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Acquisitions Department > Monograph Receiving > Procedures Index
Monograph Receiving Unit Guidelines
Creating a Basic Record for Video Materials
Prior to creating a video/dvd record
be sure to set your properties in Symphony correctly
- Right click on the "add title" icon
- Choose properties
- Change "format" to VM
- Click OK or hit Enter and procede with creating your basic
video record.
Required fixed fields
Rec_Type |
g |
Bib_Lvl |
m |
Enc_Lvl |
5 |
Dat_Tp |
s = single known date |
Date 1 |
4 digit date
u (unknown) [e.g. 19uu or 199u] |
Ctry |
United States is "xxu" instead of a specific state code. Country is coded for production company rather than publisher of video (e.t. a French film distributed by an American video is coded "fr") |
Lang |
3 letter language code |
Variable field requirements:
Tag |
Ind |
Description |
Example |
245 |
Same as books |
Title statement |
Witness|h[videorecording]. |
538 |
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Technical information (videocassette or DVD) |
VHS format
VHS (PAL) format
DVD |
700 |
1- |
Director (if known).
If a director is unknown but the star is known, that would be ok, too. As long as we can identify the item. |
Weir, Peter. |
940 |
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Special features, version, edition, reason for ordering, etc. |
Not a dup, director’s cut.
Widescreen edition
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Last modified:
April 12, 2007 |
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