Alma Bibs

Field name	Description	Data type
Number of Bibs	Count of bibliographic records on number of unique MMSIDs. Count(distinct MMSID)	Integer
Aleph Record Number	Field 900	Text
Archival Control	Leader byte 08	Text
Author	1XX field with subfield codes and delimiters	Text
Author - Display	1XX field not including subfield codes and delimiters	Text
Author - Script	1XX field for vernacular script with subfield codes and delimiters	Text
Author - Script Display	1XX field for vernacular script not including subfield codes and delimiters	Text
Author Tag	1XX field tag	Text
Begin Publication Date	008 Date1, bytes 07-10	Text
Bib - 008-21	008 byte 21. Depending on the type of record, coding for Music Parts or Type of continuing Resource	Text
Bib - 008-33	008 byte 33. Depending on the type of record, Literary Form, Transposition and arrangement, Type of visual material	Text
Bib Created By	Alma record created by	Text
Bib Created Date	Alma record created date. MM/DD/YYYY 12:00:00 AM	Datetime
Bib Modified By	Alma record last modified by	Text
Bib Modified Date	Alma record last modified date. Format MM/DD/YYYY 12:00:00 AM	Datetime
Bib Suppressed	Y/N field where Y indicates the bib record is suppressed in Alma	Text
Bibliographic Level	LDR byte 07	Text
Bibliographic Lifecycle	Record status. D indicates bib record is deleted from Alma. A indicates record is Active in Alma.	Text
Bibliographic OCLC Number	Field 035 subfield a	Text
Bibliographic Type	LDR byte 06	Text
Brief Level	Alma Brief Level designation	Text
Cataloging Agency	Field 040 subfield $a	Text
Cataloging Source	008 byte 39	Text
Date on File	008 byes 00-05	Text
Description Convention	Field 040 subfield $e.	Text
Edition	Field 250	Text
Encoding Level	LDR byte 17	Text
End Publication Date	008 Date2, bytes 11-14	Text
Form of Item	008 byte 23 for Bibliographic type a, t, p, c, d, m, i, j. 008 byte 29 for Bibliographic type e, f, g	Text
Geographic Area Code	Field 043 subfield $a	Text
Imprint	Fields 260 and 264	Text
Imprint - Display	Fields 260 and 264 without subfield codes and delimiters	Text
ISBN	ISBN (not normalized)	Text
ISSN	ISSN (not normalized)	Text
ISSN-L	ISSN-L. Linking ISSN.	Text
Language Code	008 bytes 35-37	Text
Language of Cataloging	Field 040 subfield $b	Text
LC Class	Field 050 subfield $a. Instance with second indicator selected if present, otherwise the first instance of the field	Text
LC Genre	Field 655 second indicator 0	Text
LC Name Title	Fields 600, 610, 611, 630 with second indicator 0	Text
LC Topical Geographic	Field 650, 651 second indicator 0	Text
LCCN	LCCN	Text
MMSID	MMSID from field 001	Text
Modifying Agency	Field 040 subfield $d	Text
NLM Genre	Field 655 second indicator 2	Text
NLM Name Title	Fields 600, 610, 611, 630 with second indicator 2	Text
NLM Topical Geographic	Field 650, 651 second indicator 2	Text
No Overlay	Field 998	Text
Non-standard Title	Field 929	Text
OCLC Holdings Flag	Field 914	Text
OCLC Rejected Record	Field 913	Text
Physical Description	Field 300	Text
Physical Description - Display	Field 300 without subfield codes and delimiters	Text
Place of Publication Code	008 bytes 15-17	Text
Series	Field 830	Text
Series - Script	Field 830 for vernacular script	Text
Title	Field 245 not including subfield $c (initial article included)	Text
Title - Display	Field 245 not including subfield $c without subfield codes and delimiters (initial article included)	Text
Title - Script	Field 245 for vernacular script, not including subfield $c (initial article included)	Text
Title - Script Display	Field 245 for vernacular script, no including subfield $c and not including subfield codes and delimiters (initial article included)	Text
Transcribing Agency	Field 040 subfield $c	Text
Type of Date	008 byte 06	Text

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