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Harvard contributes metadata to POD: https://pod.stanford.edu

Included as of Feb 2022: all active bibs with active holdings (from Alma system) as MARCxml

Portfolios not yet included (e.g. licensed e-resources)

General notes on data:

  • Private data is excluded per this Alma norm rule
  • Each bib record is embedded with fields from linked holdings records
  • Non-Latin parallel fields will be stored in linked 880 fields. MARC spec: https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd880.html
  • All fields from the same holding will have the same $8 value. 
  • All items from the same holding will have the $8 value of the linked holding. 

Bibs are enriched with the following public holdings fields. For definitions of local fields visit Harvard defined MARC fields

  • 852
  • 007
  • 506
  • 583
  • 541
  • 561
  • 562
  • 563
  • 538
  • 843
  • 845
  • 856
  • 966
  • 967
  • 968
  • 977
  • 866
  • 867
  • 868

Bibs are enriched with item data. Each item is represented by a 876 field. Subfields are defined as follows: 

SubfieldContentNote
0 (zero)internal item identifier (PID)assigned by Alma
bpermanent library codecorresponds to 852 $b
cpermanent location code corresponds to 852 $c
l (lowercase L)current library codeif the item is in a temporary library/location, this value will be the temporary library, otherwise it will be the permanent library
mcurrent location codesee above, for location
7call number typeclassification scheme
ncall numberentire call number from 852 compressed into single subfield
dEnum A
eEnum B
fChron I
gChron J
3descriptionusually only present for serials / multi-volumes
qitem statusbinary value: in place (1) or not in place (0)
jprocess typee.g. missing etc. Code definitions Item Statuses, Process Types, and Required Fields
pbarcode
tcopy IDfrom item record, not holding 852
ymaterial typecode definitions: Item Material Types
hitem policyloan period / restrictions, encoded as 2 digit value. Definitions: Item Policies
xprovenanceused for ReCAP. See ReCAP SCSB - Alma coding for items and holdings
zstat note 2used for retention commitments (ReCAP / Hathi)
8holding IDidentifier of holding to which item is linked
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