Physical Resource Management
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Physical Resource Management
Overview
Alma provides you with the ability to manage all aspects of physical resources. Robust workflows ensure that all types of physical items are handled efficiently, easily, and quickly. Physical resource workflows are fully integrated with acquisitions and fulfillment as well as all aspects of resource availability.
2023 H2
Add Library Scope to Physical Titles Search
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Library Scope, used to limit the scope of the search for physical holdings or items of specific libraries, will be available in the Physical Titles search. It will enable limiting titles to search titles that have physical inventory in specific libraries. |
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This will reduce the need to define the library in the Advanced search or to use facets for every search for operators only interested in titles with inventory in specific libraries. |
Holdings – Support Itemized Set Management
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Staff users managing physical inventory will be able to manage sets on the holdings level. |
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Staff users will be able to better manage holdings with a higher level of accuracy. |
Add Notes to Physical Items Using the "Change Physical items Information" Job
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The Change Physical Items job enables replacing existing notes on items. It will be possible to add new notes to physical items without removing the existing notes by appending the new note to the existing note content. |
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Staff users will be able to better manage their physical items notes in bulk. |
2024 H1
Holdings – Enhanced Batch Jobs
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Bulk operations and batch jobs for holdings records will support running on holdings sets (and not just physical items and physical titles). |
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The inventory manager will be able to better automate holdings management with a higher level of accuracy. |
Physical Item Templates
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It will be possible to save an item as a template, to then be used to pre-populate common item information when creating new items. |
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Physical inventory operators will more easily and efficiently create physical items, as they will no longer need to manually input common item information. |
2024 H2
Physical Title Staff Search – Early Access Enhanced UX
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The Physical Title Search will be updated and redesigned for better usability, performance, productivity, and overall user experience. |
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The user will be able to quickly find titles and perform actions as needed. |
Physical Holdings Staff Search – Enhanced UX
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The Physical Holdings Staff Search will be updated with various improvements for better usability, performance, productivity, and overall user experience. |
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The user will be able to quickly find holdings and perform actions as needed. |
Efficiently Create Multiple Items
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Create multiple similar items for the same holdings in one go. |
When adding similar items to a holdings, it will be possible to add them together and not individually. |
The user will be able to quickly and efficiently add similar items, minimizing manual processing. |