Bibliographic Details
Ex Libris works with content providers worldwide to enrich the metadata available in the Alma Community Zone. To enrich the journal/serial content in the CZ, we work directly with the Library of Congress CONSER feed for electronic serials, which we match against our knowledge base to enrich with all of the relevant metadata fields that they supply (for more details, see Community Zone Serial Records Enrichment). We receive weekly updates from CONSER and enrich the CZ records with all relevant metadata, including the 050 fields (when available).
In the case of book content, we work with multiple providers who are willing to share their metadata with the Alma community globally (for more details, see Community Zone Monograph Records Enrichment). If you have local access to these classifications, you may want to consider working with the local extension for these records whenever an update is not available. (For more details, see Working with Local Extension Fields for Community Zone-linked Records)
| Field | Source in Alma (for Internal Reference) |
Mapping from MARC21 |
Mapping from UNIMARC |
Mapping from Dublin Core |
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| Author | Taken from display.author in the display section of the operational record | 100,110,111 | 700,701,710,711 | Currently empty, planned to come from dc:creator, dcterms:creators |
| Author (Contributor) | An additional Author field |
711 a,c-e,i,j,n,q,u and its 880 700 a-e,j,q,u and its 880 710 a-e,i,n,u and its 880 |
700 a-d,f,p 701 a-d,f,p 710 a-h,p 711 a-h,p 720 a,f" 721 a,f 702 a-d,f,g 712 a-h,p 722 a,f |
Currently empty, planned to come from dc:contributor, dcterms:contributor |
| Begin Publication Date | Taken from display.begin_pub_date in the search section of the operation | 008 pos. 07-10 | 100.Date1 | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| BIB 008 MARC | The contents of the MARC 008 bibliographic field | 008 | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| BIB LDR MARC | The contents of the MARC LDR bibliographic field | LDR | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| Bibliographic Acquisition Accession Number Note | The identification code assigned to materials acquired in a single and separate transfer of custody (from MARC field 541 $e). | 541 e | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| Bibliographic ID | Taken from display.bib_id in the display section in the operational record | 010 excluding numeric subfields | 020 a | dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISBN, dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISSN |
| Bibliographic Level | Taken from display.bib_level in the display section of the operational record | Position 7 of the LDR field of the bibliographic record | Position 7 of the LDR field of the bibliographic record | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Bibliographic Source of Acquisition Note | The name of the people or organization that is the source of the material (from MARC field 541 $a) | 541 a | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| Category of Material | Taken from display. category_of_material in the display section of the operational record | Position 0 of the 007 field | 200 b | dc:type |
| DC License | Relevant only for Dublin Core | Relevant only for Dublin Core | Field does not yet exist. It will be populated by dcterms:license | |
| DC Rights | Relevant only for Dublin Core | Relevant only for Dublin Core | Field does not yet exist. It will be populated by dc:rights and dcterms:rights | |
| Edition | Taken from display.complete_edition in the display section of the operational record | MARC 250 subfields a,b | 205 a,b,f,g | dcterms:isVersionOf |
| Electronic location and access | The location and access URl for the electronic resource | 856 all subfields | ||
| End Publication Date | Taken from display.end_pub_date in the search section of the operation | 008 pos. 11-14 | 100.Date2 | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Form of Item | The form of the item | MARC 008 pos. 29 (Maps and Visual Material) or 23 (other material configurations) | dc:format | |
| General Note | The general note | 500 a, 5 | ||
| Government Publication | The government publication type |
MARC 008 pos. 28 According to MARC21 Format for Bibliographic Data, MARC 008 pos. 28 is Government Publication for the following material types: Books, Computer Files, Continuing Resources, Maps, and Visual Materials.
For Music MARC 008 pos. 28 is Accompanying matter. For Mixed material MARC 008 pos. 28 is Undefined. Consequently, when using this field, you may want to filter out records with Material Type = Music and Material Type = Mixed material. |
Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| ISBN | Taken from search.isbn in the search section of the operational record | MARC 020 a,z MARC 776 z | 010 a | dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISBN |
| ISBN Valid | The valid ISBN value | MARC 020 a | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| ISSN | Taken from the MMS Display Table in the search section of the operational record | 022 l,a 776 x (for non-physical records) | 011 a f | dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISSN |
| ISSN Valid | The valid ISSN value | MARC 022 a | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| Language Code | Taken from display.language in the display section in the operational record | 008 pos. 35-37 | 101 a | Currently comes from dc:language. Planned to come from dc:language and dcterms:language |
| Language Of Cataloging | The language in which the cataloging was done | 040 b | 100 a,22-24 | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Local Note | The local note | 590 a, 5 | ||
| Material Type | See the table, Fields that Identify the Bibliographic Material Type, in the Material Types in Search Results section for a description of material type. | MARC control LDR Material Type | Planned to be empty. Currently comes from dc:type | |
| Material Type Code | Code of the material type described above (in Material Type). | MARC control LDR Material Type | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| Network Number | Taken from search. other_system_number in the search section of the operational record | 035 a z | 053 a z | dc:identifier , dcterms:identifier |
| OCLC Control Number (019) | The OCLC control number
Leading zeros are not displayed.
