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As of June 9, 2020, LTS has instituted Alma Brief Level rules allowing Alma to automatically exclude records from publishing in OCLC if they lack certain elements (see Alma Brief Levels wiki page). However, if a record is exported from OCLC into Alma during the acquisitions process (i.e., awaiting full cataloging), the existence of OCLC number in the record trumps the criteria listed for exclusion and that particular record will push out to OCLC during the iterative Data Sync process. In that instance, you will still need to include 914 manually. Once the items are fully cataloged, the 914 field should be removed from the bib records.
NEW IMPLEMENTATION (April 2020):
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- When an Alma record is updated via Search Resources or Connexion, the Alma bib field 914 will NOT be retained.
- For example, if the Alma bib has 914, and you use Search Resources to "Copy & Merge" a newer record, the Alma bib 914 will be removed.
- If you update the bib via Search Resources or Connexion, and you still want to prevent the record from being reported to OCLC, you will need to re-add the 914.
- For catalogers not performing original cataloging in OCLC Connexion, future Data Sync for manuscripts only will be addressed in the next phase once OCLC data matching process for unique materials is fine-tuned.
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