Resource Management Group (RMG)

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.

This procedure outlines the process for checking whether a newly received item arriving at a shelving location from a source other than Acquisitions/Metadata Services can be added to an existing fully cataloged record or if it needs to be referred to your local Tech Lead or Cataloging Unit for records work before adding to the collection. This documentation is NOT to be used for replacements for lost copies (forthcoming).

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.

This document explains the proper way to create a new item in Alma, lists the tabs and fields available within an item record, and describes how they're used at Berkeley.

MARC template used by the Bancroft Library for creating archival collection-level records in OCLC Connexion.

Interim procedures for creating Host Bibliographic Records that continue the status quo of records that were created on migration to Alma in 2021, and are not meant to represent any final decisions regarding Berkeley’s treatment of Host Bibliographic Records. The procedures are meant to provide guidance for catalogers to create records that can be updated in batch, along with the migrated records, as any changes are implemented in their treatment.

Explains the history of related record practices and how they may have become unlinked over the course of OPAC migrations. Also covers previous attempts to mitigate the unlinked related records problem.