The following recommendations for data cleanup may or may not be relevant to necessary for all libraries. For a more complete list of data clean up suggestions, please see Ex Libris has prepared Getting Ready for Alma and Discovery Implementation, Appendix B - Optional Data Preparations.Sirsi colleges should record submissions for batch cleanup projects at https://clo-collaboration-spaces.atlassian.net/l/c/kjJGGcRw.
Fines, fees: clean up fines, fees, or other transactions that are older than a certain date and/or less than a certain amount, that should be forgiven; **
Patron files: clean up and/or purge patron records that are inactive or expired and have no outstanding items, fines, fees, or other transactions**
Clean up brief order records that are old, should have been closed, or have been inactive for years.
Statuses and codes: standardize and clean up any coding/tagging errors that may prevent items from being mapped to your designated Alma locations, e.g., BK, Book, Monograph
Weeded items: purge prior to cutover.
Barcodes: identify and re-barcode any duplicate or unintentionally empty item barcodes.
Local tagging 09x, 59x, 69x, 77x/78x: ensure that local tags (if any) identified in your records are marked with subfield 9 with only the word LOCAL (no spaces, punctuation, or any other characters). For more information, see Alma Migration Considerations for Consortia - Ex Libris Knowledge Center (exlibrisgroup.com) Note: if you become aware of additional local tags in your data cleanup, ensure line 21 in your final migration form is adjusted to reflect the additional local fields.**
**Can possibly be done in batch on behalf of Sirsi libraries. Libraries should record submissions for batch cleanup projects at https://clo-collaboration-spaces.atlassian.net/l/c/kjJGGcRw.
Items for Met/Cat consideration prior to cleanup:
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