Expiration dates in Alma

Unlike Millennium, patron records loaded from Banner into ALMA cannot have their expiration dates changed by us.   As a result, the consortium has  constructed a work-around

Students records will be loaded on the following schedule: 

  •  Fall Semester students on August, 1 of every year.
  • Winter  Semester students on December, 1 of every year.
  • Spring Semester students on January, 2 of every year.
  • Summer Semester students on May, 1 of every year

The ALMA expiration dates will move out to the following dates:

  • Fall 2017 Semester Students: End of Term Date + 120 days: April, 16.
  • Winter 2017 Semester Students: End of Term Date + 120 days: May 12, 2018
  • Spring 2018 Semester Students: End of Term Date + 120 days: September 10, 2018
  • Summer 2018 Semester Students: End of Term Date + 120 days: December 22, 2018

As we move forward, these dates will shift depending on the end of term date, but probably not by much.

Faculty/Staff records will be loaded on the following schedule: 

If the faculty member is in the weekly report of active employees in CoreCT, or if they are still not there, but have started less than 3 months ago and have a course to teach assigned to them in Banner, they will be loaded daily.

Expiration dates will change on September 1 every year to the next December 31, in the next calendar year.

For example:  On September 1, 2018, the faculty/staff expiration will change to December 31, 2019.

We are doing this to help aid in renewing items closer to the patron record expiration date.

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