[DCRM-L] Boundwiths in Alma

[Tess Amram]

I've used the $3 in a 773 to specify which copies/issues go with which 773 in Alma. It didn't seem to cause any display or linking problems, as far as I can remember. Also, we used a 590 to describe the bound-withs textually, which helped keep things clear for the user.

Tess Amram (they/them)
Special Materials and Continuing Resources Cataloging Librarian, Teaching Assistant Professor
Resource Description Services Team
N110J University Libraries
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado 80309
Email: Tess.Amram at colorado.edu<mailto:Tess.Amram at colorado.edu>
Phone: 303-492-1492

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Subject: [DCRM-L] Boundwiths in Alma

Hello all,

We recently migrated from Horizon to Alma, and I am still trying to figure out the best way to handle more complicated boundwiths/sammelbands. I hope some other rare book catalogers can help.

We started using a 773 in constituent bib records, linking back to the host record, which is the only one with visible holdings/items records. This has worked for straightforward monographs bound together. However, it gets a lot more complicated with multiple copies and multiple item records, especially periodicals bound together. I have been experimenting with different methods but I would like to hear what other Alma users are doing, and where you have had success or difficulties.

Has anyone found a good solution? We also need to fix the already cataloged boundwiths that migrated over since in Horizon all of this was handled in the item record with the much missed linking barcode field.

Finally, I am interested in doing a panel at RBMS 2024 about how different libraries and library systems handle boundwiths, whether that's sammelbands or any other separate bibs sharing an item record. I added it to the collaboration spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NERocf2VE2fMyBWMxBY-j6Uy8HrH07hynScCPEropGw/edit#gid=0>. The topic could be expanded to other unique formats where the physical item and system are at odds, or how you have had to change cataloging practices based on a library management system. Please let me know if you're interested!

Thanks,
Anna


Anna Loewenthal
Content Management Librarian
Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
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