CCCLibraries: Cataloging Work Group: Documentation

Quick Tips

General Tips
Cataloging eBooks

Cataloging Streaming Videos in Alma
Shasta College shares its notes on how to catalog streaming videos in Alma. January 2021.
E-Video Cataloging - Provider Neutral Records
City College of San Francisco shares how to create provider-neutral e-video records that emphasize only video information with electronic form applicable to all manifestations. Records do not contain information specific to any one particular provider or vendor. May 12, 2023.
Local Electronic Collection Setup Tips
Miracosta College shares its tips to set up a local electronic collection. November 2020.

Adding a Local Electronic Collection
Instructions from ExLibris on adding a local electronic collection in Alma. 2023.

Comparing ILS and WorldCat Records Tips
Los Rios Community College District shares its tips to identify WorldCat records that correspond to local records that lack locally added non-local MARC fields.
Using MarcEdit to Add LibGuides to Alma
West Los Angeles College shares its tips to add LibGuides to Alma using MarcEdit software. May 2020.
What to Do When Material Type is Wrong
Shasta College shares how it corrects in Alma a material type that appears wrong to meet a desired Primo display.
Copy Cataloging Record found in NZ
Shasta College shares how to catalog a single record found in NZ. February 2021

Copy cataloging eBook titles when selected for purchase via DDA program
These instructions were created at Shasta College for copy cataloging single eBooks titles when selected for purchase via DDA program. Library copy catalogers are given the “Ebsco PDA Activity Statement” which lists eBooks triggered for purchase. Some of these instructions may not apply to another library’s procedures for cataloging eBooks. April 19, 2021.

How to catalog an individual eBook using an OCLC record in the NZ
This video tutorial was created at Glendale Community College for cataloging individually purchased eBooks using an OCLC record in the Network Zone. It also shows how to activate an ebook purchased through the Acquisitions module. Some of these instructions may not apply to another library’s procedures for cataloging eBooks. April 6, 2023.
How to catalog an eBook that comes with the purchase of a print book using an OCLC record in the NZ
This video tutorial was created at Glendale Community College for cataloging an individual eBook that comes with the purchase of a print book using an OCLC record in the Network Zone. Some of these instructions may not apply to another library’s procedures for cataloging eBooks. April 6, 2023.
How to catalog an individual eBook using a record from the CZ or the NZ
This video was created at Los Medanos College which shows how to catalog an individual eBook in Alma using a bibliographic record from either the Community Zone or the Network Zone. Some of these instructions may not apply to another library’s procedures for cataloging eBooks. April 27, 2023.
How to create an import profile and upload a file of multiple bib records to Alma
This video was created at Los Medanos College and it shows how to create an import profile and then how to upload a file of multiple bibliographic records containing e-books and/or other resources to Alma. Some of these instructions may not apply to another library’s procedures for cataloging bib records. December 7, 2023.
Adding a Local Electronic Collection
Instructions from ExLibris on adding a local electronic collection in Alma. 2023.