Alma Configuration Changes
Date | Functional Area | Change | Executed by | Requested by | Comment |
8/7/2018 | General | Updated the library name of Straus Conservation to Straus Center for Conservation | WDW | Megan Schwenke | Name correction |
8/7/2018 | Resources | Set MD Editor record lock time from 168 to 24 hours. | ME | Many | Alma "default" is 1 hour |
8/8/2018 | Resources | Updated the Bibliographic extension pack to include 028 $q | ME | Anne Adams | MARC Update |
8/8/2018 | Resources | Added norm rule to process Holding Normalize on Save, which pads zeros in Aleph record numbers in URLs in Holdings 994 fields (link to related record - formerly H77). | ME | Many | Numbers in H77 often had leading zeros stripped. |
8/9/2018 | Resources | Created a Dummy norm rule that does nothing. Set the Dummy as default in new BIB Normalization Process defined as for use with one-off or rarely used norm rules. | ME | ME | Makes life easier |
8/10/2018 | Fulfillment | Added the Tag MISSING to the item level in Reading Lists. | ME | Caitlin Elwood | |
9/7/2018 | E-Resources | Added SFTP connection for export to update e-journal holdings for BrowZine | WDW | Lauren Syer | Had been updated via SFX export. |
9/14/2018 | Acquisitions | Configured Berenson circulation desk to receive materials | WDW | Paris O'Donnell | Receiving at circ eliminates extra scan to mark item in place (ExL documentation). Staff will clean up material currently "at" BER Tech Services before we disable access to that department. |
9/26/2018 | Acquisitions | Added acquire for relationship for Poetry Room (Lamont) to ITS 625 Acquisitions | WDW | Daryl Boone | |
9/28/2018 | General | Changed days_password_change (User Management > General > Other Settings) from 90 to 365 | WDW | Laura Morse | |
11/6/2018 | General | Added Reshelve Without Transit rule to allow material marked as Done by GUT Tech Services to skip transit to Gutman Library. | WDW | Karen Young | |
11/9/2018 | General | Added Reshelve Without Transit rule to allow material marked as Done by HYL Tech Services to skip transit to Yenching. | WDW | Isabel Quintana | |
11/13/2018 | General | Added Reshelve Without Transit rule to allow material marked as Done by ITS at Langdell to skip transit to Harvard Law School | WDW | Tom Ma | |
11/13/2018 | General | Added Reshelve Without Transit rule to allow material marked as Done by Harvard Law School Library Acquisitions Tech Services to skip transit to Harvard Law School | WDW | Tom Ma | |
2/15/19 | E-Resources | Added shared e-resource email address to CRM Contacts table to allow creation of CKB content-related Salesforce cases directly from Alma. | WDW | Lauren Syer | Cases automatically include data such as CKB ID/CZ MMS ID, E-Collection ID, and coverage info. |
6/6/19 | E-Resources | Added shared serials cataloging email address to CRM Contacts table to allow creation of CKB content-related Salesforce cases directly from Alma. | WDW | Steven Riel | Cases automatically include data such as CKB ID/CZ MMS ID, E-Collection ID, and coverage info. |