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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:
Examine close matches This 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.
Examine all brief records This 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