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
Required fields in serial item records
Copy number
Icode1
if the title has limited circulation for a period of years)
Itype
system supplied
Location
Status
Agency code
system supplied
Volume field
unless an unbound issue of the title
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
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 the cataloger
945 fields containing information from the previous library catalog
Other fields used by Course Reserves, Inter-Library Services, Binding Prep, Patron Services, and Preservation
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.
An item record will be attached to each bibliographic record.
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When a copy or volume of a title is withdrawn, the item record will be deleted.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 d code in the Imessage field representing "dummy" should be removed.