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Items Records

Aleph Item Field

Alma Item Field

Additional Information

Barcode  
Item StatusItem Policy 
Sublibrary  

Item Processing Status

Physical Item Editor > Notes > Internal Note 3

This field does not exist in Alma. More information on IPS.

Collection

  
Copy Number  
Material TypeItem Material TypeSome Aleph values mapped to new codes in Alma. More information on Material Type mapping
Hol. Link  
85X Type/Linking Number  
Temporary Location  
Call Number Type/Call Number  
2nd Call Number Type/Call NumberAlt call number 
Description  
Inventory Number  
StatisticsStatistics note 1 
Inventory Date  
Remote Storage ID  
Last Inventory Report Date  
Open Date  
Price  
Update Date  
OPAC notePublic note 
Circ NoteFulfillment note 
Internal noteInternal note 1 
Order Number  
Invoice Key  
Invoice Note  
Subscription Number  
Pages  
Issue Date  
Expected Arrival Date  
Arrival Date  
Break Indicator  
Enum. Level 1 (A) (Vol)  
Enum. Level 2 (B)  
Enum. Level 3 (C)  
Enum. Level 4 (D)  
Enum. Level 5 (E)  
Enum. Level 6 (F)  
Alt. Enum. Level 1 (G)  
Alt. Enum. Level 2 (H)  
Chron. Level 1 (I) Year  
Chron. Level 2 (J)  
Chron. Level 3 (K)  
Chron. Level 4 (L)  
Alt. Chron. (M)  
Number of Loans

Total number of loans

 

Number of Loans is stored in the Aleph item record. Before migration a job was run to subtract transfer loans (event type 56), and return to depository loans (event type 57) from the loan count. Counted loans at migration to Alma is the sum of: Simple loan (50), Reading room loan (51), Offline circulation (52), and Routing list loan (54).

The maximum number of loans in Aleph is 999.

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    • The Aleph IPS value appears in Alma Item Internal Note 3 (you can search for these in advanced search). 
    • These items migrated to Alma as status "Item not in place," with process type "Technical - Migration."
    • Once (thumbs up) (thumbs up) (thumbs up) Once these items have been processed according to their Aleph IPS (e.g. once they have been cataloged, conserved, etc.), staff in those units should Scan in Item and mark as Done. This action will remove the Process Type and place put the item in transit to its permanent location. 

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AlephAlmaNote
BOOKBOOK 
CDROMCDROM 
DATADISK 
DVDRODVDRM 
EQUIPEQUIP 
INFOOTHER 
ISSUEISSUE 
ISSBDISSBD 
ISSCDISSUE 
ISSLLLOOSELEAF 
ISSMFMICROFORM 
ISSPPLOOSELEAF 
MAPMAP 
MEDIAMIXED 
MFORMMICROFORM 
MFICHFICHE 
MFILMFILM 
MIXEDMIXED 
MUSICSCORE 
RECPHONODISC 
REC33LP 
REC45PHONODISC 
REC78PHONODISC 
RCASSAUDIOCASSETTE 
RCDCD 
RLPLP 
VISGRAPHICAleph had several thousand items for videorecording that used Mat Type "VIS." Libraries may wish to request clean-up of these by creating a set of records with Mat Type of Graphic and Resource Type for projected medium or other value.
VBLUBLURAY 
VCASSVIDEOCASSETTE 
VDVDDVD 
VLASRLRDSC 
VUMVRECORD 

 

See also: Items - Item Material typesTypes in Alma