Alma

Acquisitions and resource management workflows are complicated in a shared Alma environment. Records may originate in the Community Zone (CZ), Network Zone (NZ), OCLC, through vendor record loads, or be locally generated via manual or automated processes. This presentation discusses using shared environments such as the CZ, NZ, and OCLC with vendor record loads and locally created records to maximize efficiency and record quality in single and multi-institutional environments for both electronic and physical resources. Specific questions addressed include:

• Preventing record and effort duplication in multi-institutional environments where temporary records with different control numbers must ultimately be replaced with a single full-level record
• Balancing efficiencies presented by the CZ such as included linking information with metadata quality and maintenance issues
• Using the Alma API to analyze records and improve access for users

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