Alma

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Alma is a library management system for managing library resources and materials in a unified platform.

Pricing

AlmaSubscription pricing not published; contact Ex Libris for pricing.On request

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Facts

Website: exlibrisgroup.com
Price: Not published
Free trial: Not stated
Analytics: Alma Analytics provides reporting and data insights for library decision-making.
Analytics subscription: Alma Analytics is included in an Alma subscription.
Cloud delivery: Alma is presented as a cloud-based solution that provides access to new features.
Community knowledge base: Alma Community Zone includes a Central KnowledgeBase of vendor offerings for electronic resources maintained by Ex Libris.
Consortia: Alma supports collaborative library networks that can share metadata management and other services or manage needs independently.
Integrations: Alma integrates with vendor, ERP, metadata-management, and remote-storage systems, and supports more than 200 APIs.
Open standards: Alma supports standards including NCIP, SRU, z39.50, SIP2, and OAI/PMH.
Primo integration: Alma and Primo share a unified backend for discovery and library workflows.
Security and compliance: Ex Libris describes a multi-tiered security model based on international protocols and standards and states it has received FedRAMP Tailored Authorization and is committed to GDPR compliance.
Support documentation: Documentation includes online help, release notes, best practices, training materials, Libguides, and knowledge articles, and is freely available.

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