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JCU Library Experience Procedures ALMA: Fulfilment

Placing & Removing items on Display

Display Items

Purpose: 

  • To place or remove items on display

ALMA Roles

  • Physical Inventory Operator
  • Fulfillment Operator

Responsibility

  • Librarians (Library Experience)

Items with the temporary Location of Display Cases are not loanable and not requestable

Items with the temporary location of Display are loanable and requestable - this option is used for displays such as recreational reading or promotional displays

Placing items on Display

Open Alma

  • Scan in Items > Change Item Info
    • Change Type = Temporary
    • Location = Display Cases or On Display

  • Scan item barcode
  • OK

Removing items

  • Scan in Items > Change Item Info
    • Change type = Restore

  • Scan item barcode
  • OK

Generating a list of items currently on Display

Generate a list of items currently on display.

Purpose: 

  • To manage errors of items On Display

ALMA Roles

  • Physical Inventory Operator
  • Fulfillment Operator

Responsibility

  • Librarians (Library Experience)

Note: If there are any items that you believe have been mistakenly shelved and not checked in, locate and return by following the Removing items procedure above.

Generate a list of On Display items in Alma

Open Alma

  • Click on Physical items in the search bar.
  • Click on the Advanced Search (magnifying glass with a green cross on the left hand side of the search bar).
  • Click on the plus button on the right if an advanced search bar hasn't appeared.
  • In the drop down menus, select Location - Equals - Townsville: On Display
  • Click Search

This will generate a list of what is currently on display (or reserved for the next display) on the first floor display shelf.

Generate a list of what is currently on loan from the Townsville display shelf:

Open Alma

  • Click on Physical items in the search bar.
  • Click on the Advanced Search (magnifying glass with a green cross on the left hand side of the search bar).
  • Click on the plus button on the right if an advanced search bar hasn't appeared.
  • In the drop down menus, select Location - Equals - Townsville: On Display
  • Click the plus icon on the right hand side to create a new advanced search row
  • Click AND - Process type - Equals - Loan
  • Click Search

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