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Summary: Item records 



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Item records are a proprietary part of the III Sierra ILS client. Like order and checkin records, item records are attached to a bibliographic recordrecords

Item records facilitate circulation of materials and other inventory control functions. Information in item records generates display of some information in the public catalog, including an item's status, its location, its copy or volume number, etc.

In general, any bibliographic record should have at least one item record attached. Multi-part works receive one item record for each circulating physical piece. 

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Required fields in monograph item records

  • Copy number
  • Itype
    • system supplied at creation, unless a unique circulation rule is needed
  • Location
  • Status
  • Agency code
    • system supplied
  • Volume field
    • if title is a multi-volume work

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Required fields in serial item records

  • Copy number

  • Icode1if the

    Item record fields 

    Field (& tag)FunctionCodes/contentRequired in
    monograph item records?
    Required in
    serial item records?
    Copy #

    2, 3, etc.

    (tick)

    if not copy 1

    (tick)

    if issue is not copy 1

    Icode1


    system supplied at creation, defaults to 0

    (tick)

    if title has limited circulation for a period of years

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  • Itype
    • system supplied
  • Location
  • Status
  • Agency code
    • system supplied
  • Volume field

    Icode2suppression or special status

    blank = available

    s = suppressed

    (error)
    Itypeloan period

    0 = normal

    1** = 1-hour

    2** = 2-hour

    (tick)

    system supplied at creation, unless a unique circulation rule is needed

    (tick)

    system supplied at creation

    Location

    (tick)(tick)
    Status

    (tick)(tick)
    Agency code

    (tick)

    system supplied at creation

    (tick)

    system supplied at creation

    Volume field

    (tick)

    if title is a multi-volume work

    (tick)

    unless an unbound issue of the title

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    Variable fields found in item records

    Barcode
  • Call numbers
    • 050, 090, 092, 099, and 086 all permissible
    • used when a piece has a call number different than the one in the bib record
  • Staff note
  • Supervisor note
    (b)



    Call number (c)



    Staff note (n)



    Supervisor note (f)



    Problem note

    often used with a code in the Imessage field to have a piece returned to a specific staff member after circulation

    Work stats identifying



    Workstat (w)identifies the cataloger
    945 fields containing
    and type of material


    945 contains information from the previous library catalog
    Other fields




    Note

    Note that some other item record fields or codes not listed here are often used by Course Reserves, Inter-Library Services, Binding Prep, Patron Services, and Preservation/Conservation.



    Inventory field (INVDA) will be updated when apiece is sent to the Main New Book shelves.

    All new item records for branch libraries will be placed “in-transit” before the piece leaves Catalog Maintenance.

    Sublocations in the location field will be filled in by the branch library receiving the piece except for the following locations: Main Library Reference and the Gerald M Kline Digital and Multimedia Center.

    Records for electronic titles will have an item record. Item records for Serials Solutions titles will be suppressed from display.

    4/24/07

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    • An item record will be attached to each bibliographic record (with the exception of some Serials Solutions electronic journal records). 
    • A barcode will be placed in an item record even if the location is non-circulating (with the exception of Special Collection and Turfgrass Beard materials).
    • When a copy or volume of a title is withdrawn, the item record will be deleted.
    • Dummy items were created during the migration to the III system. If a barcode is added to a dummy item, the code in the Imessage field representing "dummy" should be removed.


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