Training
Getting to Know Alma
If you're just getting started with Alma, watch this series to learn the basics in Alma
Alma Essentials
The Alma Essentials training is the primary way to learn how to work with Alma. Alma Essentials kit, developed in English, is translated to other languages.
Alma Administration Certification
Alma Administration Certification prepares Administrators and Systems Librarians to respond to Alma library configuration requests. Certification is a required part of Alma implementation at your library, although any Alma users at your library can watch the training sessions.
Alma Collabrative Networks (Alma Consortia)
The Alma Collaborative Networks training sessions show how to make use of Alma with your consortium, including the network institution, the Network Zone, acquisitions, cataloging, resource sharing, and much more.
Resource Sharing
These sessions introduce and detail the three models of resource sharing in Alma: broker-based, peer-to-peer, and fulfillment networks. Sessions cover resource sharing background, staff workflows, and configuration. These are useful for independent institutions as well as those in a collaborative network (Alma consortium).
Extended Training
Advanced Alma Topics and Supplementary Training
Release Highlights Videos
Tutorials for new features in Alma.
Alma Digital
Tutorials for new features in Alma.
Alma Analytics
With Alma Analytics, you can run reports on your library's activities and make informed decisions on collection development, library administration, and more. In this course, you'll learn how to access and create the different types of Analytics: reports, dashboards, and data visualizations. You'll also learn how to work with Analytics within Alma and get acquainted with some useful out-of-the-box Analytics.
Acquisitions Workflows Videos
Learn more about Acquisitions Workflows; includes how to set up the Acquisitions Infrastructure, how to perform Purchasing, Receiving, and Invoicing for physical materials, and how to update purchase order lines via Acquisitions Jobs.
Electronic Resources Management Workflow Videos
Learn more about activating, ordering, and searching electronic resources in the Community Zone.
Webinars
Learn about the different Alma functionalities from a one time webinars or from a series of lessons.
Alma Starter
The Alma Starter training program will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to use Alma Starter, from the necessary settings and configurations to managing your electronic resources. For administrators, this self-paced curriculum is concluded by an administration certification exam.
