[DCRM-L] Alma

Thu Sep 19 07:01:59 MDT 2019

Others have already made the comments that I would have made, but I would
like to add, in regard to Primo, that you can configure the de-duping and
FRBR-ization of bib records so that rare materials are not clustering in
search results with other related items. When we first came up on Primo,
physical copies of rare books were getting clustered with ebook and
microform versions of the same title, and the ebook always displayed as the
primary item in the cluster, so unless someone knew to drill down, users
might not know that we had a physical copy of the book. We were able to
configure things so that materials in special collections locations did not
get combined in Primo search results with other formats, but it took some
convincing because most people (including ExLibris) assumed that e-versions
would ALWAYS be preferred by users. We were also able to get some targeted
searches set up, limiting to special collection materials. None of this is
Alma-specific, but since you brought up Primo I wanted to mention it.

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 1:37 PM Gemberling, Ted P <tgemberl at uab.edu> wrote:

> Angela, 590’s are displaying in our Primo catalog and are searchable. Now,
> I think maybe one factor that may be different for you is you don’t want
> all your libraries to see all the notes. We just have one catalog for our
> libraries. Admittedly we don’t have a lot of 590 notes. They are mostly in
> our Special Collections materials.
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> Ted Gemberling
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> UAB Libraries
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Jones, Angela
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 18, 2019 10:11 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Alma
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> Hi everyone,
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> SMU migrated from Voyager to Alma in the summer of 2017. Off the top of my
> head, here are my two cents about issues that specifically relate to
> cataloging rare or special collections materials.
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> First, bound-withs work very differently in Alma than in Voyager. I find
> the Alma workflow to catalog bound-withs to be more cumbersome, although
> the record displays and discoverability in both Alma and in Primo seems to
> work fine.
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> The second issue concerns local notes. When we migrated, we went from an
> environment where all the campus libraries shared Voyager, but didn’t share
> bib records. Our bibs all migrated as separate bibs, but going forward in
> Alma we have had to share new records. We all had been accustomed to using
> 590 fields in our specific records for local notes, but in a shared record
> environment that can get sort of messy. We have looked at using other MARC
> fields in the holdings record to put in copy specific notes such as donor
> notes, provenance, etc. But my understanding is that such notes aren’t
> necessarily searchable in Primo. I would love to find out that I am wrong
> about that, however!
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> As I said, that is my two cents. Others may have different perspectives.
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> Angela
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> Angela Jones
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> Head of Technical Services
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> Underwood Law Library, Dedman School of Law
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> Southern Methodist University
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> P.O. Box 750354
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> Dallas, TX 75275-0354
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> 214-768-1827
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> arjones at smu.edu
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Tedford, Beth
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:54 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Alma
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> I would as well. We will be migrating from Voyager to ALMA next year and
> would love to hear of others experiences. Thanks.
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> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:36 AM Carpenter, Jane <
> jfcarpenter at library.ucla.edu> wrote:
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> I’d also be interested in hearing responses to Richard’s query—
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> Thanks—
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> Jane Carpenter
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> Special Collections Cataloger
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> UCLA Library Special Collections
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> jfcarpenter at library.ucla.edu
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 18, 2019, at 7:22 AM, Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu>
> wrote:
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> Could those of you who have experience with Alma in the context of rare
> materials cataloging please advise me of what to look for in a presentation
> by representatives from ExLibris? Advice off the top of your head would be
> fine, and could be privately communicated if you think that advisable. We
> are currently a III Sierra user.
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> Many thanks -
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> RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
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> BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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> <Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>
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> --
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> Beth Tedford, MLIS
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> Special Collections & Archives Assistant
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> Rare books cataloger
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> Z. Smith Reynolds Library
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> Wake Forest University
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> PO Box 7777
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> Winston-Salem, NC 27109
> 336-758-4657
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> tedforme at wfu.edu
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> Defender of Wonders
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