Alma MARC 21

Alma ID

The Alma ID is the Alma institution code concatenated with a colon and the original Alma record ID.

Required for Alma-Primo interoperability.

Course Info (crsinfo)

CNO

The crsinfo field is created by merging the following Alma CNO subfields into a single line:

• k – Course code.

• j – Course name.

• l – Course section.

• g – Course instructor.

For example:

Additional subfields are mapped and not displayed:

• $$R – The course code is mapped from CNO k.

• $$N – The course section is mapped from CNO l.

• $$M – The course name is mapped from CNO j.

Type

For Alma-D, based on the TYP field using the Alma_Type mapping table.

For Alma-E and Alma-P, based on standard MARC field (same as Generic MARC). In addition, the database resource type is created when the ECT (electronic collection type) field is set to database.

For more information on the TYP and ECT fields, see The Format of Published Data.

Library Level Availability

AVA

The Availablity field subfields are created from the Alma AVA field, which is created for physical records, as follows:

• $$I Institution – based on the institution look-up table (Alma institution codes) using AVA $a as input.

• $$L Library – based on library lookup table (ILS Library codes) using AVA $$b as input

• $$1 Sublocation – from AVA $$c.

• $$2 Call number – from AVA $$d.

• $$S Availability status – based on AVA $$e.

• $$9 – Refer to section Adding $$9ONLINE to Library Level Availability. This field is not required in fields created from Alma.

• $$P location priority – from AVA $$p

• $$X source institution code (Alma Institution code) – from AVA $$a.

• $$Y source library code (Alma Library code) – from AVA $$b.

• $$Z source sublocation code (Alma collection code) – from AVA $$j.

Title

Uniform title

Creator

Contributor

Subject

Relation

Same as Generic MARC - except that conditions were added to prevent the use of non-preferred terms based on the content of $$9.

OpenURL*

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OpenURL fields have been removed from the Alma MARC template. Requests to Alma are sent using the OpenURL syntax but special templates defined for Alma are used. The template is not defined in the PNX but in the Delivery mapping tables.

Thumbnail

Alma_thumbnail link added for Alma-D.

Link to Resource

856 4# (except for 856 42)

The rules are the same as the Generic MARC rules, except that the system will not create a link to the resource if the record is Alma-D.

addsrcrecordid

001 - the Alma MMS ID is added.

Collection Discovery Parent ID

COL a

Course Department (crsdept)

CNO l – course section

Couse ID (crsid)

CNO k – course code

Course Instructor (crsinstrc)

CNO g – course instructors

Course Name (crsname)

CNO j (course name), k (course code)

Search Scope (searchscope)

Added the following search scope for the A-Z list if the record is display/type is journal and delivery category type is Alma-E:

AZ<primo code="" institution=""/>

AVE fields for campuses or libraries: AVE $$i, c and AVE $$i, l.

CNO a

COL a

Title

Author

Same as Generic MARC - except that conditions were added to prevent the use of non-preferred terms based on content of $$9.

Collection

AVA b

COL b: collections for Alma-D

COL a: Used to translate a collection if needed.

Course Department (crsdept)

CNO l – course section

Course ID (crsid)

CNO k – course code

Course Instructor (crsinstrc)

CNO g – course instructors

Course Name (crsname)

CNO j – course name

Top-level

In addition to the rule in Generic MARC, the system tags Available in Library-records as Available in Library if AVA $$e is available or check_holdings.

A-Z

The A-Z facet is created for use by the A-Z e-Journal list. The A-Z facet is the first letter of the title (the sort/title field is used).

Creator/Contributor

Topic

Same as Generic MARC except that conditions were added to prevent the use of non-preferred terms based on the content of $$9.

Institution

INST a

AVE i

Using institution look-up table - Alma Institution Codes

The rules for this field should be modified when an Alma institution is created per Alma campus. For more information, refer to the Alma-Primo Integration Guide.

Delivery Category

For standard publishing, use the following:

• INT a

• 856

For centralized publishing, use the following:

• INST b

• AVE i

For standard publishing, the rules perform the following:

• If INT is E, then Alma-E.

• If INT is D, then Alma-D.

• If INT is P and 856 is present, then Online Resource.

• If INT is P and 856 is not present, then Alma-P.

For centralized publishing, the delivery category is created per institution from INST subfield b. An Alma-E delivery category is also created per institution using AVE subfield i. The institution code is appended to the delivery category using $$I <institution code=""/>.

Restricted delivery scope

ARS (for Alma-D only)

If an ARS field is included with the value May be restricted, then a default restricted delivery scope is added:

This rule is not enabled. In addition to enabling the rule, you must create the scope and the restriction with the Ongoing Configuration Wizard.

C5

The MMS ID has been added to C5 for deduping.

F11

Same as Generic MARC except that conditions were added to prevent the use of non-preferred terms based on the content of $$9.

K1

K2

Same as Generic MARC except that conditions were added to prevent the use of non-preferred terms based on the content of $$9.

Author last

Author First

Corporate Author

Addiitonal author

Same as Generic MARC except that conditions were added to prevent the use of non-preferred terms based on the content of $$9.

Author

Same as Generic MARC except that Alma includes information on cross-references. For more information, refer to Browse Search.

Subject

Same as Generic MARC except that Alma includes information on cross-references and subject type (such as LCSH, MESH, and so forth). For more information, refer to Browse Search.

Call number

AVA $$d (for call number)

AVA $$a (for institution)

AVA $$k (for the type)

$$D (display form), $$E (normalized form), $$t (type) and $$I (institution) are created.