In order to manage efficiently about 150 libraries in Alma, the Swiss Library Network Renouvaud has developed homemade applications for patron management and fulfillment. These applications enable actions in bulk. Apps are developed in java 8. They can be used by any system librarian. All you have to do to run them is entering your…

This blog post assumes that the user is already familiar with creating calculations in Data Visualization, as described in previous blog post How to use functions on fields in Data Visualization (DV) In this blog post we will do as follows: Create a field called "Loan date and time" which combines (concatenates) fields "Loan Date"."Loan…

Concatenations [kənˌkadəˈnāSHən] Author: Hisham Makki, Assistant Director for Data Quality. FLVC, FSU. Required knowledge: Advanced Analytics. Contents: Introduction Columns Concatenation Rows Concatenation Concatenation combines string data values where each value is joined together in one string value. You need to convert non-string data values to string values before concatenation. The easiest way to convert data…

Add Barcode Font to Analytics Author: Hisham Makki, Assistant Director for Data Quality, FLVC, FSU. Required knowledge: Basic Analytics; HTML. Contents: Introduction Add Barcode to An Analysis Add Barcode to A Dashboard Analysis Unfortunately, Alma Analytics does not come with a built-in barcode font. However, we have been asked by some libraries in our consortium to find a…

This blog post will discuss specifically How to use the Alma Refine cloud app for service ORCID.You may wish to first view How to activate and use the Alma Refine cloud appSee also:Ex Libris Introduces Cloud Apps Open FrameworkThe Ex Libris App CenterDeploying Cloud AppsAnnouncing the Cloud Apps Open Framework for the Ex Libris Higher-Ed…

See also: Examples of OAI SyntaxIn this blog post we will show how to use the resumption token when retrieving records via OAI.For example, the following URL will retrieve records in MARC21 format for set "person_entity_set_spec".See Examples of OAI Syntax for additional examples.http://yilis.exlibrisgroup.com:1801/view/oai/CZ_INST/request?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=marc21&set=person_entity_set_spec ONECopy the resumptionToken value from the bottom of the list of results, for…

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework based on the model view controller (MVC) pattern, so if you want to change not only the look (via CSS) but also the behavior and content of elements in PrimoVE you should access and change the model (the scope's data via scope's API) instead of accessing and modifying the DOM…

How to create and print QR codes directly from Alma and LIBstick? See also: Using LIBstick to print labels in Alma How to activate and use the Print in LIBstick cloud app Quick guide to using LIBstick to set up a label template and print labels LIBstick is a cloud label printing service which integrates…

After experiencing some problems with the Alma print daemon running as a Windows service, the National Library of Luxembourg has rewritten it. The daemon now runs as a task, allowing us to bypass the need of a logged in user. Furthermore, we've enhanced the print daemon with a monitoring component. Some characteristics of our rewritten daemon…

Although the purpose of this post is to present a practical case of contextual reuse of the GPT model and not to give a theoretical presentation on these new major language models, a brief presentation of the sub-concepts underlying this type of AI applied to the NLP is nevertheless necessary to better understand the rest…