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How should the Vendor MARC files be formatted for LS2?

 When requesting MARC files from vendors to upload to LS2, please use the following options:


Barcode Symbology: Code 39 MOD 10 (MUST BE A 14 DIGIT BARCODE) Click here for the HIDOE Barcode Guidelines.

Format:  RDA or MARC21/91 MicroLIF 


852 Subfields
Location: $a  (Use 3 digit school code ONLY)

Classification: $h
Item: $i
Call number prefix: $k
Copy Number: $t
Price: $9  (all digits, no $ signs) (Only number with decimal. NO usd or dollar signs.)
Barcode: $p  

Example
852 $a999$kR$h920$iJACOBS$p30999330092347$98.00

Standard Cataloging Specifications
Subject Headings: LC Subjects
  1. Fiction: FIC, F (will go into holding code xxxFIC)
  2. Easy Fiction: E ((will go into holding code xxxEFIC)
  3. Non-Fiction: Dewey (will go into holding code xxxNF)
  4. Easy Non-Fiction: E Dewey (will go into holding code xxxENF)
  5. Individual Biography: BIO, B (will go into holding code xxxBIO)
  6. Collective Biography: 920  (will go into holding code xxxBIO)
  7. Short Story: 808.8  (will go into holding code xxxNF)
  8. Foreign Language: Language Dewey  (will go into holding code xxxWL)
  9. Professional = PRO Dewey, PRO  (will go into holding code xxxPRO)
  10. Reference = REF, R Dewey  (will go into holding code xxxREF)

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