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    MetaLib

    This information is not applicable to Primo VE environments. For more details on Primo VE configuration, see Primo VE.

    Control

    Control Section
    Control field Source/Content Additional Normalization Rules
    Source ID
    From configuration file.
    Mandatory field!
    Record ID
    Source ID + Source Record-ID
    Mandatory field!
    Source Record-ID
    001
    Mandatory field!
    Additional Source RecordID
       
    Source Type
    Not in use
     
    SourceSystem
    From configuration file
     
    Source Format
    From configuration file
     
    Record Type
    Not in use
     
    Last Modified Date
    Not in use
     

    Display

    General Notes

    • Multiple occurrences are concatenated with a semicolon unless indicated otherwise.
    • If the source data has a period at the end, then remove it.
    Display Section
    Display Field Source/Content Additional Normalization Rules
    Source
    source_id from control
     
    Type
    database
     
    Title
    245 $$a
     
    Vernacular title
       
    Uniform title
       
    Creator
    260 $$b
     
    Contributor
       
    Description
    655 $$a ,520 $$a
     
    Coverage
    513 $$a
     
    Publisher
    110 $$a
     
    Subject
    category/main and category/sub
    653 $$a
     
    Rights management
    540 $$a
     
    Language
    546 $$a
    If the language is not in ISO 639-2 it should be mapped to ISO 639-2.
    If the language cannot be translated, leave it as.
    Physical Format
       
    Resource identifier
       
    Relation
       
    IsPartOf
       
    Creation Date
       
    Edition
       

    Links

    Links Section
    Type of Link Source Note
    OpenURL
       
    OpenURL_fulltext
       
    OpenURL_service
       
    Linkto Holdings
       
    Linkto Holdings_available
       
    Linkto Holdings_unavailable
       
    Linkto Holdings_doesnotexist
       
    LinktoRequest
       
    Backlink
       
    LinktoResource
    856 41 $u
    $$DOnline Link
     
    Additional links
    856 42 $u
    856 49 $u
    For both $$DRelated links
     
    Thumbnail
       
    Link to TOC
       
    Link to Abstract
       
    Link to Review
       
    Link to Price
       

    Search

    Search Section
    Index Source Additional Normalization Rules
    Creator/contributor
    260 $$b, 110 $$a, 710 $$a
     
    Title
    210 $$a
     
    Additional Title
    245 $$a, 246 $$a
     
    Description
    520 $$a, 513 $a
     
    Subject
    Categories, sub-categories and 653 $$a
     
    Identifiers
       
    ISBN
       
    ISSN
       
    Creation Date
       
    Full text
       
    TOC
       
    Resource type
    Resource type from display
    655 a
     
    RecordType
    Not in use
     
    SourceID
    Source ID from control
     
    RecordID
    Record ID from control
     
    General
       
    Restricted search Scope
    Created based on institution affiliation when the resource is SUBSCRIPTION. The rule can be enabled by sites that do not display restricted resources.
    Refer to Additional Data for an explanation of how to translate MetaLib restrictions to Primo.
     
    Search Scope
    MetaLib institution using MetaLib Institution Codes mapping table
    Also create a "metalib" scope
     
    Scope
    Copy from Search scope and Restricted search scope from the delivery section
     

    Facets

    Facets Section
    Facet Source/Content Additional Normalization Rules
    Resource type
    Use format_mean mapping table:
    Book -> books ,
    Journal -> journals
    Article -> articles
    Text Resource -> text_resources
    Map -> maps
    Score -> scores
    Image -> images
    Audio -> media
    Video -> media
    Other -> other
     
    Language
    546 $a
     
    Creator/Contributor
    260 $b 110 $a 710 $a
     
    Topic
    Category-subcategory
     
    Creation date
       
    Physical format
       
    File size
       
    Collection
    Online Databases
     
    Top-level
    online_resources
     
    Pre-filter
       
    Related records
       

    Duplicate Record Detection

    A single Primo site may have IRD records from multiple institutions that have overlap. MetaLib IRD records require a separate dedup algorithm, type 4 based on the CKB ID OR 035 or 245.
    There is no need for candidate selection in the case of this algorithm but to keep with the general process both candidate and matching fields are created.
    Duplicate Record Detection
    Field ID Content of Field/
    Source Tag + Subfield
    Note
    T
    4
    C1
    CKB
    C2
    035 $a
    C3
    245 $a
    F1
    CKB ID
    F2
    035 $a
    F3
    245 $a
    Algorithm: a match on any candidate field means that the records are duplicates.

    Delivery and Scoping

    Local mapping required as relevant.
    Delivery and Scoping Section
    Delivery Field Source Additional Normalization Notes
    Institution
    AFI
    Use Metalib Institution Mapping table
     
    Delivery category
    MetaLib Resource
     
    Restricted delivery scope
    Created based on institution affiliation in the case that the resource is "SUBSCRIPTION". The rule can be enabled by sites that display restricted resources.
    Refer to Additional Data for an explanation of how to translate MetaLib restrictions to Primo.
    Can be based on AF1, AF3, AIP, but needs further infestation + 594 (free/subscription).

    Ranking

    Local mapping required as relevant.
    Ranking Section
    Booster Field Source Additional Normalization Notes
    booster1
    1 or as added by enrichment program
     
    booster2
    Not in use.
     

    Enrichment

    Enrichment Section
    Enrichment Field Source Additional Normalization Notes
    classification.lcc/ddc/udc/rvk
       
    fulltext
       
    TOC
       
    Abstract
       
    Review
       
    Rank-father-son
       
    Rank-Number of copies
       
    Rank-Date first copy
       
    Rank-Number of loans
       
    availability
       

    Additional Data

    This includes multiple occurrences in separate fields.
    Additional Data
    Additional data field Source Additional Normalization Notes
    Author Last
       
    Author First
       
    Author initials
       
    Author first initial
       
    Author middle initial
       
    Author suffix
       
    Author
       
    Corporate Author
       
    Additional author
       
    Series author
       
    Book Title
    245 a
     
    Article title
       
    Journal title
       
    Short title
       
    Additional title
       
    Series title
       
    Date
       
    RISDate
       
    Additional Date
       
    Volume
       
    Issue
       
    Part
       
    Season
       
    Quarter
       
    Start page
       
    End page
       
    Pages
       
    Article number
       
    ISSN
       
    eISSN
       
    ISBN
       
    CODEN
       
    SICI
       
    Format
    journal
     
    Genre
    unknown
     
         
    RISType
    GEN
     
    City of Publication
       
    Publisher
    110 a
     
    Abstract
    520 a
     
    Miscellaneous1
       
    Miscellaneous2
       
    Miscellaneous3
       
    OCLC ID
       
    DOI
       
    URL
       
    Local fields 1-5
       
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