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019 a When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:
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Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| OCLC Control Number (035a) | The OCLC control number
Leading zeros are not displayed.
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035 a When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:
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035 a | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| OCLC Control Number (035a+z) | The OCLC control number
Leading zeros are not displayed.
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035a+z When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:
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035a+z | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| OCLC Control Number (035z) | The OCLC control number
Leading zeros are not displayed.
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035 z When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:
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035 z | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Open Access | Indicates if the article is open access | Based on 506 f 506 2 | Not relevant for Dublin Core | |
| Original Cataloging Agency | The MARC code or the name of the organization that created the original record | 040 a | 081 b | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Place Code | Taken from display.place_code in the display section of the operational record | 008 pos. 15-17 | 102$$a | Currently empty, planned to come from dcterms:spatial |
| Place of Publication - City | The city of publication | For a list of country codes, see: | For a list of country codes, see: | Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
If the value of this field in the bibliographic record does not exist in the official list of place codes, the value for this field in Alma Analytics will be "No place, unknown, or undetermined". If there are multiple place codes in this field, only the first value is displayed. |
| Place of Publication - Country | The country of publication | For a list of country codes, see: | For a list of country codes, see: | Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
If the value of this field in the bibliographic record does not exist in the official list of place codes, the value for this field in Alma Analytics will be "No place, unknown, or undetermined". If there are multiple place codes in this field, only the first value is displayed. |
| Place of Publication - State | The state of publication | For a list of country codes, see: | For a list of country codes, see: | Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
If the value of this field in the bibliographic record does not exist in the official list of place codes, the value for this field in Alma Analytics will be "No place, unknown, or undetermined". If there are multiple place codes in this field, only the first value is displayed. |
| Publication Date | Taken from display.date_of_publication in the display section of the operational record |
The publication date is determined as follows:
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The publication date is determined as follows:
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dc:date |
| Publication Place | Taken from display.place_of_publication in the display section of the operational record | MARC 260 a. When 260a is empty, it is taken from MARC 264a | 210 a 214 a | Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code) |
| Publisher | Taken from display.publisher_const_b in the display section of the operational record |
260 b 264 b |
210 c 214 c |
dcterms:publisher, dc:publisher |
| Resource Type | Constructed based on existing bibliographic fields such as the LDR and 008. For more information, see The Resource Type Field. | dc:type | ||
| Series | Taken from display.series_small in the display section in the operational record | 800 t,v
810 t,v 811 t,v 830 a,n,p,v |
410 a,h,i,o,t,x | Currently empty. Planned to come from dcterms:isPartOf |
| Series Statement | The series statement | 490 a,v x | ||
| Subjects | Taken from display.subjects in the display section of the operational record | 6XX excluding 69X, 630, 689 | 600 a,b 602 603-8 610 616 617 | dc:subject dcterms:LCSH,MESH,DDC,UDC,LCC |
| Subjects (Names) | The subject names | 600 a,b,c,d,e,l,t.u
610 a,b,c,d,e,l,n,t,u 611 a,b,c,d,e,j,l,n,q,t,u |
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| Title | Taken from display.title in the display section of the operational record |
245 a,b 249 a,b,c,v |
200 a,c,d,e,h,i | dc:title |
| Title (Complete) | The information from MARC field 245, subfields $p, $n, $s, $k, $f, $g. | 245 a,n,p,h,b,c,f,g,k,s | 200 a-i | Currently empty, planned to come from dc:alternative |
| Title (Filing) | The title with common words such as "The" and "An" removed to help with sorting the title alphabetically.
Any text between double arrows (<<>>) is removed.
For a video describing the use of this field, see Sort Analytics Reports by Filing Title - Ignoring "The", "A", and "An".
