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- The Alma Network Zone (NZ) is the shared bibliographic environment of the CSU system, whose goal is to have bibliographic records, brief or full, residing there with direct and related inventory;
- Libraries must avoid adding duplicate records (with the same OCLC number in 035 $$a) to the NZ;
- Libraries must not change the OCLC number in existing NZ records;
- The following are examples of records that should not reside in the NZ:
- personal-copy course reserves
- titles borrowed on ILL from outside the CSU
- inventory control of equipment
- host bibliographic records for bound-withs
- suppressed bibliographic records
- vendor record sets that the library is not allowed to share
Additional Considerations
There could be rare cases when brief bibliographic records created to track inventory locally are allowed to reside in the IZ rather than the NZ at the member library’s discretion. Criteria to consider when making this decision include: do the brief records contain the minimum elements required for In-Process Brief Bib Records, or would addition to the NZ negatively impact member libraries’ ability to upgrade and maintain records. Excessively brief records may make it difficult to identify and select a resource and they may inadvertently hide relevant material in Primo search results, negatively impacting our users.
Related Policy:
Working in Alma and the Network Zone
Action log
| Section | Point Person | Expected Completion Date | Last action taken | Next action required | |||
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Articulate the need for the policy (background) | TS Leads |
| TS Leads identified need for policy to govern work in the shared bibliographic environment. | To be discussed with TS Working Group. | |||
Finalize Policy Statement | TS Leads |
| Identify and create best practice recommendations | Where applicable, identify and write up procedures in Alma |
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