Take the Travail out of your Work! Alma Work Orders Explained

Abstract

Work orders in Alma track and monitor the processing of physical items. Easily customizable, work orders allow you to move items between or within departments. In this session, two librarians from the University of Washington will show you how work orders are configured at a large academic library, what types of processes can be tracked with work orders, and demonstrate what happens to a physical item as it moves through a series of work orders. Discussion will include how work orders can be used to fill tracking and processing needs specific to Access Services and Technical Services departments.