Catalogers must retain all MARC fields in OCLC records when exporting from Connexion with the exception of the 029 field, which must be deleted.
Category: Documentation
OCLC Member Merge Participation
Alliance members who participate in the OCLC Member Merge program receive extensive training to get authorization to perform master record merges.
Policy: Overlaying Brief Bibs in the Network Zone
This policy addresses when to overlay brief bibs contributed by other Alliance libraries.
Procedures: Overlay in Alma
Procedures for overlaying a bibliographic record in the IZ and/or NZ.
Policy: Overlay in Alma
This document describes policy and methods for overlaying individual bibliographic records in Alma with records exported from OCLC Connexion client or brought into the Network Zone (NZ) from daily OCLC loads.
Bibliographic Records with Multiple OCLC Numbers – Summary and Cleanup
This FAQ addresses the problems caused when bib records in the Alliance Network Zone (NZ) contain two or more different OCLC numbers in separate 035 subfields.
Policy: Numeric Character References
This policy is about the use of Numeric Character References (NCRs) in MARC cataloging records.
Alma Merge Rules in the NZ Account
This document lists each of the merge rules created in the NZ along with the purpose and text of each rule.
Non-serial E-Resources in Alma: Best Practices for Local Collections
This document provides best practices for Alliance libraries as they manage non-serial electronic resources in Alma within the context of current functionality and partial consortial migration.
Policy: Network Zone Record Deletion – Import Profiles
This policy ensures incoming institutions can match to Network Zone records and is critical to preserve bibliographic records in the Network Zone.