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Alma Resource Management Guide

This guide explains all aspects of the cataloging process, including loading, editing, and deleting bibliographic records, holdings records, and item records in Alma.
Resource Management FAQs

 

The following are Frequently Asked Questions that library staff have submitted to FLVC in various workshops, meetings, and office hours. More will be added to this section over time.

  1. What is the difference between the Network Zone and the Institution Zone?
  2. How Can I Print Spine Labels?
  3. How Can I deactivate an electronic collection?
  4. Where Can I Find an Explanation of Alma's Various Roles and Profiles?
  5. How Can I Set Up a Printer to Print Slips in Alma?
  6. How Can I access the CAWG list of Post-Migration Remediation Projects?
  7. How do I make a set of bib records?
    1. You can create a set using multiple methods. To find the best one for you, please click the link and go to the libguide page that explains this process
  8. How do I load a set of marc records?
    1. the best way to load a set of marc records is to use an import profile. Please click to go to the libguide page on importing bib records
  9. What do I do if I find duplicate bibliographic records in Alma?
    1. Network Zone Deduplication is a process that usually is taken care of by the Data Quality group at FLVC. If you find duplicates in the Network Zone, please email the Help Desk. 
  10. The link to a resource isn't working/isn't showing up in Primo, what should I do?
  11. How do I export from OCLC?
  12. Where do I sign up for the FLVC Cataloging Listserv?
  13. Where do I find out more about the Technical Services Standing Committee?
  14. Where do I find information on authority control procedures?
  15. I am working on reviewing Authority headings and I see some errors. Should I send the errors I find to FLVC?
  16. How do I filter a set of records based on tag/field and subfield data?
    • The answer is with Indication Rules
  17. What Resource Management and Data Quality Services does FLVC offer to those apart of the FLVC network?

 

If there is a question that you feel needs to be added, please contact the FLVC Help Desk at help@flvc.org.