Due to the technical architecture of the Alma NZ, changes must be entered into the WorldCat bibliographic record or they will be lost when the Alma record is overlaid. By cataloging at the WorldCat level, Alliance members improve discoverability for all Alliance Primo users, not just their own users.
Category: Documentation
Policy: Use of OCLC and Record Identifiers
The presence of OCLC control numbers in bibliographic records makes it possible to match records in Alma when materials are owned by multiple Alliance libraries.
Rights Statements Decision Matrix
The Rights Statements Decision Matrix assists in ensuring that digital collections have clear rights statements, promotes interoperability within Alliance institutions’ metadata records developed from diverse repositories, and facilitates access to digital content by end users.
Rights Statements in Digital Collections
This documentation assists institutions in providing clear rights statements for digital objects to comply with the Alliance’s Dublin Core Best Practices.
Dublin Core Best Practices
These best practices guide Alliance members who create and manage digital object metadata.
Primo Release Testing
Documentation for testing monthly releases in the Primo Premium Sandbox.
Import Profiles in Alma
Best practices for batch-loading records to the NZ through Alma import profiles.