or Closure [DALNET.pdf] | [DALNET.docx]
Disabling Email Notices for Individual Users and Specified User Groups [DALNET.pdf] | [DALNET.docx]
Fines and Fees [Ex Libris .pdf]
Alma Letters [12/7/2017 First Thursday Webinar - Disregard notes about the patron-facing column in the letter emails table. This is only available for multi-lingual institutions.]
Course Reserves: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Library Reserves Training Materials [Harvard University]
Alma Reserves [OCC? .docx]
Alma Reserves [RMIT University .pdf]
Adding Citations to a Reading List [SHU .docx]
Adding course for multiple lecturers [RMIT University .pdf]
Adding non-library items to Reserve [RMIT University .pdf]
Adding equipment to Reserve [RMIT University .pdf]
Editing Reading Lists [RMIT University .pdf]
Reports & Alma Analytics: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Analytics Training Materials [Harvard University]
Creating Reports in Alma Design Analytics [2/2/2017 First Thursday Webinar]
Three Alma Analytics Reports [2/14/2019 First Thursday Webinar]
Manually Loading Usage Data in Alma [Jeff Zachwieja, OCC .pdf]
Managing COUNTER-Compliant Usage Data in Alma Specifically for SUSHI Vendors [2022 DALNET .docx]
Managing COUNTER-Compliant Usage Data [2018 DALNET .PDF]
Managing COUNTER-Compliant Usage Data [2018 DALNET .docx]
Running COUNTER Reports in Alma [DALNET .pdf]
Running COUNTER Reports in Alma [8/3/2017 First Thursday Webinar]
The Friendly Guide to [COUNTER] Release 5 for Librarians [.pdf by Tasha Mellins-Cohen]
Creating Itemized Sets [DALNET .pdf]
Saving and Managing Sets in Alma [5/4/2017 First Thursday Webinar]
Analytics & Reporting [University of Wisconsin-Madison]
Inventory/Shelf Reports: Docs from DALNET (& Others)Two Inventory Methods (Alma Shelf Report & Alma Analytics) [Video of 6/6/2019 First Thursday Webinar w/ Lindsay Mitchell,OCC]
Two Inventory Methods (Alma Shelf Report & Alma Analytics) [Slides of 6/6/2019 First Thursday Webinar]
Inventory Slip [Example from OCC]
Performing a Physical Item Inventory in Alma (using Shelf Report) [DALNET .docx]
Successfully working with Alma’s Shelf Report tool [Kate Cabe, Western Washington University .pptx]
Example of the Shelf Report Stock Taking Inventory Management Job [Yoel Kortick, Ex Libris]
Shelf Inventory using Alma APIs [Dean Lingley, Purdue University]