Welcome - Alma - Important Information and Tutorials

Where It's At!

Our Local Instance of Alma Replaces Aleph. Used primarily for cataloging and circulating library materials.
Our Local Instance of Primo VE Discovery (replaces Mango). How students, faculty, & staff will discover our resources.
NA07 System Status Operational status of our shared Alma/Primo VE environments

Alma - Network Zone FLVC's instance of Alma.
Primo VE - Network Zone FLVC's instance of Primo VE.
Alma Migration Library Guide for Polk State Library Staff Highlights of our journey from Aleph to Alma over the past year and going forward.
FLVC - Alma/Primo VE Resource Guide FLVC's Library Guide to Using Alma.

Training

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For those that want to know more, the links below include everything you ever wanted to know about Alma plus tons of information you probably don't want to know.

Getting to know Alma Alma basics for everyone. Broken up into five major sections, each 15-22 min long. Includes 5 min quiz at completion.
NEW Alma Essentials Updated in 2021. Content is reorganized and images are current. These are the go-to tutorials for Alma.
Primo VE Training Everything you ever wanted to know about Primo.
Ex Libris Main Training Site Training for all Ex Libris products. No password needed.
ELUNA Learns Membership in ELUNA provides staff at member institutions with free registration for all ELUNA learns sessions held in 2024. Non-members will be invoiced $25.00 for access to the webinar.

Getting Better All the Time

Have an idea or two to make Alma and/or Primo VE even better? The two ways to make suggestions and influence Ex Libris are via the Ex Libris Idea Exchange (provided by Ex Libris) and ELUNA (Polk is a member as is FLVC). Details on the sites below.

Idea Exchange Share, support, and get feedback on suggested ideas for any Ex Libris product.
Idea Exchange - Alma Ideas Ex Libris' official site for suggested improvements to Alma.
Idea Exchange - Primo Ideas Ex Libris' official site for suggested improvements to Primo AND Primo VE.
ELUNA Membership is required to vote on suggested improvements. (Our institution is a member.)

Generic ELUNA annual enhancement timeline:
First week(s) of January - Deadline for new requests (Chris would need to enter into NERS)
March - 1st round of voting by community
June - 2nd round of voting (if necessary)
*Ex Libris delivers accepted enhancements by the following September