While making the printed letters for Rapido I had to learn a lot about XLST codes and Alma specific codes for the letters. Below are codes to paste into your Alma Letters to get specific effects.

Barcodes

One of the most important codes for printed Letters are the barcode files. Technically you can use code to make anything a barcode with a barcode font, but those barcodes are often too big to scan with library scanners. Thankfully there are several codes for Alma specific barcode files generated in Alma. The following can be pasted into Letters to generate a barcode:

External ID (Full)

The following code will add a barcode for the full External Identifier. This version of the External ID may contain the 01// or 02// prefixes, which may prevent the barcode from scanning properly at the Borrowing Library. This is why this barcode works for articles and book chapters but not shipping items.

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External ID (truncated)

The following code will generate the External ID without the 01// or 02// prefixes. The official name of this ID is the Group Qualifier. This code works both at the Lending and Borrowing library and should be used when possible. This barcode is not available in all letters at the moment. Ex Libris will add it to more Letters in a future update.

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Internal ID

The following code will add a barcode for the Internal ID. This barcode is important for the article and book chapter paperwork because the scanned or downloaded files need to be saved as the Internal Identifier.

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