Publishing Bibs and Holdings from Alma to WorldCat: An Alternative Setup
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM–10:50 AM CEST add to calendar
Room 101
Event part
Conference
Abstract
This presentation discusses an alternative to the out-of-the-box solution offered by Ex Libris for publishing bibliographic and holdings records to WorldCat. Instead of publishing bibliographic records with embedded holdings information using one publishing profile, as recommended by Ex Libris, we have implemented a different setup using two publishing profiles: a generic publishing profile for bibliographic records and the out-of-the-box LHR publishing profile for holdings records. After presenting our current setup, including our configuration, and workflows, I will elaborate on the challenges we have encountered, the solutions and workarounds we have developed, and the remaining open issues and desiderata for this integration.
Track
Migration / Implementation
Other
Other
Products or Areas of Focus
Alma
Interoperability
Interoperability
Presenters
![Oki Utamura, KB, National Library of the Netherlands, Functional Application Manager [photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/28716f5c544600c64c90d21b621f4321.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50)
Oki Utamura, KB, National Library of the Netherlands, Functional Application Manager
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Moderators
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