Bringing in a record from Alma
- Copy the MMS ID from Alma
- Go to Tools > z39.50 > Connect
- If you are already connected choose Search instead
- Paste the MMS ID into the Record ID Number field and hit Find
- The record will have local bibliographic and holdings fields from Alma. These should be deleted before saving the record in Connexion.
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Known issue with diacritics / non-Latin charactersIf the record has diacritics or non-Latin characters, the characters will not come through correctly unless you first load a record from OCLC. This issue is specific to the way Connexion brings in records from Alma and is not within our configuration control. It is recommended that if you are going to bring records into Connexion from Alma, you need to follow these steps:
Note that there are NO issues with exporting records to Alma from Connexion. Summary:
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An on-startup macro for automatically loading a record from OCLC
Below is a simple macro that should automatically log you in, open a UTF-8 record and then close the record leaving you able to work with UTF-8. To install it, select Tools- Macros - Manage. Click the New Macro button, then type a name for the macro, select it and hit Edit.
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