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Simpson Library Technical Services

Serves as a reference for all Staff.

Serials Holdings

LDR for most serials will look similar to this:
  • No indicators or subfield codes
  • Information may represent the item as a whole and/or specific parts
  • After adding 007 field, Alma provides a drop-down menu to select category of material
008 for most serials will look similar to this:
Field Subfields $$b library location $$c location code $$h LC classification $$i LC cutter and year (optional)
852 01 SIMPSON simstacks UA10 (example) .S69 2007 (example)
      see location code chart for all codes    
Field Subfields $$a - $$h $$i - $$m $$n - $$z
853 Basic Bibliographic Unit 03 Levels of enumeration Levels of chronology Publication patterns and other captions
      see LOC documentation for detailed descriptions of each data element plus examples