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240 a,c,p 245 a,c,p |
200 a,e 500 |
Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Title (Normalized) | The normalized Title. This field is useful when you want to use the normalized title from one subject area to compare with a report with fields from a different subject area. This field is built in the following manner:
Alma does the following to the 245 field (except subfields c,h,6 and 8) in the following order:
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245 a,b,n,p 249 a,b,c,v |
200 a,c,d,e,h,i | dc:title |
| Title Author Combined and Normalized | 100 characters of the normalized title and the first four letters of the author in lowercase letters, with spaces removed | See Author and Title Fields | See Author and Title Fields | See Author and Title Fields |
| Type of Date | Taken from display. type_of_date in the search section of the operational record | 008 pos. 6 | 100 pos 8 | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | The uniform resource identifier | 856 u | 856 u | dc:identifier (dcterms:URI) ,dcterms:identifier (dcterms:URI) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier Exists | Indicates if 856 subfield u contains data | |||
| Uniform Title | Taken from display.uniform_title in the display section of the operational record | 240 130 | 500 | Not relevant for Dublin Core |
The following table describes other fields in the shared dimension (taken from Alma and not MARC):
| Field | Source in Alma (for Internal Reference) |
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| Active Course Code | The code of an active course. |
| Active Course Name | The name of an active course. |
| Bibliographic Lifecycle | The Lifecycle of the item. Possible values are Deleted and In Repository. This allows you to filter reports by In Repository/Deleted items. |
| Brief Level | The level of the brief record |
| Chinese Classifications | Stores the Chinese Classification |
| Collection ID | The ID of the collection. This is a title level collection as defined at 'Resources > Manage Inventory > Manage Collections'. |
| Collection Name | The name of the collection. This is a title level collection as defined at 'Resources > Manage Inventory > Manage Collections'. |
| Creation Date | Stores the creation date. Date fields can consist of a partial date, such as just the year or a month and year. |
| Creation Date (Calendar) | Stores the creation date. Calendar Date fields always consist of a month, date, and year. If the information is not provided, 01 is added, so that a date of 2020 is rendered 01/01/2020. This date format is useful when filtering the report by date. |
| Creator | Stores the name of the user that created the record |
| Dewey Classification | Stores the Dewey Classification |
| Dewey Classification Top Line |
Stores the first 3 digits of the Dewey Classification Regarding Dublin Core: Currently empty. Planned to come from dc:subject (dcterms:DDC), |
| Has Local Extensions |
Indicates if the Community Zone-linked record has local extensions (Y/N) |
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ISBN (Normalized)
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The normalized ISBN. |
| ISSN (Normalized) | The normalized ISSN. |
| LC Classification Top Line | Stores the combined LC code and classification numbers until the first period which is followed by a letter. If there are no periods then the entire string is taken until there is a space. The length is limited to 50 characters.
For example:
The LC Classification Top Line will contain one value. For MARC21, if the bibliographic record has:
Regarding Dublin Core: Currently empty. Planned to come from: Recent data may not be available if it has not yet been received from CONSER.
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| Link ID | The link ID. For more information concerning this field and the next two, see Understanding the fields Link ID Linked to CZ and Linked to NZ in the Bibliographic Details folder. |
| Linked to CZ | Indicates if the record is linked to the Community Zone |
| Linked to NZ | Indicates if the record is linked to the Network Zone |
| Local Param 1-10 | This field allows you to enrich the bibliographic and holdings information exported to Analytics with additional information from MARC fields in Alma."
In order to make use of this field, you must contact Ex Libris Support and supply them with a three-digit MARC field code (for example, 901). (The field does not need to include a 9.)
The fields can be number and code fields but not control fields. Therefore, the field must be greater than or equal to 010, because 00X are Control Fields and 01X-09X are Numbers and Code Fields.
Following configuration of this field by Ex Libris Support, its value will be available in analytics.
Subfields can be maintained in the Analytics fields identified for Local Param. When this capability is implemented, fields/subfields appear in Alma Analytics with the Alma subfield delimiter (either $$ or ‡) used to delineate the subfield content. Contact Support to enable this feature. Note that reindexing is required to fully implement this capability.
Note that the local param fields are not related to the MARC type of the record. For example, if field 913 is defined to be in local param 1 then field 913 will always be in local param 1. This is the case if the record is of the type KORMARC, CNMARC, UNIMARC, MARC21, and so forth. It is not possible to have different sets of Local Param 1-10 for different types of MARC.
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| Managed by Provider | Indicates if the electronic resource is managed by the provider |
| MMS ID | Stores the MMS ID of the item. This is the MMS ID of the portfolios associated with the electronic collection. It is not the MMS ID of the electronic collection or of the MMS ID of the descriptive bibliographic record added in the Additional tab of the electronic collection editor. If there are no portfolios, the value of this field is empty. |
| Modification Date | Stores the modification date. Date fields can consist of a partial date, such as just the year or a month and year. |
| Modification Date (Calendar) | Stores the modification date. Calendar Date fields always consist of a month, date, and year. If the information is not provided, 01 is added, so that a date of 2020 is rendered 01/01/2020. This date format is useful when filtering the report by date. |
| Modified By | Stores the user name that modified the record |
| Network ID | This field is used by institutions implementing a Network Zone. It is the same as the MMS ID of the bibliographic record in the Network Zone and can be used to create reports that show the MMS ID in the member institution (using the existing MMS ID), as well as the corresponding MMS ID in the Network Zone. |
| Originating System | The system where the bibliographic record originated |
| Originating System ID | The ID of the system where the bibliographic record originated |
| Originating System Version | The version of the originating system |
| Peer Reviewed | Indicates if the article was peer reviewed |
| Provider Name | The name of the provider |
| Record Format | The format of the bibliographic record. Examples:
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| Suppressed from Discovery | Indicates whether the record is suppressed from external discovery systems |