CCCLibraries: Cataloging Work Group: Policies

Policies and Best Practices

Cataloging at the WorldCat level -- Physical Materials
Updated April 2022.
Revised policies were approved by the LSP Governance Committee on May 6, 2022.
Bibliographic Records in the Network Zone -- Physical Materials
Updated April 2022.
Revised policies were approved by the LSP Governance Committee on May 6, 2022.
Deleting Network Zone Records Without Inventory from an IZ -- Physical Materials
Updated April 2022.
Revised policies were approved by the LSP Governance Committee on May 6, 2022.
Overlaying Bibliographic Records in Alma Network Zone -- Physical Materials
Updated April 2022.
Revised policies were approved by the LSP Governance Committee on May 6, 2022.
Primary Bibliographic Utility
March 2020 version 2.
Retaining and Deleting MARC Fields in OCLC Records Policy
March 2020 version 2.
Bound-withs Policy
June 2020 version 3.

Alma Cataloging Basics
May 2024 Version 4
Adding Local Notes/Extensions
January 2023 version 1. Explains how to add a local note/extension to a MARC record in Alma.
Publishing to OCLC
March 2023 version 4. Additional information added: explains a common error with the OCLC FTP File Exchange server, plus a work-around.
Deleting MARC Fields in OCLC Records
April 2023 version 2.
Deleting Network Zone Records without Inventory from an IZ (Best Practice)
April 2023 version 2.
Exceptions to Bibliographic Records in the Network Zone
March 2020 version 1.
Management Tags
February 2020 version 2.
Merge Methods
February 2020 version 2.
Metadata Editor Overview
April 2024 version 1. This document provides a basic overview on how to use the metadata editor in Alma. This document was created by Ewelina Biranowska (Cabrillo College).
Migration of Local Data
August 2019 version 1.
Network Zone Normalization
February 2020 version 2.
Overlaying Bib Records in Alma
Updated March 2023.
Sample Repository Import Profile
November 2019 version 2.
Shared Import Profiles/Normalization Rules Naming Conventions
February 2020 version 2
Suppression of Records
April 2023 version 3.