Fixed-length Fields in Course Records

The following table describes the fixed-length fields found in course records. Both the short label and default long label (if one exists) are shown.

Course Record Fields
Field Number	Field Label	Description	Code is	Data in Field Entered by	Limits	Examples
090	BEGIN DATE or Beginning Date	The date on which the course begins.	month-day-year (mm-dd-yy or mm-dd-yyyy) or day-month-year (dd-mm-yy or dd-mm-yyyy)	organization	Single entry in valid date format	08-07-99 or 21-07-2000
115 116 117	CCODE1 (Course Code 1) CCODE2 (Course Code 2) CCODE3 (Course Code 3)	Your organization determines the name and purpose of these fields, their codes, and the codes' definitions. Commonly used as statistical category fields or for the Suppress Inactive Course Records feature.	lowercase alphabetic or numeric	organization	Maximum code length: 1 character Maximum number of codes: 32 Maximum length of code definitions: 25 characters	CCODE: 1
091	END DATE or Ending Date	The date on which the course ends.	month-day-year (mm-dd-yy or mm-dd-yyyy) or day-month-year (dd-mm-yy or dd-mm-yyyy)	organization	Single entry in valid date format	09-07-99 or 17-12-2002
092	LOCATION or Location	The code for the physical location of the items placed on reserve.	alphabetic or numeric	organization	Maximum code length: 5 characters	resrv