MLN1 949 control field to create attached items to loaded records

Owned by Lloyd Chittenden
Last updated: Mar 02, 2023
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When bibliographic records are loaded, attached item records can be created with a 949 control field in the MARC record. This describes the method to do this.

Whether or not items are created depends on the load profile selected when loading.

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In Connexion

The 949 control field to create an item looks like this in Connexion:
949 _1 ǂi 1070003542208 ǂl flgmn ǂz 090 ǂa BL782 ǂb .S7 1979 ǂt 18 ǂh 170 ǂs-

Marc tag is 949, first indicator is blank, second indicator must be 1 (that’s a number one)
The ǂ is the subfield delimiter in Connexion.

In Connexion there will be spaces around the subfield delimiters. These spaces are removed when the record is actually loaded.

In SkyRiver

This works the same in SkyRiver, but you will use the | (pipe) character for the subfields.

949 _1 |i1070003542208|lflgmn|z090|aBL782|b.S7 1979|t18|h170|s-

In MarcEdit

You can add these fields in MarcEdit as well. In that case use the $ for the subfields and don’t include spaces around the delimiters. The same field would look like this in MarcEdit:

=949 \1$i1070003542208$lflgmn$z090$aBL782$b.S7 1979$t18$h170$s-

Not all of the loaders you might choose respond to this control field. Check the load profile document for what triggers item record creation in each loader.

In General

  • i = barcode

    • this subfield actually triggers the creation of the item record in some load tables

  • l = item location code

  • z = 090 or 092 or 099

    • This subfield defines the MARC tag that the call number will go in.

      • 092 = Dewey

      • 099 = local

      • 090 = LoC

  • d = call number prefix (i.e. REF.)

  • a = classification number

  • b = cutter number

  • c = volume number

  • p = price

  • t = ITYPE

  • h = agency number

  • g = copy number

  • q = ICODE1

  • s = STATUS

  • r = ICODE2

  • u = IMESSAGE

  • o = OPACMSG

  • n = INT. NOTE (variable)

  • f = LOCAL NOTE (variable)

  • j = price2 field (variable)

  • w = eContent (for electronic resource materials)

  • m = Message (variable)

  • x = INPUTTER (variable)

Exceptions: 099 call numbers should be only in $a. There is no $b in a 099.

To see the choices for the status, ITYPE or ICODEs, etc., open an item record and double click in the field so the list of choices appears.

BTW: if you want a URL in the item record, that goes in the 856|u of the MARC record. Tables that put URLs in item records will get it from there. URLs do not come from 949 fields even if they are going in item records.

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