[Wactclc-alma] FW: Alma November 2018 Release Highlights

Mon Oct 22 08:43:38 PDT 2018

Wade Guidry
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Subject: [ALMA-L] Alma November 2018 Release Highlights

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Dear Colleagues,

Another great month of Alma developments, including SIX Idea Exchange items.

This is a good opportunity to remind you to send in your Alma pictures that could appear on one of the login screens for 2019. See the attached email for more details.
All pictures sent in will be published in a variety of interesting ways...

You can view November's What's New Videos here<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLHMGFok32k_nS3dgVBaANyc2A5lVozYG>.

And of course, don't forget to check out the December Sneak Preview<https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/November_2018/Next_Release_Sneak_Preview_(for_December_2018)> - with a heads up on the last round of developments for 2018.

What's new in the November 2018 Release?

Acquisitions

  *   Support for SICI Numbers - The SICI number, or Serial Item and Contribution Identifier, is available for searching PO lines and for serial EDI claims.

  *   COUNTER and SUSHI Improvements<https://youtu.be/NJ-fdTr3-Ig> - Check the Release Notes for details.

Resource Management

[idea exchange]Idea Exchange - Material Type, Item Policy, and/or Copy ID Added - Material type, item policy, and/or copy ID were added to a number of areas in Alma.

Import with CSV and Excel Files - Bibliographic records may now be imported using CSV or Excel files.

ISBN 13 Display - You can now select to display the ISBN 13 format of the ISBN number (or ISBN 10 or both) in a number of repository search areas.

Bibliographic Information Added to Duplicate Title Analysis Report - Material Type and Brief Level now appear in the report for Duplicate Title Analysis.

Digital Resource Management

  *   [idea exchange] Idea Exchange - Search for Representation by ID - You can search for a representation of a digital title in the Digital Resource Editor by the ID of the representation.

  *   Suppress from Discovery - The Suppress from Discovery check box was added to the Add New Collection page.

  *   Filter Digital Representation Resource Editor History by Representation and File - The Level drop-down list was added to the History tab of the Digital Representation Resource Editor, allowing you to filter the contents of the History tab by representation and file.

Fulfillment

  *   [idea exchange] Idea Exchange - Transit for Reshelving Rules - You can set relation rules between libraries so that transit for reshelving will not be required between certain libraries. This does not affect other transit types, such as hold shelf, work order, and processing.

  *   Block Self Check Actions for Requested Items - The self-check integration profile includes an option, Prevent Requested Items Check In, to prevent checking in requested items and instruct the patron to return the item at the circulation desk.

  *   [idea exchange] Idea Exchange - Historical requests in the Resource Request Monitor - When searching historical requests in the Resource Request Monitor, it is possible to search by the patron's primary identifier within the Identifier search scope.

Resource Sharing

  *   New Input Parameter for Borrowing Request Terms Of Use Rules - There is a new input parameter Request Format in the Fulfillment Unit Rules for Borrowing Resource Sharing.  The parameter allows you, for instance, to place limits or fees on physical items requests while allowing unlimited requests for digital or non-returnable items.

  *   Lender Notifications for Lost/Damaged Borrowing Requests - A message can be sent from the borrower to the lender when an item is lost or damaged. An automatic process handles the request and the inventory.

  *   Real Time Item Level Descriptions for Resource Sharing - Primo users can see the list of descriptions of the items they want to request. They can place their resource sharing request based on a specific description.

Analytics

  *   [idea exchange] Idea Exchange - The Journal Title field was added to the Borrowing and Lending Request Details.

Administration

  *   [idea exchange] Idea Exchange - Number of Results on a List - You can select the number of results appearing on any list of results. For some lists, the range is between 10 and 50 results. For other lists, it is between 20 and 100 results.

  *   Institution's Privacy Policy - You can configure a link to your institution's privacy policy. The link appears at the bottom of every page in Alma.

More information can be found in the Alma November 2018 Release Notes<https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/November_2018> in the Ex Libris Knowledge Center.

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