Background
The search box below limits results to Alliance webpages with categories for training and documentation. This is different from the search box at the upper right, which searches both the Alliance website and files stored on the Alliance’s Shared Drive for WordPress.
Results are displayed below the search box, with initial results including all pages with either Documentation or Training categories.
Enter search terms or phrases, and adjust the training resource types and/or categories to filter the results.
Filter Options
These are the options for filtering by training resource type and/or categories.
- Training Resource Types
- Training & Documentation: The default selection will return webpages with either the Documentation or Training categories.
- Documentation: Webpages are primarily text based, but may incorporate screen captures and other images.
- Training: Webpages may include video, audio, recordings, and other resources that demonstrate processes or practices.
- Any Category: These categories provide more options to filter results and are associated with Alliance program areas.
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Use of Faceted Terms in Cataloging
These best practices address how to use faceted terms in bibliographic records.
Policy: Suppression of Records in Alma
This policy specifies how records in the Network Zone (NZ) should be suppressed in different situations.
Best Practice: Sharing Import Profiles to the Community Zone
Following shared naming conventions will allow Alliance libraries to easily identity other Alliance import profiles shared with the Alma community.
Policy: Retaining and Deleting MARC Fields in OCLC Records
Catalogers must retain all MARC fields in OCLC records when exporting from Connexion with the exception of the 029 field, which must be deleted.
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.
- Documentation
- Documentation is primarily text based, but it can incorporate screen captures and other images.
- Training
- Training includes video, audio, recorded sessions, and other resources that demonstrate a principle or process.
The option "Documentation & Training" will return webpages in either category.
