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    Bibliographic Details
    Field Source in Alma (for Internal Reference) Mapping from MARC21 Mapping from UNIMARC Dublin Core
    Title Taken from display.title in the display section of the operational record MARC 245 subfields a,b 249 a,b,c,v 200 a,c,d,e,h,i dc:title
    Title (Filing) The title with common words such as "The" and "An" removed to help with sorting the title.
    For a video describing the use of this field, see Sort Analytics Reports by Filing Title - Ignoring "The", "A", and "An".
    		 240 245   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:
    1. Removes non filing text.
    2. Removes <<>> and anything between them.
    3. Removes these characters: []|,.;:"
    4. Changes these characters to a space: !@#$%^&*()_+-={}\<>?/~'
    5. Changes characters to lowercase.
    6. Packs spaces (replace all sequences of more than one space with a single space).

    245 a,b

    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 The Normalized Title comes from dc:title and Author is currently empty, but planned to come from dc:creator, dcterms:creators
     
    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
    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
    Collection Name The name of the collection      
    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
    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
    Collection ID The ID of the collection      
    ISBN Taken from search.isbn in the search section of the operational record MARC 020 a MARC 776 z 010 a dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISBN
    ISBN Valid The value of subfield a of the MARC 020 field 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 value of subfield a of the MARC 022 field MARC 022 a   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
    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, dcterms:publisher
    Publication Date Taken from display.date_of_publication in the display section of the operational record
    The publication date is determined as follows:
    • the bibliographic details publication date comes from 264 subfield c
    • if there is no 264 subfield c, then the publication date comes from 260 subfield c
    • if there is no 264 subfield c and also no 260 subfield c, then the publication date comes from 008 pos. 7-10
    		 The publication date is determined as follows:
    • the bibliographic details publication date comes from 210 subfield d
    • If there is no 210 subfield d, then the publication date comes from field 214 subfield d.
    • if both fields do not exist, then the publication date comes from field 100 subfield a pos. 9-12 
    		 dc:date
    Publication Place Taken from display.place_of_pu blication in the display section of the operational record 260 a 264 a 210 a 214 a Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
    Place Code Taken from display.place_code in the display section of the operational record 008 pos. 15-17   Currently empty, planned to come from dcterms:spatial
    Place of Publication - Country The country of publication     Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
    Place of Publication - State The state of publication     Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
    Place of Publication - City The city of publication     Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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 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
    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 019 a   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    OCLC Control Number (035a) The OCLC control number 035 a 035 a Not relevant for Dublin Core
    OCLC Control Number (035a+z) The OCLC control number 035a+z 035a+z Not relevant for Dublin Core
    OCLC Control Number (035z) The OCLC control number 035 z 035 z 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
    Open Access Indicates if the article is open access Based on 506 f 506 2   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    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
    Form of Item The form of the item MARC 008 pos. 29   dc:format
    Government Publication The government publication type MARC 008 pos. 28   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
    Series Taken from display.series_small in the display section in the operational record

    800 t

    801 t

    811 t

    830 a,n,p,v

    		 410 a,h,i,o,t,x Currently empty.  Planned to come from dcterms:isPartOf
    Subjects Taken from display.subjects in the display section of the operational record 69X,630,689 600 a,b 602 603-8 610 616 617 dc:subject dcterms:LCSH,MESH,DDC,UDC,LCC
    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 Title Taken from display.uniform_title in the display section of the operational record 240 130 500 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Uniform Resource Identifier The uniform resource identifier 856 u 856 u dc:identifier (dcterms:URI) ,dcterms:identifier (dcterms:URI)
    Resource Type Constructed based on existing bibliographic fields such as the LDR and 008. For more information, see The Resource Type Field.     dc:type
    The following table describes other fields in the shared dimension (taken from Alma and not MARC):
    Bibliographic Details
    Field Source in Alma (for Internal Reference) Dublin Core
    Active Course Code The code of an active course.  
    Active Course Name The name of an active course.  
    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.  
    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:
    • if the LC Classification is | a HB3821.I8 |b R3 then the LC Classification Top Line will be HB3821
    • if the LC Classification is | a DF506.5 |b .G27 then the LC Classification Top Line will be DF506.5
    • if the LC Classification is | a N 7353 |b .K513 1965 then the LC Classification Top Line will be N
    • if the LC Classification is | a NOT YET ORDERED then the LC Classification Top Line will be NOT
    The LC Classification Top Line will contain one value. For MARC21, if the bibliographic record has:
    • both 090 and 050 then the LC Classification Top Line will come from 090
    • 050 and not 090 then the LC Classification Top Line will come from 050
    • 090 and not 050 then the LC Classification Top Line will come from 090
    		 Currently empty. Planned to come from:
    (dcterms:LCSH),
    dcterms:subject (determs:LCSH),
    dc:subject (dcterms:LCC),
    dcterms:subject (determs:LCC)
    Dewey Classification Stores the Dewey Classification  
    Dewey Classification Top Line Stores the first 3 digits of the Dewey Classification Currently empty.  Planned to come from dc:subject (dcterms:DDC),
    dcterms:subject (determs:DDC)  
    Chinese Classifications Stores the Chinese Classification Not relevant for Dublin Core
    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.
    		 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Link ID The link ID  
    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  
    Creator Stores the name of the user that created the record  
    Creation Date Stores the creation date  
    Managed by Provider Indicates if the electronic resource is managed by the provider  
    Modified By Stores the user name that modified the record  
    Modification Date Stores the modification date  
    Peer Reviewed Indicates if the article was peer reviewed Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Provider Name The name of the provider Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Record Format The format of the bibliographic record. Possible values:
    • MARC 21
    • DC
    • KORMARC
    • CNMARK
    • UNIMARC
    • None
    		 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Suppressed from Discovery Indicates whether the record is suppressed from external discovery systems  
    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.  
    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.  
    ISSN (Normalized) The normalized ISSN. This field is useful when you want to use the normalized ISSN from one subject area to compare with a report with fields from a different subject area. dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISSN
    ISBN (Normalized)
    		 The ISBN. Created for uniformity with Title (Normalized) and ISSN (Normalized). dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISBN
    Brief Level The level of the brief record  
    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