| Date (2026) | Session Name and Description | Accompanying Resources | Asia Pacific Registration | The Americas and Europe Registration | Recording |
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| Jan. 15 |
The new "Relative Date Index" in Alma A new index allowing for the staff user to search entities via an "X days ago" relative date index has already been added (Nov. 2025) to the various 'Titles' searches. This relative date index will also be added during 2026 to additional entities including Purchase Order Lines. During this session we will demonstrate various use cases of the relative date index, including creation of a "New Resources List" in Primo using a logical titles collection. We will also look at a specific use case which has been desired by the Alma community for several years: the ability to use this index to create a "New Resources List" in Primo (this is sometimes called a "New Books List"). We will see that this can be done by making a "logical titles collection" based on a set which uses the new relative date index. We will look at this process step by step by creating such a "new resources list" live during the webinar. This development originated from the Ex Libris Ideas Exchange: Create Alma search queries and sets with relative dates. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Tamar Fuches |
How to create a "New Resources in the Library" list in Primo |
YouTube Recording | ||
| Feb. 10 |
Customized Repository Search Bibliographic Indexes With this development each institution can customize bibliographic indexes to include those field(s) which are desired by the institution. Before this development, the only way to retrieve bibliographic records with non-indexed specific values in specific fields and subfields was to run an indication rule on a set. Now a specific index can be created with the desired field(s) and then that index can be used to search for the desired records. This will answer the request of many Ideas Exchange requests including:
This session will be delivered by Yoel Kortick and Erez Shabo. |
Customized Repository Search Bibliographic Indexes.pptx | Register | Register | YouTube Recording |
| Feb. 18 |
AI based tools in Primo VE NDE
During this session we will show various aspects of both of these tools, via a live demo and interactive discussion. We will both a) show current features already available to the Primo community and b) discuss roadmap plans for both features. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Sima Bloch |
Register | Register | YouTube Recording | |
| Mar. 5 |
The Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME Introduction and live demonstration of creating and editing BIBFRAME records within Alma. Using the new Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME Librarians will be able to create and edit BIBFRAME records (work and instance) in a new editor. Highlights in the new Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME include:
During this session we will have a live demo of creating and editing BIBFRAME records and templates. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Adina Marciano |
BIBFRAME and Linked Open Data Brief Overview (Adina Marciano).pptx 01 An Introduction to BIBFRAME and Linked Open Data.pptx 02 Three sample BIBFRAME records.pptx 03 Retrieving viewing and navigating BIBFRAME records in Alma.pptx |
Register | Register | YouTube Recording |
| Mar. 11 |
Recent developments regarding Physical Holdings retention in Alma Alma now supports retention at the holdings level in addition to bibliographic records and physical items. Alma now supports the retention of the holdings record, in addition to the existing retention of physical items and bibliographic records. The major highlights of this feature are:
The ability to prevent deletion of holding records eases the management of holdings records for institutions that maintain their retention information in the holdings record. Note that this functionality is in addition to and complements the existing Bibliographic record and physical inventory retention in Alma. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Tamar Fuches, Liza Voloshin |
Register | Register | YouTube Recording | |
| June 4 |
The Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME - recent developments In a previous webinar on March 5, we showed the Linked Open Data Editor with all its capabilities as of the March 2026 release. Since then, because of an aggressive and comprehensive Roadmap, there have been many new developments. These new developments have been driven by the customer community as well as industry standards. The Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME is now fully operational and being used in more live institutions. During this session we will do a live demonstration of the Linked Open Data Editor and include many of the latest features.Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Yifat Lulav and Adina Marciano |
BIBFRAME and Linked Open Data Brief Overview (Adina Marciano).pptx 01 An Introduction to BIBFRAME and Linked Open Data.pptx 02 Three sample BIBFRAME records.pptx 03 Retrieving viewing and navigating BIBFRAME records in Alma.pptx |
Register (APAC) |
Register (Americas & EU) |
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| June 9
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New developments in physical fulfillment in Alma Over the past several months, due to an aggressive and comprehensive roadmap, as well as the completion of many Ideas Exchange and CERV requests, there have been many new developments in Alma regarding physical fulfillment. These developments significantly improve the workflows and efficiency of the Alma staff users. During this session we will do a live demonstration of many of these new features and developments, including (time permitting) seven new developments originating from the Ideas Exchange and five new CERV enhancements. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Baruch Picard |
Coming soon | Register (APAC) |
Register (Americas & EU) |
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| H2 |
Copy Cataloging Using AI Title Matching to Enrich Bibliographic Records New Alma job to enrich bibliographic records via AI-based matching against external resources. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Lili Daie |
Coming soon | Coming soon | Coming soon | |
| H2 |
Physical Items User Experience Redesign of physical item search, editor, and workflows. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Lili Daie |
Coming soon | Coming soon | Coming soon | |
| H2 |
Redesign of the "Community Zone Updates Task List" Improved usability and performance for Community Zone Updates. Presenters: Yoel Kortick, Tamar Fuches |
Coming soon | Coming soon | Coming soon |
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