Hi out there Alma Serials Warriors,

I have a question that’s been gnawing at me since I moved libraries (both of which use Alma and are in the same Alliance). One library uses a single 866 Holdings statement and just uses punctuation (comma, semicolon) to indicate gaps and non-gap breaks in holdings per ANSI/NISO Z39.71-2006 (R2011) like this:

866         31 |a v.22(1991)-v.23(1992),v.49(2000)-v.51(2004)

and the other uses multiple Holdings statements like this:

866         31 |a v.22(1991)-v.23(1992) |8 1.1

866         31 |a v.49(2000)-v.51(2004) |8 1.2

Which one is correct per Alma or does it matter? I’ve done a little research and it seems you might be able to use both in Alma but I wanted to check with what others have been doing.

Kind Regards,

Rachael