[Wactclc-alma] [EXTERNAL*]- question from Claire at Shoreline

[Elena Bianco]

Hi Claire:

Our librarians do use the Request Materials function in Alma to place orders. It works well for us. They enter the title, author, ISBN, estimated price of the item they want to order.  Our Technical Services staff then orders the books, usually through Amazon, because it's the least expensive.

We have not explored setting up EDI for payment to Amazon. We reconcile the packing slips from Amazon with the credit card, and agreed, it's not a super easy process. I'd be interested in hearing how setting up EDI would work...

Good luck!

Elena


Elena Bianco, Systems & Technical Services Librarian
Skagit Valley College
2405 E. College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360)416-7624

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Subject: [EXTERNAL*]-[Wactclc-alma] question from Claire at Shoreline

Hi all,

I have a couple of questions, and apologies in advance if they are super basic!


  1.  Would it be worth it to set up EDI for payment to Amazon and B&T and Ebsco?
  2.  Is it possible for our librarians to order books directly from Alma?  Right now, our selectors order from Gobi and we have temporarily stopped ordering from Amazon because it's a lot to reconcile the credit card.


My objectives are: librarians easily request books or other resources. Tech services easily updates the budget. Librarians have up-to-date information on the fund budget.

I've read the section on EDI and on Purchase Requests.

Would you point me in the right direction on this? Thanks for considering!

Claire Murata
Collection Development Librarian
Ray Howard Library
pronouns: she/her

Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Avenue North
Shoreline, Washington 98133-5696
library.shoreline.edu  |  206.546.5820

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