What is the Community Zone Updates Task List and what should I do with it?

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The Alma Community Zone (CZ) Updates Tasks job keeps your title coverage, linking, record info, etc., up to date​. It gets rid of outdated titles that the vendor no longer owns​, which is good if it's an "automatically activate new titles" aggregator package​, but challenging if it's a selective package because the job can't automatically activate the title replacement, if there is one​.

Selective packages: The system is smart enough to know your activated titles, and will make changes to them including deactivating them. But, it's not smart enough to know which titles you might want to activate to replace the deactivated titles in collections like STAT!Ref.​

The only way you'll know if a title or collection has been deactivated is if you keep an eye on the CZ Updates Task List, or if someone complains​.

How to monitor the task list:

  • Make sure that you've got the Repository Manager role​
  • Look in the Alma header under Resources->Manage Inventory. ​

CZ updates task

  • You don't have to check the list daily, but weekly or monthly would be good. You could set a calendar reminder.​
  • Filter by the most important types of actions: Electronic collection deleted, portfolio deleted, and electronic service deleted. ​

CZ categories

  • When you see something that has been deleted, you will need to take action to reactivate it in a new collection, service, or portfolio.​

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  • Last Updated Dec 23, 2022
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  • Answered By Michelle Eichelberger

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