Metadata Management
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Metadata Management
Overview
Alma’s Metadata Management provides support for many different types of metadata schemes, workflows for authority control, bulk import, automated exports and more.
For information on our Linked Open Data roadmap, see: Linked Data
2023 H2
Collaborative Collections - Prevent Deletion of Bib Records According to their Metadata
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Libraries will be able to prevent the deletion of bib records that contain metadata indicating that the record should be retained. |
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Libraries will be able to maintain their catalog without accidentally deleting records that they are committed to retain as part of collaborative collection agreements. |
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Browse Name and Subject Authority Records
Idea Exchange
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Alma's browse functionality will be enhanced to support not only bib headings but also authority records, including non-preferred terms. | Staff will be able to browse authority records. | Staff will be able to browse authority records, showing both preferred and non-preferred terms. |
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Undo for Remove, Cut and Paste Field in Metadata Editor
Idea Exchange
What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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A new action, Undo Remove, Cut and Paste Field will be added to the Metadata Editor |
Catalogers will be able to undo the following actions in Metadata Editor:
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Staff will be able to restore data changed by these field actions without having to reload a previous version of the record. |
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2024 H1
Authority Control – Support Respecting MARC Subfields When Linking Bibliographic Headings
What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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In addition to field content, libraries will be able to select whether to force subfields to be taken into account when linking to bib headings. | Bib record fields will only link to authority headings if the matching content will be in the same subfields.
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The linking will accurately reflect not only matching content but matching cataloged subfields. |
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Support Indication Rules Form for Holdings Records
What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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It will be possible to easily create indication rules for holdings records in the Metadata Editor, and use them for filtering holdings sets. |
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Staff will be able to easily filter holdings sets according to the holdings record metadata. |
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All Titles Staff Search – Early Access to Enhanced UX
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The All Titles Staff Search will be updated and redesigned for better usability, performance, productivity, and overall user experience. |
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Efficient work with a Title search. |
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2024 H2
Partial Linking of Name/Title Headings
What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Alma will control the name portion of the name/title combination so that changes to the authorized form in the name authority record will be reflected in the bib heading. |
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Automated name authority updates for headings that include both name and title. |
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Form Editing for MARC 21 Bibliographic Records
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A form cataloging interface will be available to efficiently edit MARC 21 records. |
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Catalogers will be able to edit records in their preferred cataloging interface, making cataloging easier and more efficient for all cataloging staff and styles. |
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