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by Laura Guy July 27, 2021

Using Alma Work Order to Manage Search and ReAcquisition of Missing/Claimed Returned Items

Author's Note: Please be aware this workflow was devised around 2016. The author retired in 2018, no longer has access to Alma, and posted this after-the-fact because of a request by another customer. It is possible "old" workflows like this will no longer work due to changes in Alma. Caveat emptor. At the Colorado School…

by Shira Rosenfeld July 20, 2021

Alma Integration with Third Iron (BrowZine)

BrowZine is an app for accessing and reading content from academic journals on the iPad. This article describes the required steps in order to publish portfolios from Alma to BrowZine, both for institutions that are not part of a network and for consortia members. Third Iron's documentation can be found here. For any questions regarding…

by Mark Hemhauser July 19, 2021

Migrating invoices from Millennium to Alma

IntroIt is possible to migrate Millennium payment data without III’s help and without significant technical skills. However, you are accepting certain losses of data and some clean up work. What you get is the ability to search Alma by invoice number and find past paid invoices. You also get payment history on your serial records.…

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