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Use local fields for the uses defined in the table of Local Fields in Alma & Primo (below). For a detailed list of local fields in Alma, see the document CSU Migration of Local Bibliographic Data to Alma Local Extensions to Bibliographic Records.
Most local fields in Alma are designed to mimic a specific non-local MARC 21 field. The local and non-local field equivalencies are shown in the table of Local Fields in Alma & Primo (below). It is essential that local fields that are designed to mimic regular MARC 21 fields must be formatted in the same way as those MARC 21 fields, including indicators and use of subfields, as the Primo normalization rules that control display and searchability are designed based on the assumption that the local fields will be formatted the same as the relevant non-local field.
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