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Orbis Cascade Alliance > Policies

Tag: Policies

Policy: Deleting bare Network Zone Records from an IZ

This policy ensures operators working in an Institution Zone do not delete Network Zone records that appear bare, but in fact may be linked to bound-with titles in a local IZ.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Institution Zone Network Zone Policies

Best Practice: Adding missing ISBNs to existing WorldCat records

When Alliance catalogers find Network Zone records that lack ISBNs, the ISBNs should be added to the WorldCat master record.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Network Zone Policies WorldCat

Best Practice: Syncing IZ & NZ Brief Levels for Bibliographic Records

Synchronization of IZ/NZ brief level rules will reduce troubleshooting, better prepare the Alliance for future shared/collaborative work efforts, and aligns with the Alliance’s Work Smart initiative.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Brief Records Institution Zone Network Zone Policies

Policy: Non overlay full by brief flag

Interim Policy on use of the “Do not override/merge a non-brief record with a brief version” flag in Alma import profiles

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Import Profiles Policies

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: Activation of Community Zone (CZ) Collection for Ebrary Academic Complete Subscription

It is Alliance policy that all libraries activate the Ebrary Academic Complete collection in Alma’s Community Zone (CZ). In order to achieve efficient maintenance of this consortial resource, libraries should activate the CZ collection, which will then receive updates as the collection is improved.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Community Zone Policies

Policy: Contributing Collections to the CZ

Policy for contributing collections to Alma’s Community Zone (CZ) and editing CZ bibliographic records.

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Alma Community Zone 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: Level of PCC Contribution

This policy establishes expectations of contributions from members of the Alliance who are also members of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC).

Categories: Documentation Technical Services
Tags: Policies Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)

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