When the CSU migrated to Alma and started CSU+ there was no Printouts Queue and all printing needed to be sent to the printer through an email letter. Complications with this workflow led to the creation of CleanSlips by Jeremy Hobbs who worked at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at the time. To use CleanSlips, CSU staff downloaded an Excel file from Alma with the necessary data and uploaded the file to the CleanSlips program or website. CleanSlips would then generate the Pull Slip/Book Band or Sticker labels. Recent updates to Alma has made the ability to print these slips in the Printouts Queue using Alma Letters. This workflow reduces the amount of steps needed for printing and adds scannable barcodes for Rapido workflows. Before setting up the Alma Letters you might want to set up the Printouts Queue.

Ful Incoming Slip Letter

The Ful Incoming Slip Letter is the letter used when printing Rapido lending requests at the Being Processed status. This is the status requests will be at when they arrive at the lending library and need to be pulled from the library shelves. To edit the letter go to Configuration → General → Letters → Letters Configuration and search for Ful Incoming Slip Letter.

Labels

By default there is no label for the book title in this letter. To add the label you can rename the Description to a Code that isn’t used in the final version of the letter. I recommend updating the “my_id” Code to say “Title” in the description.

Template

Most of the changes to the XML code are made on the Template tab. Changes to the XML include fixing broken code for the External ID barcode, adding a return label for the borrowing library to use, and reordering the fields. Before you update the code it is always a good idea to save a backup of the original code. After creating a backup replace the existing code with either the Pull Slip/Book Band XML or the Sticker XML.

Sticker Code coming soon.