Resource Management

MARC Fields Excluded from ULMS (Policy)

Background

Policy will ensure that a set of MARC fields remain unused, available for future Consortial use (NZ/IZ testing or operations).
Since the ULMS 'Go Live' in 2017, there have been a few occasions when the Consortium needed to use a MARC Field for testing or operations of one or another Alma function. Maintaining a list of 'excluded' fields will ensure that one or more MARC fields (that are known to be unused) can be assigned for testing/operations by the NZ staff or in a Library's IZ.
If individual libraries were to use any of these fields without the help of the Resource Management Functional Committee (in their own IZ or the CSU NZ), there is the risk that Alma functions may create conflicts or problems, especially when there are tests or ongoing Alma NZ operations.

Policy Statement

This is a living document that will change as fields are released for use, or other fields currently used are cleared from use in the NZ and participating IZs.
Libraries should not use the MARC fields listed in this Policy.
The MARC fields that should not be used (16 fields in total, as of October 2021):

last updated 3/27/25