Indicating Enumeration and Chronology in Alma

Our holdings statements are maintained in the 866 field of the Alma Holdings Record. See MARC holdings records (monographs and serials) for more information.

The Alma Holdings Record is updated automatically, and for the most part, we will not need to open it or modify it.

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New serial issues are recorded at the item level. Each issue has its own item record. When issues are bound, the items for the individual issues are withdrawn and a new item is created for the bound volume.

When we are checking in serial issues or indicating the contents of a bound volume, we use the Enumeration, Chronology, and Description fields in the General Information tab of the item record.

It should not be necessary to go to the ENUM/CHRON information tab.

This image is from the General Information tab of an item record:

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Once the Enumeration and Chronology fields are populated, clicking the Generate button at the end of the Description line should automatically generate the appropriate description of the issue / volume. The generated description can be edited manually as needed, and descriptive information can be added, for example v.84:no.5(2013) Supplement.

Enumeration and Chronology fields are paired, like so: