Speed up the cataloging process in Alma
I recently migrated from Voyager, and I'm finding Alma helpful with the Normalization Rules. However, it needs the following improvements to speed up the cataloging process for someone who is working with print materials or media (not eBooks):
1. Please set individual user preferences by adding Item Defaults in Ama for Material type, Copy ID, and Item Policy. When pressing Alt+I, this will help automatically populates those boxes.
2. When cataloging and pressing Ctrl I for the Holdings, it would be helpful to send you to the Edit automatically and automatically populate the call number and location (if not already populated). I am using Normalization Rules to make some updates in the 852 field, but another step is to go to Record Actions > Update from Bibliographic to add the call number.
3. After adding Item information and barcode last, the Item gets automatically saved. It would be helpful to show the barcode number on the Inventory screen.
4. It would be helpful to Save and Release the Record and the Holdings all at once (and get a warning message if a record or holding was not saved).
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Manu Schwendener commented
+1