FAQs

You can create a .mrc file from a set of bibliographic records in Alma by performing the following steps:

1. Create a set of bib records in Alma
2. Go to Admin>Manage Jobs and Sets>Run a Job
3. Search by Name for the following job: Export Bibliographic Records
4. Click on the radio button next to the Export Bibliographic Records job
5. Click Next
6. Click on the radio button next to the set you want to export
7. Click Next
    
8. Enter Task Parameters
   1. Physical format: Binary
   2. Output format: MARC21 Bibliographic
   3. Number of records in a file: One
   4. Export into folder: Private
      1. This allows the file to be downloaded from the job history
9. Click Next  
10. Review job
11. Click Submit
     
12. Download the .mrc file
    1. Got to Admin>Manage Jobs and Sets>Monitor jobs. Skip this step if you are already monitoring the job
    2. Click on the History tab
    3. Click Report from the ellipses for the job 
    4. Click on the “Link to Export Records” link 
    5. Click Download from the ellipses of the report 
13. Open the downloaded .mrc using MarcEdit or similar software

Supporting Ex Libris Documentation: Running Manual Jobs on Defined Sets