Adding Call Numbers to ReCAP Items

To expedite copy cataloging, catalogers in CaMS have been instructed that member copy in OCLC without an LC call number in 090/050 may be used if the item is going to ReCAP. Normalization processes then add an 090 $$a prefixed with 'X' and copy this value to the 852 $$h in the holdings record in Alma. This policy/procedure went into effect in 2020. In 2023, ATT began an annual process to populate these bib records with 050s from OCLC wherever possible. The first iteration of this process went as follows. ATT will perform the task every September.

Step	Method

Step	Method
Identify bibs in Alma for items that have been sent to ReCAP with an X call number in 090	Analytics report ‘recap_x_callnum’
Find matching records in OCLC using the Alma record 035 $$a	Ruby script querying the OCLC Metadata API
Import found records into Alma sandbox and then production.	Alma ‘WorldShare ad hoc Record Update' import profile, which only adds the 050 (if it doesn’t already exist) and a 916 with the following structure: `916 __ \|b ocn \|a yyyymmdd \|c 050 enhancement \|e WorldShare Record Update`

Results of the first run can be reviewed in the itemized set in production ‘Add 050 total records imported_10/26/2023…’

Subsequent runs can be reviewed by searching the WorldShare Record Update Information field for the phrase 050 enhancement