relation: https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/1355/
title: Customized Alma Automation Using APIs
creator: McMunn, Wade
creator: Moor, Les
description: Libraries often have needs that are so unique that they will likely never be part of Alma's built-in repertoire. APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) can help libraries to build customized automations that aren't possible with out-of-the-box Alma. Using APIs, third-party applications can interact with Alma, including retrieving information and changing Alma data. The University of Manitoba has avoided many months of manual labour by writing web apps that use Alma's APIs to do things like fix our serial holdings mess, apply tax rebates to our funds, assign the appropriate e-resource authorization to off-campus user groups with EZProxy, apply and remove user blocks based on amount of fines owing, and more. Even if our specific Alma problems aren’t the same as yours, hearing about what we've done might give you some ideas about how Alma's APIs could help your library.
date: 2016-05-06
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
language: en
identifier: https://beta-documents.el-una.org/id/eprint/1355/1/Moor%20Customized%20Alma%20Automation%20Using%20APIs%20-%20ver%204.pptx
identifier: McMunn, Wade and Moor, Les (2016) Customized Alma Automation Using APIs. In: ELUNA 2016 Annual Meeting, May 1-6, 2016, Oklahoma City, OK USA.