Question

How to unlink a bibliographic record from the Community Zone?

Answer

To unlink bib records individually:

1. Edit the record in the Metadata Editor
2. From the "File" menu - choose "Copy to Catalog".

To unlink bib records via a job (in batch / bulk) - this is not yet possible today. However please see a suggestion here:

1. Create a Set of the bib records
2. Export the set using the 'Export Bibliographic Records' job
3. As preferred, edit the records in the *.mrc file, or add a Normalization Rule when importing the records back to Alma
4. Create a Repository Import Profile which does not add inventory, matches on 001, and unlinks from CZ.
   1. More specifically, Encoding Format is: UTF-8
   2. Add a Normalization Rule if relevant
   3. "Match Profile" tab has match on "001 To MMS_ID Match Method"
   4. In this tab, also check: "Unlink bibliographic records from community zone"
   5. In this tab, "Upon no match" = Do Not Import
   6. Inventory Information: None.

Of course, inspect the rest of the parameters and test carefully with a small set first..

• Article last edited: 02-JAN-2020