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Editing MARC in Evergreen Staff Client
- To get to the MARC Edit interface, please see Chapter 19 “Editing MARC Records” in Sitka’s Evergreen Documentation.
- For a primer on the fixed field and editing it please see, “Editing MARC Record Leader and Fixed Field 008”.
Fixed Field Example
The Giver quartet by Lois Lowry – barcode 35246000832277 at Fort Nelson.
- Will be retrieved by the Teen Fiction criteria because it has values for Type: a, Form: r, Audn: d and LitF 1.
- This record’s Date Active timestamp falls on 2014-09-11 12:10 PM which will place it in October’s Teen Fiction list (see below).
Booklist Builder Criteria
- LibPress booklists rely on two groups of metadata to be populated: fixed field values in the 008 that feed into Evergreen’s search filters as well as the date a bib record became active (changed status to Available) in a particular catalogue.
- Often times one or more fixed field values will be incorrect or not filed (namely Audn) and will return no recent records, leading to empty lists.
Currently a bug is preventing space values for Form from being indexed in EG, these should be catalogued with r (print production) to ensure they are added to lists properly.
Fixed Field (008) Values
| Book List | Item Type (Type) | Audience (Audn) | Item Form (Form) | Literary Form (LitF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Fiction | a, t | e, g | r, space or no code* |
1, f, j |
| Adult Non-fiction | a, t | e, g | r, space or no code* |
0, e, i, s |
| Adult Large Print | a, t | e, g | d | – |
| Adult DVD | g | e, g | – | – |
| Adult Music | j | e, g | – | – |
| Teen Fiction | a, t | d | r, space or no code* |
1, f, j |
| Teen Non-fiction | a, t | d | r, space or no code* |
0, e, i, s |
| Juvenile Fiction | a, t | j, b, c, a | r, space or no code* |
1, f, j |
| Juvenile Non-fiction | a, t | j, b, c, a | r, space or no code* |
0, e, i, s |
| Juvenile DVD/CD | g, j | j, b, c, a | – | – |
*No code is represented as a bar character: |
Active Date
Find the Active Date by going to the Holdings Editor (click on Item Table and find your library’s copy, then click on View or Edit)
- Date Active must occur within the last month to be included in the current month’s lists.
Note: if fewer than 8 items were added in the last month, the Booklist Builder will retrieve items from the previous 3 months. These appear in the drop-down carousel selector menu as “Boosted” lists. - For example, items with a Date Active timestamp that falls in August will appear in the New Items list for September.
- Date Active is set when the Status of a record changes to Available for the first time.