Meeting Summary
Updates/Problems/Concerns
- Alma Outage
- Letter configuration – “From” email address for all NDUS institutions
Alma Release Notes – February 2026
- Override Hold Policies
- View Mode for Courses in Course Reserves
- Automatic Waiver of Overdue Fines for Re-loaned Items
- Differentiated User Groups in Fulfillment Networks Based on Course Institution
- Pop-Up Notification for Hold Shelf Items
- More “Interested In” Letter Fields can be Customized
- Additional COUNTER Report Attributes for SUSHI R5/R5.1 Harvesting
- Support for Plain Text Email
- Search Users by Role and Scope
Library Updates
- BSC – Stacks are back open (DVDs and CDs still out of commission); working on inventory of collections
- VCSU – Book March Madness Event (Best of the Century), increase in submissions
- MSU – Book Talk on historical fiction title What We Leave Behind (author Barb Soldberg)
- UND – Spring Break! ND State Science and Engineer Fair, Faculty Excellence ceremony, fun events like hosting local qualifier event for Settlers of Catan
Anything else you would like to discuss or address?
- Alma Known Issues Portal
- ODIN Workdays
- Library of Things session – Chris is host
- Looking for additional sessions
Next meeting is scheduled for May 27th, 2026, at 10 am CST.