Variable-length Fields in Course Records

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

Course Record Fields
Field	Description	Field Group Tag or Default MARC Tag	Data in Field Entered by	Limits	Examples
COUR NOTE or Course Note	Free text note field. A course record can contain multiple COUR NOTE fields.	n	organization	Maximum 10,000 characters	nSeminar lab
COURSE or Course Name/Number	This field may occur more than once in a single record and is used as an access point in retrieving the record.	r	organization	Maximum 10,000 characters	rEconomics 101
COURSE INF	N/A	(	system	N/A	N/A
ITEM ID	System-generated information about an item placed on course reserve. A maximum of 350 item records may be attached to a course record via 9 fields. Contains the item record number, date the item becomes active/inactive, and its current status (a = active, i = inactive)	9	system	N/A	9i1011659:06-05-03:a
PROF/TA or Professor/Instructor	The name of the course instructor, last name first. This could be a professor, teaching assistant, lecturer, instructor, or any name that might be used as an access point in retrieving the course record. This field may repeat as many times as desired.	p	organization	Maximum 10,000 characters	pKenan Lopcu
PSWD	The course password. The tag for this field can be changed by using the Tag to use for course passwords in course records option. By default, the system uses the s tag.	s	organization	Maximum 10,000 characters	spassword
URL	URL associated with the course record. Inserting URLs into course records requires special setup. Contact Innovative to add this functionality to your system.	y or 856	organization	Maximum 10,000 characters	yhttp://www.library.edu/prof_page.htm