Training
Learn new skills and get certified with our tutorials, recorded training and other materials
- Alma Essentials
- The Alma Essentials training is the primary way to learn how to work with Alma. Alma Essentials kit, developed in English, is translated to Spanish, French and Simplified Chinese
- Alma Administration Certification
- Alma Administration Certification prepares Administrators and Systems Librarians to respond to Alma library configuration requests. Certification is a required part of Alma implementation at your library, although any Alma users at your library can watch the training sessions.
- Implementation Tutorials
- Basic training sessions regarding migration to Alma and Alma configuration
- Alma Collaborative Networks (Alma Consortia)
- The Alma Collaborative Networks training sessions show how to make use of Alma with your consortium, including the network institution, the Network Zone, acquisitions, cataloging, resource sharing, and much more.
- Extended Training
- Advanced Alma Topics and Supplementary Training
- Alma Analytics
- Alma Community Zone Intro and Task List
- Alma Concepts
- Alma Fiscal Period Closure
- Alma Link Resolver
- Alma Requests Flow
- Booking in Alma
- Course Reserves
- Hebrew Cataloging in the Alma Metadata Editor
- Integration with Self-Service Systems
- Managing Funds and Payments
- Managing Trials for Electronic Resources
- More Information About
- More on Resource Management
- Normalization Rules in Alma
- Operational Reports
- Presentations and Documents
- Presentations and Documents - Acquisitions
- Presentations and Documents - Analytics
- Presentations and Documents - APIs
- Presentations and Documents - Authorities
- Presentations and Documents - Consortia
- Presentations and Documents - Digital
- Presentations and Documents - E Resources and CZ
- Presentations and Documents - Fulfillment
- Presentations and Documents - Hathi Trust
- Presentations and Documents - Letters
- Presentations and Documents - Miscellaneous
- Presentations and Documents - Physical inventory
- Presentations and Documents - Primo and Alma
- Presentations and Documents - Related Records
- Presentations and Documents - Resource Management
- Presentations and Documents - Rules
- Presentations and Documents - Seminars
- Presentations and Documents - Serials
- Resource Sharing
- Uploading User Records
- Ask the Alma Expert
- Ask the Alma Expert is a live Q&A session on various Alma topics. Here you can stay updated on future sessions, and view past recorded sessions.
- 2018-12-10 - The New Alma Analytics Cost Per Use in the E-Inventory Subject Area
- 2018-10-29 - What's New in Alma Digital
- 2018-08-01 - Purchase Requests in Alma
- 2018-05-23 - Overdue and Lost Loan Notifications
- 2018-05-15 - Analytics for Advanced Users (Part 3)
- 2018-04-23 - New Consortial Functionality - Shared Users in Network Zone
- 2018-04-09 - Analytics for Advanced Users (Part 2)
- 2018-03-14 - Shared Licenses and Vendors in the Consortial Environment
- 2018-02-06 - Analytics for Advanced Users (Part 1)
- 2017-12-05 - New Features in Alma Digital
- 2017-11-28 - New Features in Resource Sharing
- 2017-11-21 - Ask the Expert: Primo Analytics
- 2017-11-14 - New Features in Fulfillment
- 2017-10-30 - Leganto Analytics
- 2017-10-18 - New Features in Acquisitions
- 2017-09-05 - New Features in Alma Analytics
- 2017-06-28 - Anonymizing Data in Alma
- 2017-06-06 - Benchmark Analytics
- 2017-05-15 Alma Analytics: COUNTER Report Management in Alma
- 2017-03-14 Alma Analytics: Title Level Subject Area
- 2017-03-08 Foreign Currency in Alma
- 2017-01-30 COUNTER Report Management in Alma – Functionality and Rollout
- 2016-12-14 Alma Analytics: Leganto Reports
- 2016-10-10 COUNTER Report Harvesting and Uploading in Alma
- 2016-08-17 EDI Workflows
- 2016-08-08 New features in OBI 11.1.1.9 and General Analytics Inquiries
- 2016-04-18 Advanced Topics in Analytics
- 2016-03-07 SAML
- 2016-02-29 Discovery Interface Display Logic
- 2015-06-24 Normalization Rules (Advanced)
- 2015-03-11 Acquisitions
- 2015-02-18 Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing
- 2015-02-04 Publishing from Alma to Various Targets
- 2014-10-22 Managing the Group Settings for Electronic Resources
- 2014-09-03 Course Reading
- 2014-07-23 Discovery Interface Display Logic
- 2014-07-02 RSS Feeds and New Book Lists
- 2014-06-18 Developers Network
- 2014-06-11 Fiscal Period Closure
- 2014-05-28 Patron Physical Items Requests
- 2014-05-07 Claims in Alma for Physical and Electronic Resources
- 2014-04-23 Patron Blocks
- 2014-04-02 Resource Sharing Setup and Workflows
- 2014-03-26 Demerits in Fulfillment
- 2014-03-12 E-Resources Architecture and Concepts
- 2014-03-05 E-Resources Architecture and Concepts
- 2014-02-19 Resource Sharing Setup and Workflows
- 2014-02-12 Work Orders and Item Process Management
- 2014-01-29 Letter Configuration
- 2014-01-22 Normalization Rules
- 2014-01-15 Primo and Alma
- 2013-12-18 Booking Requests
- 2013-12-11 Tips and Tricks in Analytics
- 2013-12-04 Fulfillment Unit Rules
- What's New Videos 2018
- Tutorials for new features in Alma released in 2018.
- Alma Digital
- The Alma Digital training series walks through the process of using the Alma Unified Resource Management (URM) framework to manage your digital resources in Alma. This training is intended for Alma customers who have purchased the Alma Digital add-on for managing digital collections directly in Alma.
- Alma Digital: Overview
- Alma Digital: Managing Collections
- Alma Digital: Managing Digital Resources Manually
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Introduction to Import Profiles
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Asset File Naming Conventions
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Preparing Dublin Core XML Files
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Preparing MARC XML Files
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Preparing CSV Files
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Creating Import Profiles for Dublin Core
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Creating Import Profiles for MARC
- Alma Digital: Bulk Workflow - Using the Digital Uploader
- Alma Digital: Configuring Viewer Services
- Alma Digital: Submitting Patron and Staff-Mediated Deposits
- Alma Digital: Approving Patron Deposits
- Alma Digital: Creating Deposit Profiles
- Alma Digital: Customizing Labels, Reasons, and Templates
- Alma Digital: Configuring Dublin Core Forms
- Alma Workflows
- Learn more about Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management Workflows in Alma