Resource Management Group (RMG)

This procedure outlines the process for importing a new WorldCat record or merging an existing WorldCat record in the Network Zone (NZ) when the OCLC number is used in a Community Zone (CZ) record.

This document concerns OCLC holdings maintenance for physical resources. Maintaining accurate institutional holdings in OCLC is important for Library staff and for our users both locally and worldwide, and it is vital for interlibrary services.

In order for OCLC to communicate with Alma, a new Gateway export connection will need to be established.

This procedure outlines how to enter cataloging statistics into local extension field 955 in Alma using templates, and how to obtain cataloging statistics using Alma Analytics and Excel.

This procedure outlines the process for creating minimal records in Alma for prints in the Graphic Arts Loan Collection (GALC) so they can be loaned out to users.

It does not include information for receiving the prints, updating the spreadsheet, sending to the framers, adding the barcode, or updating the website.

These instructions cover relinking item records, as well as holdings records and the item records linked to those holdings records. The instructions don't cover all the possible variations in relinking, but they lay out one way to do the work.

This procedure presents the steps for marking Alma bibliographic and holdings records for deletion. To delete an item record, see Deleting (Withdrawing) Item Records in Alma.

This document includes decisions, policies, and presentations from the systemwide Resource Management: Cataloging & Metadata Operations Subteam (RM-CMOS).

Frequently asked questions related to the Resource Management functional area.

Training resources from outside the SILS project.