Add all Enumeration and Chronology fields to the Inventory Information tab of an Import Profile
Currently, only Enumeration A - C and Chronology I - K are listed in the Inventory Information tab of our Import Profiles. Our consortia uses Enumeration A-D; Enumeration D specifically is used for free-text phrases that do not conveniently fit into the category of volume, number or issue; so "index", "part", "box", etc. are all written in EnumD. This is why it is frustrating that this enumeration field cannot be imported via an import profile.
It would be immensely helpful for us if all enumeration fields were listed in the import profile. There is no point in having so many enumeration fields available if you can only update some of those fields via an import profile.
Jacqueline Saavedra
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Jesse Kruppa (UCR) commented
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As noted in the the page for MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data, 863-865 - Enumeration and Chronology
The following subfields should exist for use:
Enumeration: a-h
Chronology: i-m, v
Descriptors: n-q
Numbers and codes: s-w
Notes: x, z
Control subfields: 6, 8Reference:
https://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/hd863865.html
https://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/(Personally, I'd like to be able to make holding/item records in MARC format like in the MDE rather than only in the text form, so I can ensure the metadata is being structured properly)
These are all valid subfields and should be imported as such.
Libraries should not have to put in an "enhancement" request for access to, or proper use and display of, fields and subfields in the metadata standard online library catalogs have used for more than 40 years and that this ILS was built to accommodate.
The standards are the very foundation of the catalog, and their thorough, correct implementation are a core requirement for catalog functionality.