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What if you have a batch of records?  You can create a normalization rule to run against these records.  The normalization rule can be added to an import profile or you can run a job to apply a norm rule to a set of records.

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Merge rules either remove lines in the primary record or copy lines from the secondary record to the primary record. Merge rules do not affect the secondary record. There are several possible scenarios for merging records. The primary record in each of these scenarios is as follows:

 

Process

Primary record

Importing records using a profile 

Alma record

Importing records from OCLC Connexion

Alma record

Merging two already existing records 

Record on the left (opened first)

Copy cataloging using an external resource 

External record

 

  1. Match points

The key is to not create duplicates. So part of the creation/import of new bib records will have to include checking for a match. 

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