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Metadata Department Glossary
The following list provides definitions for terms commonly used by tthe Metadata Department. You may also wish to check
Symphony(Unicorn) and Authority documentation for additional definitions. Please contact us if you don't find the
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A
AUTO barcode
The Unicorn generated unique number in the Item Id field.
B
base call number
Includes the classification and cutters of a call number up to the subfield z (|z) data. e.g. PS1234 .B5 C6 1992, TD1 .E5
BW-CHILD
In a bound-with item: The records for the other titles within the item, which
do not contain a real barcode, are called "child"
records.
BW PARENT
In a bound-with item: the record that contains the item's barcode is called
the " parent"
record. The record chosen to be the "parent" record is by convention
the record for the first title in that physical item.
C
ckey (Catkey)
The Unicorn title control # without the initial 'a'. If the title
control # is not in the standard Unicorn format [a1234567] , (e.g.
non-standard format: APD1234, me1234567, har1234567), search the
title in Socrates by entering the title control # as it appears
in the Control tab of the Unicorn record and clicking on the "Search
Everything" option. In Socrates, the ckey appears in the left-hand
corner at the end of the bibliographic record labelled Catkey
I
-
INPROCESS records
- Material has been received by Monograph or
Serials Acquisitions and is awaiting cataloging
or receipt by shelving location (if a call #
has already been assigned). Code appears in the
LOCATION field in the Workflows OPAC display or
in Current Location field in the Title Edit
Volume/Copy tab.
L
- Level
3 records
- Level 3 records are created for incoming monographs with imprints
older than five years that do not have copy, and for items which
have cycled through the
MARCADIA program without a match.
Encoding Level 3 indicates an abbreviated record that does
not meet the National Level Bibliographic Record minimal level cataloging
specifications. Descriptive cataloging is done according to
AACR2, subject access is provided and name headings reflect established
forms to the extent that such forms were available at the time
the record was created. Level 3 records can be identified by "LEVEL3-CAT"
in the Item cat1 field on the Volume/Copy tab and in the WorkFlows
OPAC by the presence of a "3" in the Leader field.
M
-
MARCADIA
- MARCADIA is a joint service of the Research Libraries Group
and MARC Link Corporation that performs automated searches and
matching for brief catalog records created by the the Metadata Department's
Classification Unit. The books processed by the Unit are given
a call # and sent on to the shelving location. Meanwhile, the
record cycles through MARCADIA's search process until a match
is found in in RLIN or MARC Link's databases; if no match is found
within a specified time, the record is sent to the Data Control
Unit for
Level 3 cataloging. See Philip Schreur's
PowerPoint presentation on Marcadia or the MARCADIA home page for more information.
O
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ON-ORDER records
- Material has not yet been received.
ON-ORDER appears in the "Status" field in
Workflows OPAC display or in "Current
Location."
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October 8, 2008 |
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