Procedures for overlaying a bibliographic record in the IZ and/or NZ.
Tag: Network Zone
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.
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.
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.
Policy: Minimum Acquisitions Data
ndicating inventory (holdings, items, and portfolios) in Alma’s Network Zone for materials both ordered and cataloged will avoid unnecessary duplication, allow member libraries to make acquisitions decisions based on the most current and accurate data, and support increased collaborative technical services and cooperative collection development between Alliance libraries.
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).
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.
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.
Alma Brief Record Level Configuration
This document describes the current configuration and default Brief Record Level rule being used in the Alliance NZ account.