Allow Alma users to choose the match routine when using the ‘Link to Community’ tool to link portfolios to a community zone collection.
The ‘Link to Community’ match routine for matching local portfolios to the CZ is too restrictive. We would like to be able to use our local bibliographic records and have them link to portfolios in the CZ, however, the match rate is dependent on what metadata is available in the CZ records, which are often brief and do not contain the ISSN/ISBN match point that Ex Libris has selected for that collection in the CZ.
Alma users should be able to choose the match routine when using the ‘Link to Community’ tool, similar to how we can choose the match profile when managing an import profile. At minimum the ability to choose between ISSN/ISBN or 035 Other Identifier would be an improvement. This would allow us to analyze the CZ vs Local records to find the best match point to use when linking our full records to CZ portfolios attached to brief CZ records.
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Lee Houghton commented
I fully back this idea. We are unable to run this job as often as we'd like exactly for this reason.