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OPAL Alma/ExLibris Migration

Resources and information to help OPAL libraries with the ILS migration to Alma

Acquisitions Roles

Acquisitions Roles Required

To create orders manually

  • Purchasing Operator
  • Purchasing Manager

 

To receive physical material

  • Receiving operator (scoped to library acquisitions department)
  • Receiving operator limited (scoped to library acquisitions department)

 

To activate e-resources

  • Electronic Inventory Operator
  • CDI Inventory Operator (to activate electronic collections with CDI component)
  • Repository Manager (to manage e-resource tasks in the activation task list)

 

To create invoices

  • Invoice Operator
  • Invoice Operator Extended (for delete actions)
  • Invoice Manager (same as operator, but only this role has access to Approval step)
  • Receiving Operator - scoped to acquisitions department (if receiving material at the same time that you invoice)

 

Cataloging & Resource Management

Cataloging & Resource Management Roles Required

 

To create, import, and merge/overlay bibliographic records using the MDE:

  • Catalog Manager
  • Cataloger
  • Cataloger Extended (in combination with Cataloger role, for delete privileges)

 

To set up import from an external source:

  • Catalog Administrator (for external search resources)
  • General System Administrator (for integration profiles)

     

To work with normalization rules

  • Catalog Administrator (also required to create normalization processes)
  • Catalog Manager
  • Cataloger

 

To create, edit, copy, or delete import profiles:

  • Catalog Administrator
  • Acquisitions Administrator

Fulfillment

Fulfillment Roles Required

 

To process requests (pick from shelf, hold shelf)

  • Requests operator (scoped to the library circulation desk)

 

To work at the circulation desk (checkout/checkin/process fines/fees)

  • Circulation desk manager (scoped to the library circulation desk) OR
  • Circulation desk operator (scoped to the library circulation desk) OR
  • Circulation desk operator - limited (scoped to the library circulation desk)
     

Make changes to circulation desk configurations (hours, settings printers), policies, TOUs, fulfillment units/rules, block preferences, etc.

  • Fulfillment Administrator

 

To receive resource sharing items

  • Fulfillment Services Operator (for the resource sharing library)
  • Fulfillment Services Manager (for the resource sharing library)