Aleph item status to Alma item policy mapping

When our data migrated from Aleph to Alma, the Aleph item status field migrated to the Alma item policy field.

Most of our circulation rules at cutover use item policy as that was the only way to maintain expected circulation behavior without significant data cleanup. This means that items need to have an item policy in order to circulate as expected.

We will reassess this approach post migration.

Aleph item policy

Alma item policy

Aleph item policy

Alma item policy

01

Standard Loan

02

Non-circulating

03

Library use only

04

Virtual materials

05

4-week loan (05)

06

Bound periodicals

07

Unbound periodicals

08

Reading Room use only

09

1-week loan

10

3-day loan

11

1-day loan

12

4-hour loan

13

3-hour loan

14

2-hour loan

15

Overnight loan

16

Sound recording

17

Sound CD

18

Microform

19

Audio-Visual

20

Film/Laser Disc

21

Computer media

22

Passwords

23

Math Bound Periodicals

24

Electronic Equipment

25

Limited Circulation

26

7-day loan

27

Carrel

28

24-hour loan

29

Digital Video Camera

30

Preservation Copy

31

2-week loan

32

3-week loan

33

Digital Video Kit

34

High Definition Video Kit

35

Headset with Microphone

36

Standard Definition Video Kit

37

Flip SD Video Camera

38

Tripod

39

Web Cam

40

USB Speaker Phone

41

4-week loan (41)

42

6-week loan

43

8-week loan

44

Flip HD Video Camera

45

Ereader device

46

LSC-General

47

Tablet Computer

48

Flip Slide Video Camera

49

Alumni Password

50

Borrow Direct

51

Phone Charger

52

Laptop Charger

53

Shotgun Microphone

54

GoPro Camera

55

Key

56

Locker

57

Moby

58

3D Scanner

59

TRLN Direct

60

USB Disc Drive

61

Calculator

62

Remote Storage