1. DALNET FIRST THURSDAY
March 1, 2018

2. Configuring Institution Notifications
December Alma Release
Configuring Institution Notifications

3. You may now create institution notifications
that appear to all users on the Alma Home Page
For general, non-time restricted information and messages

4. Directions
1. In Alma, click on Gear

5. 2. Click on General > Home Page Notifications:

6. Click on Add Row:
White
Is the color of milk and fresh snow, the color produced by the combination of all the colors of the visible spectrum.
Black
Is the color of coal, ebony, and of outer space. It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light.

7. Select Icon that Fits your Message Click Add Row and Fill In:

8. Click Save:

9. On Alma Homepage Click on Manage Widgets
Notifications Must Be Enabled for Display in Alma
On Alma Homepage Click on Manage Widgets

10. Select Notifications Check Box

11. Display on Alma Home Page

12. List of Widgets Analytics (various) Tasks Notifications
Organizational Calendar
Scheduled Job Status
Discovery Search
Primo Dashboard
Consortia Member Links
Sandbox(es)
Administrator-Created

13. For additional information about widgets, please see the Ex Libris Knowledge Center

14. Configuring Timed Notifications Appear on the Alma Home Pageto
Appear on the Alma Home Page

15. Directions
1. In Alma, click on Gear

16. 2. Click on General > Institution Notifications:

17. Click on Add Row:

18. Notification # must be unique among notifications currently defined on this page
Remember :
Alma uses Military Time in hh:mm format

19. Click on Customize
The message will appear when you return to the Alma home page. When the user clicks on the x the message is dismissed and will not appear again.

20. February 2018 Alma Enhancement
Peer Reviewed and Open Access Icons

21. MARC Fields 500 and 506
500 _ _$a Refereed/Peer-reviewed _$f Unrestricted online access $2 star
The Peer Reviewed and Open Access Information is
Indexed, Searchable, and Identified in Search Results
For further Information please see Ex Libris Knowledge Center:

22. Peer Reviewed and Open Access Advanced Search Options in Alma
These new search options are available to easily locate bibliographic records that are identified as peer reviewed and/or having open access. The Peer Reviewed and Open Access Icons appear in the title search results on the Institution and Community Zone tabs.

23. From All Titles Select Advanced Search:
Select Peer Reviewed from Drop Down Box:

24. Select Equals Yes from Drop Down Box
Click Search

25. Results

26. Advanced Search for Open Access

27. No First Thursday in May

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