Documentation

• Creating a Course and Reading List in Alma – a document that covers the basics, including desirable configurations and recommendations. (Google Doc 2026)
• Temporary Locations for Course Reserves – this document details how to move materials easily from their regular locations to a temporary reserves location, and back again! (Google Doc 2026)
• Dual Locations and Personal Copies – Did you ever want to keep professors’ personal copies from showing up in your catalog after their course ends without having to delete the citations? Well here’s your chance! (Google Doc 2026)

Crowd-Sourced Solutions

Do you have great course reserves documentation? We want to hear from you and share your documents. Email lhilterbrand@orbiscascade.org and we’ll post your manuals here for library staff to adopt, compare, and contrast. Thank you!

• Southern Oregon University – Alma
• University of Idaho – Alma with Leganto

CDL (Controlled Digital Lending) for Reserves

• A guiding document 
• Step-by-step video demos
  • Creating a Collection for CDL
  • Creating Access Rights
  • Advanced Access Rights
  • Adding the Representation
  • Attaching your file to a course
  • Primo and the Patron View – unlimited and limited

Course Reserve Contacts

A list of reserve processors at Alliance Libraries who are willing to help and share information