Since there is no physical inventory maintained in the Community Zone or the Network Zone, the Community Zone and Network Zone search options (icons / tabs / radio buttons) were removed from the Alma repository search for the Physical titles and Physical items search options.
ELUNA 2020
Israel and Luiz will be presenting on our approach to addressing LCSH Illegal aliens
More precise "match types" needed in Alma advanced repository searching for all search indexes (does not equal, does not contain, etc) – 5
Lack of clarity in Alma terminology – example: copy to catalog means two things, depending on context. "Copy to IZ" and "Unlink from NZ" would be clearer. – 4
Primo deduping vector could be refined to be more precise and avoid problematic deduping. Perhaps Ex Libris could collaborate with functional experts among its customers to improve this. – 4
Collections in Alma – collection discovery in a consortium environment is not localized. This prevents institutions from enabling this relatively new feature. – 4
Authority Control Task Force Update
The task force will be meeting for the first time soon. Israel will be attending their initial meeting.
Members:
Luiz Mendes, Northridge (Lead)
Patrick Flanigan, San Diego
Kurt Hanselman, San Diego
Lucy Ingrey, Humboldt
Kara Rogers, Sacramento
Mark Braden, Los Angeles (Liaison, Resource Management Functional Committee)
Headings enrichment update
Primo norm rules have been updated to exclude variant headings from the facet section, but a full renorm is required for all Alma records to reflect this in Primo.