MARC Holdings Tab: Serial Control

The MARC Holdings tab displays information about the title’s MARC holdings records. This tab appears when you are modifying or displaying serial control records.

If one or more MARC holdings already exist for a title, each library and location associated with MARC holdings appears in a table. Click the Location platform button, and detailed information about the MARC holdings record appears.

When displaying a title linked to a MARC holdings record in e-Library and the staff client, if the holdings record is not linked to a serial control record, the holdings location displays without linking information. If it is linked to a serial control, the linked Control ID displays in brackets.

For example:

MAIN –– OFFSITE
MAIN –– STACKS [linked to serial control SC-123]
BRANCH1 –– STACKS

To add MARC Holdings Records

To add a new MARC Holdings record, use the Create a Serials Holding Record Tool tool.

To modify MARC Holdings records

1

In the Holdings Record list, double-click the Location platform button of the holdings record you want to modify.

2

If necessary, select a library from the Library drop-down list. For example, you might change the Library associated with the MARC holdings record, if you are moving all copies of a journal from the current Library to an annex.

Note: The Library policies in the drop-down list depend on your station library's MARC Holdings Maintenance library group.

Note: The existing control library of the serial remains the same regardless of the value of this field.

3

Make necessary modifications to the fixed field and entries that display. Information must be entered according to the MARC 21 Concise Format for Holdings Data standards (http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdhome.html). Additional valid MARC Holdings entries may be entered using the Before, After, and Delete helpers.

The 852 entry is required. If this holdings record will be linked to a serial control, the location must correspond to the location associated with the distribution holding code. The data in this entry must be exact. If you are modifying the 852 location, use the Show Valid 852 Location helper to display a list of valid holdings locations.

For example:

|cSTACKS

4

Click Save and Close to save your changes.

Note: If your library has enabled the Warn Prior to Changing the Library of MARC Holdings Linked to a Serial Control attribute in the wizard properties and you have changed the library of a MARC holdings record tied to a serial control, a dialog box displays requesting confirmation of this change.

To remove MARC Holdings Records

To remove a MARC Holdings record, use the Remove a Serial Holdings Record Tool.

Related topics 

Create a Serials Holding Record Tool

Remove a Serial Holdings Record Tool.

FAQs: Call Number, Item, and MARC Holding Maintenance Library Attributes