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Orbis Cascade Alliance > Cataloging

Tag: Cataloging

Local Fields Best Practices, FAQ, and Tables

This page contains best practices and FAQs about local fields in Alma.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Best Practices Cataloging MARC Normalization

Policy: Importing Records to the Network Zone Without Consistent OCLC Numbers

This policy specifies the process for loading bibliographic records from vendors that do not supply OCLC control numbers (OCNs).

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Import Profiles Network Zone Policies

Creating a Set of Boundwith Records

These instructions show one method of creating a set of boudwith records so they can be excluded from other sets.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Bound-with Records Cataloging

Policy: Language of Cataloging

Policy on the language of cataloging used by a cataloging agency. (Not the language of a resource.)

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Policies

Policy: Cataloging of Titles on Electronic Readers

This policy will enable the Alliance to limit issues from cataloging of titles on electronic readers.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Policies

Policy: Bound-withs

Alliance libraries must use the standard method of creating bound-withs in Alma to ensure linking information is stored in the IZ and immune from overlay.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Bound-with Records Cataloging Institution Zone Policies

Policy: Provider-Neutral Records

Following the national standard in using provider-neutral records reduces user confusion over multiple instances of a title in the catalog and leads to better discoverability, while saving time and money.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Policies

Policy: Single v. Separate Records

Traditional national practice has been to catalog every manifestation of a title on its own bibliographic record (“separate records”). At the current time, separate records are the dominant approach, but single records are accepted as a variant practice.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Policies

Policy: Floor Bibliographic Standards

The purpose of a floor standard for bibliographic records is to specify minimum standards for completeness and content designation. Catalogers must ensure that every record adheres to this floor standard and are encouraged to use their judgement to determine whether additional data elements are beneficial.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Network Zone Policies

Policy: Cataloging at the WorldCat Level

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.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Cataloging Network Zone Policies WorldCat

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