When a new record is brought into Alma, the following MARC fields will be treated according to the chart below. This chart should be updated every time a change to the normalization rule “normalize_on_save_VU” is made.
| MARC Field | Treatment | Conditions | Notes |
| 029 | Deleted | ||
| 049 | Added | $a TJCC | |
| 583 | Deleted* | *Only deleted if $5 TNJ not present | Added 9/18/2023 |
| 6XX | Deleted* | *Only deleted if from the following vocabularies in the $2:
abne, aiatsisp, aiatsiss, ascl, ated, barngf, bcl, bicssc, bidex, bisacsh, blmlsh, bncf, cabt, cbk, cct, cjh, ebps, eclas, eflch, embne, ericd, fast, fes, frbnf, fmesh, fssh, gatbeg, gmgpc, gnd-content, gsafd, gnd, gtt, HILCC, hilcc, humord, idsbb, idszbz, idszbzes, ilot, jhpb, kao, larpcal, lemac, marcgt, msc, nasat, nbc, nli, nta, nzcoh, pplt, proysen, qlsp, ram, rasuqam, renib, reo, rero, rvmgf, sao, saogf, sears, sfit, sgp, sigle, slm, stw, swd, tbit, tgfbne, thema, tlcgt, toit, ukslc, unbisn, unbist, uwml, vcl, wlcarwc |
Added over time by request |
| 650 | Deleted* | *Only deleted if 2nd indicator “4” | |
| 6XX | Deleted* | *Only deleted if 2nd indicator “5”, “6”, or “8” | |
| 655 | Changed* | *Changes 655 _0 $a Electronic books to 655 _4 $a Electronic books | Added 2/28/2025 |
| 8XX $x | Deleted | ||
| 938 | Deleted |
Added 3/6/2025 by JSch at the request of the cataloging group.