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Click View or Edit to view or edit the holdings. You can choose the full-screen icon next to the Exit button to display the holdings as a full screen.

 


Alma will keep also keep track of holdings that you are working on. These will display on the left-hand pane. You can click on any holdings in your left pane to display and edit that holdings.

 


Adding Holdings

To add an additional holding to a bib that already has a holding:

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If the bib record is already open in the MDE, click on the Add Holdings icon, or type CTRL + ALT + H and proceed from step 4 above.

 

 



Editing Holdings

If you are viewing a holdings record, click Edit to open the holding in the MD Editor. 

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The deletion of holdings and bibs for withdrawn resources is especially important in Alma. Otherwise, the resources are assumed to be parts of the collection that need to be managed. System functions for managing the collection continue to apply to suppressed records - such as authority control processes - using up valuable staff time for manual review of jobs and server processing time and space.

To There are two methods to delete a holdings record:

  1. Open the holdings record in the MDE
  2. Select File
  3. Select Record Actions > Delete Record (Ctrl+D)
  4. You will be asked to confirm your choice
  5. When you select “Yes,” you will be prompted to delete the bib or not
  6. Select “Yes” if this is the last holdings record on the bib. Otherwise, select “No” to retain the bib

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  1. Conduct a "Physical holdings" level search
  2. Click the check box on the holdings you wish to delete (if you have more than one search result)
  3. Navigate to the ellipses menu on the right of the search results screen and choose "Delete." This way you can delete without having to open the MDE. 


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Alma Resource Management - Major Differences from Aleph
Alma Resource Management - Major Differences from Aleph