Minimum Record Standards |
From the Best Practices web page
b. MeLCat minimum record standards for non-serial bibliographic records:
Records must have a title field (245 $a) and either
1. ISBN (020) or ISSN (022) OR
2. Author (1xx/7xx) and year of publication (260 $c) OR
3. Publisher (260 $b), year of publication (260 $c) and pagination (300 $a).
c. Fields that are highly desired, if available, to help with record matching and retrieval:
1. Type of record (Leader Byte 6), for example, a=language material, j=musical
sound recording, and o=kit.
2. Remainder of title (245 $b)
3. GMD General Material Designators (245 $h). GMDs are generic terms describing
the medium of the item. The list from the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
(LCRIs), rule 1.1c, can be found at: http://www.oclc.org/support/tips/connexion/tip6.htm
4. Title part (245 $p)
5. Title number (245 $n)
6. Edition (250 $a)
Contributing Records |
By "contributing" records we mean that we send a bib record to the MelCat server. It does not mean that we will loan it out but it does mean that we allow MelCat users to see that we have the title at this site.
Using the BCODE3 field for bibliographic records we have adopted the following
Field value | Contribute? |
- | Yes |
a - Local Catalog | Yes |
b - Brief Record | Yes |
d - Delete Code | No |
e - EDRA | Yes |
f - Ballenger | Yes |
g - TEAG | Yes |
h - Heritage Brief | Yes |
n - Suppression | No |
o - Outreach Res | Yes |
r - Ref Management | No |
t - Test Record | No |
z - SDA Media--TMC | Yes |
Using ICODE2 item records we have adopted the following
Field Value | Contribute? |
- | Yes |
g - Gift (General) | Yes |
m - Moncrieff | Yes |
n - Suppression | No |
s - Seminary | Yes |
t - Seminary Gift | Yes |
r - Rare Material | Yes |
v - SDA Rare Mat | Yes |
Using SCODE1 for checkin records we have adopted the following
Field Value | Contribute? |
- | Yes |
n - Suppression | No |
MelCat does not load order records.
Status Codes |
Several status codes have been added to the status code table.
Code "9" mean "Local Circ Only" and is available for our use.
Some other status codes have been added for MEL that are not available for our use. All of these codes begin with "MEL". These are codes that the MelCat system will use to keep track of things. Think of it as MelCat's scratch pad paperwork. The "MEL" codes are NOT FOR OUR USE.
Patron Codes |
Some patron codes have been added for our anticipated use in the (near?) future. However the codes that have been added in the 200-240 range are for MelCat's use only.
Changes/additions to any Patron Codes MUST be coordinated though the System Librarian.
Item Types |
Some item type (ITYPE) have been added to the system. Several are for our use as a result of moving to an ITYPE controlled loan rule decision. Additonal ITYPES have been added in the 200-240 range for the use of MelCat only.
Changes/additions to ITYPE codes MUST be coordinated though the System Librarian.
Updated February 3, 2005 1:27 PM