MARC fields - Local practices :

949 - Detailed Local Holdings

Scope

The 949 tag contains the call number and item specific information for a bibliographic record. The Unicorn system uses the information from this tag to create the call number and item level records that attach to the MARC record in the NOAALINC database.

The 949 tag appears in the OCLC archive record and subsequent iterations of that record (in NOAALINC, e.g.), but will not appear in the OCLC master record.

Input one or more 949 fields that include information for each item in the library associated with the MARC record. Repeat the 949 tag for each volume of a multi-volume monograph or serial; use a single 949 tag for multiple copies of a single volume.

Each 949 field must contain one subfield |a; followed by one subfield |v (if applicable); followed by one subfield |w; and one or more subfields |c.

Each subfield |c must contain one subfield |h and may contain other subfields described below (if applicable). Repeat subfields |c as many times as needed to describe additional copies.

All subfield designations should be lowercase.

Indicators

Both indicators are blank.

Subfields

|a Call Number.

Enter the call number as it appears in the 090 field, but without an intervening subfield delimiter between class number and book number portions. Enter only one subfield |a per 949 field.

949 G460 .A23 1711
949 Q1 .A3
949 I49.6/2 EN 8

|v Volume Number.
Enter the volume number, if applicable. A volume number may constitute a year, a sequential number, a sequential number followed by a year, a section or part of an issue of a serial or of a multipart monograph, or a combination of any of these.

Follow each subfield |v with appropriate subfields from the ones that follow. Enter only one subfield |v per 949 field. Use the following examples as a guide:

949 Q1 .A3 |v 1923 ... (volume consists of a year, e.g. an annual)
949 QL111 .S65 |v no.1 ... (volume consists of number, e.g. analyzed series)
949 SH1 .A5 |v no.1 (1988) ... (volume consists of number and year)
949 G460 .A23 1711 |v v.1 ... (one volume of multivolume set)

Use the caption found on the item to enter the volume information. Use the language found on the item itself and abbreviate according to Appendix B in the AACR2. Leave no spaces between an abbreviation and the number.

If the combined data for subfields |a and |v exceed 40 characters (including spaces), then the SIRSI catalog interface will neither store nor display the entire call number. When it is necessary to include abbreviated elements in the call number, consult the current edition of Anglo-American cataloguing rules (especially Appendix B) for abbreviations, and, in the absence of appropriate guidance there, another standard source, such as a dictionary or style manual.

|w Class scheme.

Enter LC for Library of Congress classification call numbers. Enter SuDoc for government depository items.

949 Q1 .J3 |v 1991 |w LC ...
949 I49.6/2EN8 |v v.1 |w SuDoc ...

|c Copy Number.

Enter a copy number for each item. Do not input a caption; only input a number. Follow each subfield |c with a subfield |h, a subfield |i, if applicable, and any other subfields from the list that follows. Repeat subfield |c to describe more than one copy.

EXAMPLES
949 |a Q1 .J3 |v 1991 |w LC |c 1 ...
949 |a G460 .A23 1711 |w LC |c 1 ... |c 2 ... (2 copies)

In general, each physical entity is considered to be a single copy.

Sequential copy designations (i.e., c.2, c.3, etc.) are assigned in the following cases:

    - to multiple loose copies of a single document
    - to multiple bound volumes that bind precisely duplicative contents.

See also:        Special cataloging/processing situations : Copy designations

|h Holdings codes.

Enter the four-letter holding code from the 049 field for the applicable collection. You may enter different codes for different copies in the same 949 tag.

EXAMPLES
949 Q1 .J3 |v 1991 |w LC |c 1 |h OLAA ...
949 Q1 .J3 |v 1991 |w LC |c 1 |h OLAR ...
949 Q1 .J3 |v 1991 |w LC |c 1 |h OLAR ... |c 2 |h OLAA (2 copies)

|i Barcode number.

Enter the barcode number for each individual item to be processed. Use the hand-held scanner to enter the barcode to avoid errors in input.

949 Q1 .J3 |v 1991 |w LC |c 1 |h OLAA |i 38398000099991

If this field is not supplied by the cataloger, then the Sirsi Unicorn (i.e., local) system will supply a faux barcode.

|k Current Location.

Enter the Current Location from the list of valid locations. If you do not enter, the system supplies a default value based upon the Holding Code. Enter an Current Location only if the default value for a holding code would give an incorrect value.  Always enter the same location in the Home Location subfield (|l).

949 QA76.76.E6 E57 2001 |w LC |c1 |h OLAR |i 38398100843550 |k REFDESK |lREFDESK ...

|l Home Location.

Enter the Home Location from the list of valid locations. If you do not enter, the system supplies a default value based upon the Holding Code. Enter a Home Location only if the default value for a holding code would give an incorrect value. Always enter the same location in the Current Location subfield (|k).

949 QA76.76.E6 E57 2001 |w LC |c1 |h OLAR |i 38398100843550 |k REFDESK|lREFDESK ...

|t Item Type.

Enter an item type from the list of valid item types. If you do not enter, the system supplies a default value based upon the Holding Code. Enter an Item Type only if the default value for a holding code would give an incorrect value.

949 QA76.76.E6 E57 2001 |w LC |c1 |h OLAR |i 38398100843550 |k REFDESK
|lREFDESK |t MICROFICHE
 
 

Rev. August 26, 2002