Codes for country and language in 008 field

• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20, 21, 22, 23
• Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct, Direct, Local, Total Care

Problem Symptoms:
The 008 field has different positions: place of publication and language, with a 3 dots box beside
When clicking on this box, there are no codes to choose from.

Cause:
Configuration

Resolution:
The values can be set in a table called tag_values.lng in $data_tab.
In the form you can define the identifier for the field.

e.g. %%LANGUAGE which can be used in file tag_values.lng to produce a list of languages.

Example
./usm01/pc_tab/catalog/008_xx.lng

^15=Unspecified (32)
^16=Literary form (33)
^17=Biography (34)
^18=Language (35-37)%%LANGUAGE <<<<
^19=Modified record (38)
^20=Cataloging source (39)

./usm01/tab/tag_values.eng
LANGUAGE alb Albanian
LANGUAGE arm Armenian
LANGUAGE aze Azerbaijani
LANGUAGE ber Berber (Other)

The same applies to PLACE-OF-PUBLICATION
./usm01/pc_tab/catalog/008_xx.lng
^6=Publication Place (15-17)%%PLACE-OF-PUBLICATION

./usm01/tab/tag_values.lng
PLACE-OF-PUBLICATION ag Argentina
PLACE-OF-PUBLICATION aku Alaska
PLACE-OF-PUBLICATION at Australia
PLACE-OF-PUBLICATION bb Barbados
[...]
Additional Information
See also 'Aleph System librarians Guide - Cataloging', chapter '5.1 Defining Lists of Valid Values and Description'.

• Article last edited: 26-Jun-2016