Training
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Learn new skills and get certified with our tutorials, recorded training and other materials
- Getting To Know Alma
- If you're just getting started with Alma, watch this series to learn the basics in Alma. This kit, developed in English, is available in German as well.
- Alma Essentials (NEW)
- The Alma Essentials training is the primary way to learn how to work with Alma. Alma Essentials kit, developed in English, is translated to other languages.
- 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 other languages.
- 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.
- 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.
- Resource Sharing
- These sessions introduce and detail the three models of resource sharing in Alma: broker-based, peer-to-peer, and fulfillment networks. Sessions cover resource sharing background, staff workflows, and configuration. These are useful for independent institutions as well as those in a collaborative network (Alma consortium).
- Extended Training
- Advanced Alma Topics and Supplementary Training
- Alma Fiscal Period Closure
- Bindery
- Documentation From Institutions
- Hebrew Cataloging in the Alma Metadata Editor
- Keep Up With Alma Previous Editions
- More Information About Resource Sharing
- Presentations and Documents
- Presentations and Documents - Acquisitions
- Presentations and Documents - Analytics
- Presentations and Documents - Analytics - Usage and Cost Per Use
- 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 - Letters
- Presentations and Documents - Miscellaneous
- Presentations and Documents - OAS (Oracle Analytics Server) and Data Visualization (DV)
- Presentations and Documents - Oracle Analytics Server and Data Visualization
- 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
- Seminars - Analytics Workshop for Advanced Users
- Seminars - Boston College Seminar February 2019
- Seminars - JULAC Seminar February 4 - 7 2020
- Seminars - JULAC Seminar July 2018
- Seminars - Macao Seminar February 10 - 11 2020
- Seminars - Oxford Seminar November 2018
- Seminars - South Korea Seminar February 2019
- Seminars - Taiwan Seminar September 2019
- 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.
- 2020-09-11 Alma and CDI Activation
- 2020-09-08 The Alma New Metadata Editor
- 2020-08-20 Using Community Cloud Apps In Alma and the Ex Libris Higher Ed Platform
- 2020-08-18 COUNTER Release 5 Usage Data Harvesting in Alma and Alma Analytics
- 2020-06-08 The Alma Print Daemon
- 2020-06-02 Digitization Requests and Document Delivery: Workflow and Processing
- 2020-05-26 Digitization Requests and Document Delivery: Setup and Initial Workflow
- 2020-05-19 Alma Digital: Access Rights and Copyright Declarations
- 2020-05-12 Alma Digital: Digital Deposits (Patron and Staff Mediated)
- 2020-05-05 Alma Digital: Title Level Collections, Digital File Viewers, and Viewer Services
- 2020-04-29 OASIS/Alma End-to-End Workflow for Purchasing Electronic Resources
- 2020-02-26 Introducing LibGuides for Alma
- 2020-02-24 New Features in Alma Fulfillment
- 2020-02-11 Provider Zone Introduction
- 2020-02-10 - Local Extensions for Community Zone Bibliographic Records
- 2020-01-29 - Single Activation: Managing Your CDI Collections From Alma
- 2019-12-17 - New Developments in Alma Analytics
- 2019-11-27 - New Developments in Alma for Letter Printing and Configuration
- 2019-10-30 - My Electronic Resources By Provider
- 2019-10-02 - Using Alma Analytics to Perform Overlap Analysis – Recent Developments
- 2019-08-13 - The COUNTER Platform and Alma Analytics Cost Per Use – Recent Developments
- 2019-04-04 - Upload Electronic Holdings from ProQuest Ebook Central
- 2019-01-07 - Recent Developments in Alma Analytics
- 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
- 2014-02-12 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
- 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 Digital: Configure a Deposit Form
- Alma Digital: Configure a Deposit Profile
- Alma Digital: Patron Deposit Overview
- Import Metadata of Digital Records from a Remote Repository
- Migrate a Digital Repository to Alma
- Migrate a Digital Repository to Alma
- Patron Waitlist for Controlled Digital Lending
- Acquisitions Workflows Videos
- Learn more about Acquisitions Workflows; includes how to set up the Acquisitions Infrastructure, how to perform Purchasing, Receiving, and Invoicing for physical materials, and how to update purchase order lines via Acquisitions Jobs.