Alma Payment Unit

The following services are available through the Payment Unit :

• Process payments for monographic and serials invoices
• Add new vendors or update existing vendoring information
• Provide payment information to Library staff and vendors
• Enter payment information into Alma which is posted out and uploaded into the Berkeley Financial System (BFS), and generate fund activity reports
• Work with Library staff and vendors on the preferred payment methods
  • Foreign vendors requesting to be paid by wire transfer must complete a Foreign Bank Authorization Form and return to acqpay@lists.berkeley.edu. The form must be typed.
  • Vendors requesting to be paid by an electronic funds transfer (EFT) must complete the EFT Authorization Form and provide a voided check if depositing into a checking account. Vendors using their social security number as their taxpayer identification number must mail or fax their form and voided check to:
    

    Library Business Services
    110 Doe Library MC# 6000
    Berkeley, CA 94720
    Fax: (510) 642-6086

    Vendors using an employer identification number (EIN) can return the form and voided check to acqpay@lists.berkeley.edu. The form must be typed.

Payment Unit Staff

Tam Clay - Payment Analyst
trclay@berkeley.edu

Lynn Tran - Library Buyer and Alma Payments Lead Analyst
htran@library.berkeley.edu