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Brown University Scholarly Resources

Alma Acquisitions Documentation

Activating ersource acquisitions - 8/11/21

Alma Prediction Patterns - presentation 7-29-21

Serials Workflow Documentation

Prediction Patterns
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Physical_Resource_Management/016Managing_Physical_Resources/Prediction_Patterns

Serials - Multi level serial prediction patterns in the holdings record.pptx
Serials - Prediction patterns guide and examples.docx
How to create predicted items without a POL (acquisitions order)
Serials - Prediction Patterns and Serial Check-in.pptx
Serials - Automation tasks for summary holdings.pptx

Claims
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Materials/050Alma_FAQs/Acquisitions/Claims

Processing Claims
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/020Acquisitions/020Purchasing/100Processing_Claims

Processing Renewals (manual)
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/020Acquisitions/040Renewals/020Processing_Renewals

Renewal Workflow (automatic)
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/020Acquisitions/040Renewals/010Renewal_Workflow

PO Line – Renewal job
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/070Managing_Jobs/030Scheduled_Jobs#PO_Line_Renewal

Alma Resources and Documentation

Alma, Primo Implementation Methodology
Alma implementation project management framework
Getting Ready for Alma and Discovery Implementation
Documentation related to the requirements for an implementation of Alma and Primo with Ex Libris.
Alma Migration Guides and Tutorials
A full list of all the data migration guides for Alma and Primo.
Millennium and Sierra (III) to Alma Data Delivery and Migration Guide
Extracting Records from Millennium and Sierra (III) for Migration to Alma
Description of the procedures performed by Boston University in order to extract records from Millennium (III) to Alma.
Alma Migration Data Clean-up Recommendations (Cal State)
Harvard ALMA Acq WIKI

Alma Essentials -- short videos

Alma Education Webinars
Includes upcoming webinars and recordings of past events
Alma New MD Editor March 2021 (54 min.)
Alma Navigation and Searching (45 minutes)
Alma Essentials
Short videos to learn Alma basics.
Alma Kickoff (90 minutes)
Getting to Know Alma

Alma Essentials Training Kit
The series covers all you need to know to get started with Alma using short, demo based videos. This is a more comprehensive guide to using Alma.

Published articles

The Road from Millennium to Alma: Two Tracks, One Destination