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This audio CD is correctly catalogued. In Alma, its resource type label is {Audio nonmusical - Electronic}. However, it’s not “Electronic” in the sense of online. It’s “Electronic” in the sense of it needs electricity to work. The CDs are tangible objects that should, e.g., be insured like other tangible materials in the libraries.
The MARC record’s 008 position 23 “Form of item” value is “q” for “Direct electronic.” Alma labels the material associated with all MARC records having [LDR pos. 06 = i AND LDR pos. 7 = m AND 008 pos. 23 = o,q,s] as {Audio nonmusical - Electronic}. (See https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/010Getting_Started/050Alma_User_Interface_%E2%80%93_General_Information/Searching_in_Alma#Rules_Used_to_Create_the_Resource_Type_Field_MARC_21_KORMARC_and_UNIMARC Position 23 code values:
“o” - Online
“q” - Direct electronic
“s” - Electronic
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In FY22/23, the AASA-PT pursued a practice of “re-binning” materials for the Network Zone-generated statistics to align their statistical categories with their real-world formats (i.e., identifying materials that are cataloged as electronic that in fact have a physical presence, such as DVDs and CDs, and identifying materials that are cataloged as physical but in fact are digital files). (For example, materials found in the eInventory Subject Area of Analytics with Alma/Analytics Resource Type label “Books - Physical” were relabeled as “Books - Electronic” to match the Subject Area and their actual status as electronic materials.) This practice was intended to create clarity in reporting by realigning the statistics for these materials with their actual formats.
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