Alma 2025 Release Highlights Videos
Videos
Request Specific Metadata from the AI Metadata Assistant
May 2025
You can now request specific metadata from the AI Metadata Assistant when creating or enriching a record. This is useful for example, if you only want to enrich a certain field, such as the summary. Your administrators can configure which types of Metadata are requestable.
XSL Normalization Rules for Metadata Records
May 2025
You can create, edit, and run XSL Normalization Rules, allowing you to manipulate metadata across all MARC-supported formats. This is useful for creating advanced normalization rules, such as resequencing the fields of the record, to sort all the fields numerically.
Flexibility in Handling Community Zone Updates for New and Deleted Portfolios
May 2025
Alma now enables a more precise configuration of how updates from the Community Zone affect your localized collections. Under the previous automatic update scheme, when a portfolio was added to a Community Zone collection, it was automatically activated for your collection, and when a Community Zone portfolio was removed, it was automatically removed from your collection. Now, new and deleted portfolios can be handled separately.
Add a Network Zone Title to a Local Collection
May 2025
Members of a consortium can now add titles from the Network Zone to their local collections.
Updates to the Holdings Search User Experience
February 2025
Alma's new interface for the holdings search has now been updated to include some great features!
Change PO Lines Types for Different Inventory and Continuity
February 2025
The Update PO Lines Information - Advanced job now changes the PO line type, even when the inventory type or continuity are different. For example you can now change the PO Line type from Physical One time to Electronic One-time, regardless of the actual inventory.
Sound Alerts in New Manage Patron Services UI
February 2025
The new Manage Patron Services page can be set up to sound an alert when a block happens at the circulation desk. This can help staff handle blocks more promptly and efficiently.