Collection maintenance

This document covers how to use data exported from migrated serial holdings 952 fields to populate a 911 bind information field on a serial holdings record.

This document outlines the local holdings fields and extensions that have been defined by UC Berkeley Library for use in Alma.

This document outlines how to record serial binding information in a 911 local holdings field and how to use the Items to Bind report dashboard to export spreadsheets for shipments going to the bindery.

This document provides guidance for units to submit lists of items to be withdrawn in batch by Metadata Services.

This documents the policies for recording in the various fields on the Notes tab in an item record.

This Collection Services Division policy identifies which components of newly acquired resources are considered to be essential to retain, describe, and preserve. This policy also applies to the preservation of circulating collections, as well as any changes that may be made to a catalog record.

This procedure outlines how to process maintenance materials in Metadata Services, focusing on how the materials enter and leave the department.

This document covers coding best practices for fields and subfields in holdings records.

This procedure outlines the process for sending physical materials to Metadata Services for cataloging or record maintenance, including scanning items into the Acquisitions Technical Services work order.

Item records in Alma provide the basis for a wide range of operations in technical and public services, such as checking things in/out, placing requests, billing, labeling, binding, tracking of in-process materials, and compiling statistics. Every item record in Alma must be attached to a holdings record, which is attached to the bibliographic (bib) record.