LDR Leader (Holdings)

This field contains 24 character positions, chiefly system-generated, that define the parameters for processing the holdings record in the OPAC.

Bytes of interest:

(05)   Record status              n               (New)

(06)   Type of record             x               (Single-part item holdings)

(17)   Encoding level            1                (Holdings level 1)

In Aleph, the data are entered in a form. The above are the only fields showing.

For the full specifications of this field, see the document “MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data.”