Item Records

Perm loc:

The Permanent location in the item record should be the owning library, e.g. sml, div, art, beingen.

When a new volume or issue is added to a title that is already housed at LSF, the permanent location should be the owning library, not LSF.

Item type:

Select the appropriate item type from the drop-down menu.

circ  use for all circulating materials, excluding serials other than annuals.
nocirc  use when located in a non-circulating collection.
reference  use when located in any Reference area system regardless of format.
jourcirc  use for journals that are not located in a non-circulating collection or a reference room.
media  use for stand-alone media and media with accompanying textual material, e.g. a booklet.
(see Item Types and Statistical Categories)
microform  use for microfilm or microfiche.

For historical information see: List of Item Types

Enum/Chron

The Enum field is used for multiparts and serials.  The Chron field is used for serials and accompanying materials (e.g. a CD accompanying a book, or a booklet accompanying a DVD).

For more information see:

Chron field for Accompanying Material

Suppl  use for textual material accompanying media.
DVD  use for DVDs accompanying textual material.
CD  use for CDs accompanying textual material.
BLU  use for Blu-ray Discs accompanying textual material

See examples

The Year, Caption, Free Text Fields are generally not used.

Item statistics Categories:

Item statistics are most frequently used to indicate that an item is a CD, a DVD, a supplement, etc.  Statistical categories can be selected from the menu that will popup when the Item Statistics button is clicked.  

For more information on SML/Bass media, see section on Statistical Categories at Item Types and Statistical Categories.

Copy number:

The copy number should be zero, except for items being cataloged for Beinecke, or in cases where there is more than 1 copy held by the same owning library and at least one copy has a 590 provenance note.

Pieces:

The piece count should be 1, except if the resource contains more than one piece, record the number of pieces.

Examples:

  • A portfolio with 35 postcards, record 35 in the pieces field.
  • A book with a map in a pocket, record 2 in the pieces field.