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2018 Conference and Developers Day

August 20–23, 2018

Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

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A Holdings API Utility for Updating Holdings with Record-Specific Data

Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 4:15 PM–4:30 PM CEST
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Abstract

Alma can perform batch changes in Holdings records, but there is no batch job to update them with unique data in each field.  This was becoming a critical problem, because we record journal shelf location in Holdings records, there have been lots of moves lately, but the moves are handled by library aides, not staff who are able to update Alma on the spot. A Developers' Network post (https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/blog/Using-Alma-BIB-API-in-order-to-retrieve-and-update-call-numbers) was our inspiration, but we needed a more flexible solution. The Systems team developed a utility which starts from an Excel change file and updates each Holdings record listed in the file with unique content -- for example, the shelf location of that title.  The utility works on almost any standard MARC field and subfield in a Holdings record and has been a big help.  The algorithm, basic functionality, and included error handling will be described.

Main Topic

Alma

Presenters

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Joan Kolarik, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Presenter's job title

Chief Librarian

Co-Presenters

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