1. The two letter location codes are designed to define broad
grouping or categories. The two letter codes exist in the location
field
of the bibliographic record. The only exception is the location code of "multi."
The III systems uses the bibliographic record location code for limiting in the OPAC.
- cl –Clarke
- do –Documents
- il –ILL
- im –IMC
- la –Law
- lr –Leadership Institute
- ma –General (Main Circulating Collection)
- mr –MRC
- oc –OCLS
- pe –Periodicals
- ms –Media Services
- re –Reserve
- rf –Reference
- ts –Technical Services
1. Item record codes consist of two (2) or more letters.
The first two (2) letters of the item record location code MUST correspond to the location code in the bibliographic record. If the bibliographic record has "rf," the code in the item record MUST start with "rf." The only exception is the location code of "multi." If there is more than one item record and each item record has a different location, the bibliographic record SHOULD have a code of "multi."
The
item level
code
refines (breaks down) the broad categories of the codes used in the bibliographic records. This allows us to more precisely identify where an item is located.
2. Codes starting with a "9" represent
obsolete In-Mich codes.
Example:
9albi
3. As a general rule, if the code contains "CD" or "C" it refers to something that is CDRom.
Example:
maov (Oversize)
maovc (CD shelved with an oversized book)
4. As a general rule, if the third letter is an "E", the code will stand for electronic resource.
Examples:
maeb (Electronic Books)
maein (Online Indices)
5. As a general rule, if the code contains the letters "IN" or "IND" it refers to an index. An exception is mainv, which was created for the inventory project and was used for items that were recalled in order to be inventoried and were not returned by our users.
6. As a general rule if the code contains an "M" in the third position it refers to microforms, maps, or manuscripts.
Examples:
clmi (microform)
clms (manuscript)
mamp (map)
