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Note:  Aleph Item History Records do not migrate to Alma.  Item History Records will be available in the Library Reporting Warehouse.

Items Records

Aleph Item Field

Alma Item Field

Alma Analytics Field

Additional Information

Barcode   
Item StatusItem Policy  
Sublibrary   

Item Processing Status

Physical Item Editor > Notes > Internal Note 3

 

This field does not exist in Alma. More information on IPS.

Collection

   
Copy Number   
Material TypeItem Material Type Some Aleph values mapped to new codes in Alma. More information on Material Type mapping
Hol. Link   
85X Type/Linking Number   
Temporary Location   
Call Number Type/Call Number   
2nd Call Number Type/Call NumberAlt call number  
Description   
Inventory Number   
StatisticsStatistics note 1  
Inventory Date   
Remote Storage ID   
Last Inventory Report Date   
Open Date   
Price   
Update Date   
OPAC notePublic note  
Circ NoteFulfillment note  
Internal noteInternal note 1  
Order Number   
Invoice Key   
Invoice Note   
Subscription Number   
Pages   
Issue Date   
Expected Arrival Date   
Arrival Date   
Break Indicator   
Enum. Level 1 (A) (Vol)   
Enum. Level 2 (B)   
Enum. Level 3 (C)   
Enum. Level 4 (D)   
Enum. Level 5 (E)   
Enum. Level 6 (F)   
Alt. Enum. Level 1 (G)   
Alt. Enum. Level 2 (H)   
Chron. Level 1 (I) Year   
Chron. Level 2 (J)   
Chron. Level 3 (K)   
Chron. Level 4 (L)   
Alt. Chron. (M)   
Number of Loans

Total number of loans

 

Fulfillment > Loan > Loans

Physical Items > Physical Item Details > Num of Loans

Number of Loans is stored in the Aleph item record. Before migration a job was run to subtract transfer loans (event type 56), and return to depository loans (event type 57) from the loan count. Counted loans at migration to Alma is the sum of: Simple loan (50), Reading room loan (51), Offline circulation (52), and Routing list loan (54).

The maximum number of loans in Aleph is 999.

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Cancelled (CA), Claimed (CL), Not arrived (NA), Order initiated (OI), On order (OR), On order (TD), Ordered-Received (RE).  In Aleph, these item process statuses indicated that these items were still in acquisitions workflows and not available for use.  These items migrated to Alma status "Item not in place," with process type "Acquisition" or "Technical - Migration." For more granular information, see Acquisitions and Serials Data Mapping Guide, section "Item process status: Aleph to Alma."

Harvard Depository status (HD)/RECAP Depository status (RD).  In Aleph, items were coded with an IPS of "HD" or "RD" and a Remote Storage Flag of "HDEP" or "ReCAP" for appropriate terms of use (loan policies), relay of patron requests to HD/ReCAP for processing, and transit loan functionality when items were return to remote storage.  In Alma, this functionality is associated only with the holdings location code (852 $c).  All items that are at remote storage locations need to have an Offisite Storage (HD) or Offsite Storage (RD) location.  HD and RD items migrated to Alma status "Item in place," unless they were out on loan at the time of migration.  

Withdrawn/Damaged (WD), Withdrawn/Lost (WL), Withdrawn/Missing (WM), Withdrawn/Superseded (WS), Withdrawn/Transfer (WT), Withdrawn/Weeded (WW).  During the Aleph to Alma migration process, these items were withdrawn from Alma.  These items are available in Alma Analytics. Items with active loans and non-closed/cancel POLs that have IPS withdrawn* will be handled separately

All Other IPS values:  

    • The Aleph IPS value appears in Alma Item Internal Note 3 (you can search for these in advanced search). 
    • These items migrated to Alma as status "Item not in place," with process type "Technical - Migration."
    • Once (thumbs up) (thumbs up) (thumbs up) Once these items have been processed according to their Aleph IPS (e.g. once they have been cataloged, conserved, etc.), staff in those units should Scan in Item and mark as Done. This action will remove the Process Type and place put the item in transit to its permanent location. 

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AlephAlmaNote
BOOKBOOK 
CDROMCDROM 
DATADISK 
DVDRODVDRM 
EQUIPEQUIP 
INFOOTHER 
ISSUEISSUE 
ISSBDISSBD 
ISSCDISSUE 
ISSLLLOOSELEAF 
ISSMFMICROFORM 
ISSPPLOOSELEAF 
MAPMAP 
MEDIAMIXED 
MFORMMICROFORM 
MFICHFICHE 
MFILMFILM 
MIXEDMIXED 
MUSICSCORE 
RECPHONODISC 
REC33LP 
REC45PHONODISC 
REC78PHONODISC 
RCASSAUDIOCASSETTE 
RCDCD 
RLPLP 
VISGRAPHICAleph had several thousand items for videorecording that used Mat Type "VIS." Libraries may wish to request clean-up of these by creating a set of records with Mat Type of Graphic and Resource Type for projected medium or other value.
VBLUBLURAY 
VCASSVIDEOCASSETTE 
VDVDDVD 
VLASRLRDSC 
VUMVRECORD 

 

See also: Items - Item Material typesTypes in Alma