Resource Management Group (RMG)

Holdings records in Alma contain data about where to locate specific items within our libraries. Every holdings record is linked to a single bibliographic record; every item record is linked to a single holdings record. Holdings records may also have attached POLs (order records). Holdings records are created and modified within the Metadata Editor (MDE).

Holdings records in Alma contain data about where to locate specific items within our libraries. Every holdings record is linked to a single bibliographic record; every item record is linked to a single holdings record. Holdings records may also have attached POLs (order records). Holdings records are created and modified within the Metadata Editor (MDE).

For physical (i.e., tangible) monographs and serials, UC Berkeley follows the current national standard for recording multipart and serial holdings: ANSI/NISO Z39.71-2006 (R2011), Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items. This document is intended as a digest version of the larger Z39.71 document to cover common situations and cases encountered at UC Berkeley.

This set of tables shows the approved abbreviations for serial titles printed on spines during binding. It can be used to create a shortened serial title to add to a holdings 911$d (bind title) field.

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 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 information about MARC field indexing in the Alma repository for bibliographic and holdings records.

Guidelines for formatting call numbers, according to Library of Congress Classification (LCC) and other call number schemes, in Alma holdings records.

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