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Background
This policy sets out the overarching principles regarding working in the Network Zone that CSU libraries must understand. When specific policies are not yet in place, libraries should act in line with these principles.
Policy Statement
- The Network Zone (NZ) in Alma is the shared bibliographic environment for CSU libraries. The goal is to have bibliographic records, brief or full, reside in the NZ with inventory attached.
- This provides a foundation for collaborative work, both in terms of developing collections and cataloging. All bibliographic records should reside in the NZ (see other specific policies for the few exceptions).
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- Editing of bibliographic records should be done in Connexion rather than in Alma.
- This is in line with the bibliographic mandate that cataloging is done at the WorldCat level. In addition, daily OCLC loads by CSU will overlay existing bibs in Alma whenever the OCLC master record is edited, so any changes made in Alma will be lost. This means:
- No manual editing of bibs in the Metadata Editor (exceptions: adding local fields, adding OCLC numbers to brief bibs).
- No batch processes to edit NZ bibs using Normalization Rules or Run Jobs in Alma.
- Do not use the “Derive New Record” feature in the Metadata Editor to create new records for bibliographic resources in the NZ.
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 |
| 9/15/2016 - Policy needed to establish general principles governing the work in Alma and the Network Zone. | To be distributed to TS Working Group for discussion. |
Finalize Policy Statement | TS Leads |
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