[Wactclc-alma] Hello cohort 1 - Normalization

[Paula Laine]

Dennis,

I am glad to hear you are having luck with the normalization process. I really do plan to get back to them (and I like your idea of adding/deleting the 978 field).
I did a lot of things wrong trying to turn it into a process, then it wouldn't work on my set of records. My set of records was item level and of course I needed them at the bib level. After a while I found the way to change the set to bib level records and then I could run the job. I did eventually get it to work, and I learned a lot in the process, but it was a very frustrating experience.

Paula


From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis Christman
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 1:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Hello cohort 1 - Normalization

Paula,
We've had some good success with Normalization rules here at WCC. We still have very basic ones, but they've been very valuable for us. We've defined 3 processes. One is applied to every record that is exported into Alma from OCLC Connexion. It adds a local 978 field that just says Connexion. It lets us have a predefined logical set that contains all records where 978 = Connexion so we can easily find all the new records to add holdings and items.  We have another that removes that field as we go through and add the items. Finally, we have a process that we used to remove a 933 field from several thousand records.

What are you trying to do with them? We still have plans for at least a few more to help create holdings for different locations than our default, but they're still on the list of things to eventually get to. I'd love to hear how some other libraries are using them.

Dennis Christman
Technical Services, Interlibrary Loans
Whatcom Community College Library
360.383.3294
dchristman at whatcom.ctc.edu<mailto:dchristman at whatcom.ctc.edu>


From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Guidry, Wade
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 12:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Hello cohort 1

A good place to ask about normalization rules is the public Alma-L list (http://el-una.org/mailing-lists/alma-mailing-lists/#almal )

Folks out there have a lot of experience with norm rules. You could just specify what data you want to change, how you want to change it, and ask if anyone already has working examples.




Wade Guidry - wadeg at bigbend.edu<mailto:wadeg at bigbend.edu>
Library Consortium Services Manager
Washington Community & Technical Colleges Library Consortium (WACTCLC)
(509) 760-4474

From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Paula Laine
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 8:42 AM
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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Hello cohort 1

There's a MAILING LIST for us? I have been feeling pretty disconnected so this is wonderful. (Thank you, Dale for the information)

Couple things: I decided that all my vendors charge tax whether they do or not. I still send paper invoices to finance and hopefully the tax they figure will be close enough to what I put in the system.
I tried that governmental vendor tax thing and NOPE. I try to split my Amazon orders and use a credit card for any third party sellers who do not charge tax. If they end up on the regular Amazon invoice finance does not notice that the tax is wrong, so that will still need some special attention. I have sent some things to be paid that are not in ALMA yet so I need to sort that out.

Normalization rules broke my head. I used all the instructions I could find, but got stuck SO MANY TIMES. I was trying to add the $h [videorecording] in the 245 of selected records. I will say that I finally did it, but it was not worth the angst. I will do my editing in OCLC where I have a macro to strip out all the fields I don't want. I expect we don't need the 245 $h anymore, but I wanted to try on something "simple" HA!

Today I want to know why items that have been received are still showing up on the list of things to be received. It even shows that 1 copy was received (! Copy was ordered). I don't know why, and right now I don't care a whole lot as long as the things I want to receive are on there.

My two cents.


Paula Laine
Bellevue College
Library Media Center
3000 Landerholm Circle SE
Bellevue, WA 98007

425-564-2259



Paula Laine
Bellevue College
Library Media Center
3000 Landerholm Circle SE
Bellevue, WA 98007

425-564-2259


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