Adding Identifiers to Existing Checkin Records

To insert identifiers into existing checkin records:

  1. Create a review file of checkin records that require a particular identifier.

For example, you can create a review file of the checkin records for all Lexis e-journal subscriptions.

The Create Lists function offers a convenient method of creating review files.

  1. Update the records in the review file by inserting a LIB HAS field that contains the identifier.

Identifiers are limited to 12 characters. Only alphanumeric characters are allowed. For a variable-length field, the identifier must be both:

  • the first word in the field
  • followed by a space

For a MARC 866|a field, the identifier must be the first data in the subfield.

To continue the example above, the identifier "Lexis" would be inserted either in a new

  • h-tagged variable-length field
  • MARC 866 field, subfield a

of each checkin record in the review file.

The Rapid Update function offers a convenient method of updating records.

See also:
Editing Holdings (LIB HAS) Fields