Organizational mergers or splits of libraries can occur at any time, necessitating the management of changes in the library landscape even after the migration process.

They involve the transfer of collections and data between libraries. While Alma supports the transfers of holding and item information between libraries, there are currently (as of Dec‘24) technical limitations when it comes to moving acquisitions data. This functionality is not yet supported by Alma.

We therefore propose implementing a solution that facilitates the seamless transfer of purchase orders, invoices, as well as linked vendor data and budget transactions between (owning) libraries within Alma. There should also be a support for various acquisition types (e.g., gifts, exchanges)

For detailed information and considerations, see the appendixes.

See also CERV Enhancement AENH-I-36404