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This LibGuide provides material to support college library staff with using Alma & Primo.

Acquisitions Basics in Alma

 

Creating

Transferring

  • Transferring Funds [video] - How to transfer funds to another account, as well as accessing them within Alma.
  • Transferring Money Between Allocated Funds [web page] - How to move money from one allocated fund to another, within Alma.
  • Moving Funds [web page] - How to move funds within a ledger, to another fund account under the same ledger, within Alma.

Managing

Overviews

  • Purchasing Overview [video] - The various ways of how to start the purchasing process within Alma.
  • Creating Orders [video] - The 3 ways of how to create orders in Alma, using manually inputted PO lines, imported EOD files, and real-time ordering with API.

Physical Items

Serials & Renewals

Electronic Resources

Settings & Configuration

  • Additional Settings [video] - Additional settings and configuration that are related to PO Lines as well as invoices, that the user can change within Alma. 

Receiving

Invoicing

Purchase Order (PO) Lines

Purchase Orders

Purchase Requests

Claims

  • Processing Claims [web page] - How to create a claim, as well as how to update claims, within Alma.

 

Types of Importing

Import Profiles

Import Jobs 

  • Import Processing [web page] - This tool redirects to Record Import for more information on how to monitor and view import jobs in Alma.
  • Monitor and View Import Jobs [web page] - How to monitor and view import jobs, as well as view the results of import jobs, within Alma.
  • Resolving Import Issues [web page] - This tool helps the user resolve any issues in Alma, that may occur when using import jobs.

Jobs

  • Acquisitions Jobs [video] - The various jobs within acquisitions department on Alma, that the user can manage.

Licenses

 

Shared Acquisitions Policies, Standards and Documentation