Bibliographic Record Property Field Definitions (Data Fields & Holds) (Create Lists)

Best Title

The system uses the following criteria to determine the best title, in order of precedence:

• The first t-tagged MARC 245 field, subfields a, b, g, h, n, p.

• The first t-tagged non-MARC field.

• The first t-tagged MARC field other than 245, any subfields indexed for the t index display.

Bib Level

A copy of the bib level code from the bcode# field that your system uses for bib level.

Material Type

A copy of the material type code from the bcode# field that your system uses for material type.

Publish Year

The system uses the USMARC field/subfield pairs, in order of precedence:

• 210|d

• 260|c

• 261|d

• 262|d

• 262|c

• 260|g

• 210, all subfields

• 260, all subfields

• 261, all subfields

• 262, all subfields

• 264, all subfields

Available At Library

Specifies whether the item is available.

On Course Reserve

Specifies whether the item is on course reserve.

Suppressed

Specifies whether the item is suppressed from display in the public catalog.

Allocation Rule

The allocation code for multi-fund orders.

Normalized Best Author

The Best Author, normalized for indexing.

Best Author

The system uses the following criteria to determine the best author, in order of precedence:

• The first a-tagged MARC 1XX field.

• The first b-tagged MARC 7XX field.

• The first a-tagged MARC 7XX field.

• The first a-tagged non-MARC field.

Normalized Best Title

The Best Title, normalized for indexing.