Alma 2024 Release Highlights Videos
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All Titles Staff Search
November 2024
Alma’s new repository search has been upgraded with a new UI for faster, simpler searches and streamlined workflows. These changes also include updates to Advanced Search to support a more powerful, refined search.
New Circulation Desk UI
November 2024
The circulation desk workflows have been redesigned to leverage a more streamlined process for Managing Patron Services and returning items.
AI Metadata Assistant
November 2024
The AI Metadata Assistant combines innovative AI solutions with expert cataloging knowledge to easily and efficiently create and enrich English MARC21 bibliographic data.
Open Access Workflows
November 2024
A new license type, Transformative Agreement, has been added in Alma for open access resources.
Automatic Renew Notices
November 2024
Patrons can now be notified when an automatic renewal has been applied to their loan.
Additional Fields Added to PO Line Information Job
August 2024
Nineteen additional fields that have been added to the Update PO Lines Information job to increase the amount of information that can be changed with the job.
Choose Alma Theme Color
August 2024
The Alma Color Scheme can now be configured at the user level, instead of only at the institution level.
Create Multiple Item Records from a Template
August 2024
Further simplify item record creation, with the ability to now create multiple item records when creating an item from a template.
Copy POL Price to Replacement Cost
August 2024
When creating or editing a Purchase Order for physical items it is possible to define that the PO line price should also be the item’s Replacement cost.
Item Templates
May 2024
Item Templates simplify item record creation by allowing you to save item record settings that you want to apply to all new records of that type.
Linked Data Enrichment
May 2024
You are now able to configure the Linked Data Enrichment Names and Subjects. Previously, Linked Data was a checkbox that would add URIs in the background.
Order It!
May 2024
The process for creating Purchase Order Lines, or POLs, when ordering items from Amazon, has been streamlined with a browser add-on called Order It!, allowing you to harvest metadata directly from the Amazon listing.
Delete Licenses
May 2024
License records can now be permanently deleted instead of just being marked as Deleted.
Filter a Holding Set by Indication Rule
February 2024
Indication Rules can now be applied to holding sets. Previously, they could only be used to filter results for titles.
Performance Tracking File
February 2024
When Alma is subject to performance issues, such as long search times, Ex Libris asks that you open a support case and attach the Performance Tracking File, to help our support team investigate and resolve the issue.
Physical Item Conditions
February 2024
You can now add custom Physical Item Conditions in Alma, in addition to being able to edit the four default values (Brittle, Damaged, Deteriorating, and Fragile).