Emory University Libraries Alma Documentation

Collaborative repository of Emory University Libraries documentation with a focus on Ex Libris's Alma.

Documentation that is general enough to apply to any EUL library will be named by activity, e.g. Suppress a Bib Record; documentation that represents a library's specific, local practice will be preceded by the short name of the library, e.g. Woodruff - Gift Book Collections.

Batch Export Records from Alma to MarcEdit by MMSID List

Set up MarcEdit's Z39.50/SRU Emory Alma client (only have to do this the first time)

Add-ins
MarcEdit Z39.50/SRU Client

Modify Databases

Add Database
Add New Z39.50 Server

Enter information below and Click Save

Create .txt list of MMSIDs, one per each line

Using MarcEdit's Z39.50/SRU client to import records

Click on Batch Mode

Navigate to your .txt list of MMSID numbers
Specify a destination file where the records will be saved (file name must end in .mrc)
Click Custom under Search Types and type @attr 1=12 (this specifies to search anywhere in the record)
Select Emory University (ALMA)
Click Retrieve Unicode box
Enter UTF8 as Server Character set (in some versions of MarcEdit, this option is not present)
Click green arrow at upper right to run

You get a report listing how many records were searched and how many were retrieved

And if records were not found from your search, there is a path to a .txt file that will show you what was not retrieved from OCLC.

Navigate to your .mrc file and double-click on it to break it with MarcEdit

Emory University Libraries Alma Documentation

Batch Export Records from Alma to MarcEdit by MMSID List

Using MarcEdit's Z39.50/SRU client to import records

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