Chapter 32 process misses, About process misses – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Chapter 32 Process Misses

This chapter contains a description of Process Misses and instructions for

conducting a Process Misses session.

About Process Misses

Process Misses enhances the brief bibliographic records in the library database

with information from an Alliance Plus data source. The difference between this

feature and Autorecon is that Process Misses is not automatic. It allows you to

examine each brief record in the library database, search the Alliance Plus data

source for a match, and then decide whether to enhance the individual library

record or not.
Process Misses is normally used after an Autorecon and is designed to process

any brief bibliographic records that were not processed during an Autorecon. By

running Autorecon before you start a Process Misses session, you have far fewer

brief records to address manually.

Example:

If a brief bibliographic record in the library database has a title of

Encyc Brit," Alliance Plus does not recognize it as being an abbreviation of

Encyclopedia Britannica" and skips it during an Autorecon. By using the

Process Misses feature after running Autorecon, you can recognize the obvious

abbreviation and can enhance the bibliographic record in your library database

accordingly.

Note:

The brief and full record ranges are based on the definition you provided

in the Brief Records tab under Cataloging setup in System Setup.

Process Misses automatically skips temporary records, full records, and any

record that doesn't have at least one copy record with a call number.
Alliance Plus offers the following Process Misses options:

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Examine close matchesĊThis option limits the library records to those brief

records skipped during an Autorecon that have at least one LCCN, ISBN, or

ISSN that matched an Alliance Plus record.

S

Examine all brief recordsĊThis option allows you to process all the brief

records in the library database.

For the best results, use the Examine close matches option. This option focuses on

the library records which are most likely to yield positive results. The Examine all

brief records option goes through each brief record in the library database

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