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We’ll refer to records created in Aleph and migrated to Alma as “Aleph-born”, and records created in Alma directly (after cutover on July 10th) as “Alma-born.”
Bibliographic record identifiers in Aleph were used to construct Books & Media URLs
When an bib record was created in Aleph, it received a nine-digit Aleph sysid that served as the unique record identifier. The Aleph sysid was used to create the URL in Books & Media.
For example, if an Aleph-born record was in Books & Media with the URL https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE002109345, the last nine digits - 002109345 - are the Aleph sysID.
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How are bib identifiers in Alma constructed for Aleph-born records?
In Alma, the unique record identifier for the bibliographic record is called the MMS ID.
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A bibliographic record was created in Aleph and assigned a sysid of 002109345
When that record migrated to Alma, it was assigned an Alma MMDID of 990021093450108501
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How are bib identifiers in Alma constructed for Alma-born records?
An Alma-born bibliographic record is assigned an MMS ID when it is created.
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The format of an Alma MMS ID for an Alma-born record is 99 + unique record identifier + 8501
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What format will Books & Media
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URLs use for Aleph-born records
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When an Aleph-born record is exported from Alma to find.library.duke.edu, the export creates the URL that will be used in Books & Media.
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An Aleph-born bibliographic record has a sysid of 006288172
When that record is migrated to Alma, it has an MMS ID of 990062881720108501
When that record is exported to Books & Media, it will live at this URL: https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006288172
What format will Books & Media
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URLs use for Alma-born records?
For Alma-born bibliographic records, the MMS ID will become the number that is in the Books & Media URL.
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An Alma-born bibliographic record has an MMS ID of 99112809063108501
When that record is exported to Books & Media, it will live at this URL: https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE99112809063108501
What format will Catalog Request System URLs use for Aleph-born and Alma-born records?
The URL for the catalog request system will use the same number as the URL for the Books & Media record, for both Aleph-born and Alma-born records.
Example for an Aleph-born record
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