Configuring Physical Item Material Type Descriptions
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The following roles can configure item material type descriptions:
- Catalog Administrator
- General System Administrator
You can enable, disable, and configure the material types that appear in the
Material type (sometimes
Secondary Type) drop-down list in various places in Alma. You do this on the Physical Material Type code table page (
Configuration > Resources > General > Physical Material Type Descriptions). For more information about code tables, see
Code Tables.
For electronic material type information, see
Electronic Material Types.
Physical Material Type Code Table Page
This drop-down list appears in many pages in Alma such as in the Physical Item Editor when editing a physical item. In addition, any change to the material type description appears in the Primo View It and Get It tabs.
You can enable or disable a type, or change the type name as it appears in the drop-down lists.
The following table lists the material types in Alma.
Item Material Types
| Code |
Description |
|
ARTICLE
|
Article
|
|
ARTORIG
|
Art Original
|
|
ARTREPRO
|
Art Reproduction
|
|
ATLAS
|
Atlas
|
|
AUDIOBOOK
|
Audio Book
|
|
AUDIOCASSETTE
|
Audio cassette
|
|
AUDIORECORDER
|
Audio Recorder
|
|
AUDIOVM
|
Audio visual media |
|
BACHLORTHESIS
|
Bachelor Thesis
|
|
BLURAY
|
Blu-Ray
|
|
BLURAYDVD
|
Blu-Ray And DVD
|
|
BOOK
|
Book
|
|
BOX
|
Box
|
|
CALC
|
Calculator
|
|
CAMERA
|
Camera
|
|
CAMRECORDER
|
Camcorder
|
|
CARDBOARD_RECORD
|
Cardboard Record, Flexi Disc
|
|
CASE
|
Case
|
|
CD
|
Compact Disc
|
|
CDROM
|
CD-ROM
|
|
CHARG
|
Laptop Charger
|
|
CHART
|
Chart
|
|
DAT
|
DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
|
|
DIORAMA
|
Diorama
|
|
DISK
|
Computer Disk
|
|
DVD
|
DVD
|
|
DVDRM
|
DVD-ROM
|
|
EPHEMERA
|
Ephemera
|
|
EQUIP
|
Equipment
|
|
EREADER
|
Ereader
|
|
FICHE
|
Microfiche
|
|
FILM
|
Microfilm
|
|
FILMSTRIP
|
Filmstrip
|
|
FILMREEL
|
Film Reel
|
|
FLASHCARD
|
Flash Card
|
|
FLIPV
|
Flip Video Camera
|
|
FLOPPY_DISK
|
Floppy Disk
|
|
FSADT
|
Flat Screen Adaptor
|
|
GAME
|
Game
|
|
GLOBE
|
Globe
|
|
GOVRECORD
|
Government Document
|
|
GRAPHIC
|
Graphic
|
|
HEAD
|
Headphones
|
|
IPAD
|
iPad
|
|
ISSBD
|
Bound Issue
|
|
ISSUE
|
Issue
|
|
ITEM_WITH_AUDIO_CASSETTE
|
Item with Audio Cassette
|
|
ITEM_WITH_CD
|
Item with CD
|
|
ITEM_WITH_FLOPPY_DISK
|
Item with Floppy Disk
|
|
KEYS
|
Keys
|
|
KIT
|
Kit
|
|
LAPTOPACCESSORY
|
Laptop Accessory
|
|
LETTER
|
Letter
|
|
LOOSELEAF
|
Looseleaf
|
|
LP
|
LP
|
|
LPTOP
|
Laptop
|
|
LRDSC
|
Laserdisc
|
|
MAGNETIC_TAPE
|
Magnetic Tape
|
|
MANUSCRIPT
|
Manuscript
|
|
MAP
|
Map
|
|
MASTERTHESIS
|
Master's Thesis
|
|
MICROCARD
|
Microcard
|
|
MICROFICHE_MASTER
|
Microfiche Master
|
|
MICROOPAQUE
|
Microopaque
|
|
MICROSLIDE
|
Microscope Slide
|
|
MICROFORM
|
Microform
|
|
MIXED
|
Mixed material
|
|
MMFILM
|
16 mm Film
|
|
MOBILEDEVICE
|
Mobile Device
|
|
MODEL
|
Model
|
|
MOTIONPICTURE
|
Motion Picture
|
|
NEWSPAPER
|
Newspaper
|
|
OTHER
|
Other
|
|
OTHERVM
|
Other Visual Material
|
|
OVERSIZE
|
Oversize
|
|
OVERSIZESCORE
|
Oversize Score
|
|
PAMPHLET
|
Pamphlet
|
|
PHDTHESIS
|
PhD Thesis
|
|
PHONODISC
|
Record (Phonodisc)
|
|
PHONOGRAPH_CYLINDER
|
Phonograph Cylinder
|
|
PHOTOGRAPH
|
Photograph
|
|
PIANO_ROLL
|
Piano Roll
|
|
PICTURE
|
Picture
|
|
PLAYAWAY
|
Playaway
|
|
PROJECTOR
|
Projector
|
|
RARE
|
Rare
|
|
REALIA
|
Realia
|
|
RECORD
|
Sound Recording
|
|
ROOM
|
Room
|
|
SCORE
|
Music Score
|
|
SLIDE
|
Slide
|
|
SPECIALTHESIS
|
Special Thesis
|
|
STANDARD_RECORD
|
Standard Record, Shellac Record
|
|
TABLET
|
Tablet
|
|
TECHDRAWING
|
Technical Drawing
|
|
THESIS
|
Thesis
|
|
TOY
|
Toy
|
|
TRANSPARENCY
|
Transparency
|
|
VERTICAL_CUT_DISC
|
Vertical-Cut Disc, Pathé Record
|
|
VIDEOCASSETTE
|
Video cassette
|
|
VIDEODISC
|
Video Disk
|
|
VIDEOGAME
|
Video Game
|
|
VRECORD
|
Video Recording
|
|
VRECORD_OTHER
|
Video Recording (Other)
|
