Knowledge Basics
Temporary Locations or Work Orders
Why Work Orders and Temporary Locations are not interchangeable in Alma Alma considers items being worked on (work orders) unavailable, and overriding the work orders is extremely difficult or impossible to do quickly at the Circ Desk Unless you ...
PO Line Types and Attributes
POL Types PO Line Types = Purchase Type + Order Continuity The purchase type describes the resource you are purchasing. You can use a more descriptive term in the POL Material Type and Item record's Material Type fields. Purchase Types include: Print ...
MARC BIB 9XX Fields for Acquisitions/EOD
9XX fields to use for Acquisitions and Item Information for the New Order Import Profiles There are four 9XX fields that a vendor is allowed to use to place acquisitions and item information into when using EOD files: 949 - Holding Record and Item ...
Configuring Work Orders in Alma
Setting Up Work Order Types, Work Order Statuses. and Work Departments Within Alma Configuration, select the library in the “Configuring” drop-down, go to the General tab, and click on Work Order Types. Work Order Types From the Work Order Types ...
Tips for POL searching in Alma and Alma Analytics
Searching for POLs in Alma and Analytics can be a little different. Here are some tips. Alma The basic Order Lines > Title search is straightforward. This search will find the word(s) anywhere in the title. Alma does not interpret this as a phrase ...
Acquisitions (Physical and Electronic) - Basic Information
Getting Started These are some excellent resources to use when starting a new position related to Acquisitions. We recommend that you review any workflow diagrams in the recommended documentation. Then, watch any relevant workflow videos referenced. ...