Serial Analytics in Alma and Primo

Abstract

The University of Minnesota was a heavy user of the Aleph LKR field to provide access to item level availability information for serial analytics. As we prepared to implement Alma, we were concerned with how Aleph's non-standard LKR field would migrate and whether Alma offered similar functionality. Ex Libris' solution was to migrate the LKR field to a MARC 773 field. While that sounds simple, it wasn't, since the two fields offer similar, but not identical functionality. Come hear about our experience in exploring the use of 773 and how we made our Alma/Primo environment work for us to adequately display availability information for analytic items.