Display of Notes (MARC 5XX Fields) in Primo: Some Recommendations

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Document status

APPROVED May 17, 2018 

Area covered

resource management, discovery

Prepared by

Resource Management Functional Committee

 

Background

Libraries have requested that specific MARC notes fields be mapped to and displayed in their own separate labels (fields) in Primo, similar to the display of notes in records in WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/982127376), which would provide specific information about the type of note and make notes easier to read. Currently, notes are mapped to and displayed under the single label “Description" in Primo.

Recommendations

  1. Change the display label Description to Notes.

  2. Display Contents and Summary notes in their own field:

    1. Map MARC field 505 to Contents

    2. Map MARC field 520 to Summary

  3. Display Immediate Source of Acquisition (MARC 541) and Awards (MARC 586) under Notes.

  4. In the future, evaluate requests for displaying specific notes in their own field in Primo, for example:

 

MARC Field

Primo Display Label

MARC Field

Primo Display Label

508

Credits

511 0_

Performer(s)

511 1_

Cast

521

Target Audience

Action log

 

Section

Point Person

Expected Completion Date

Last action taken

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Section

Point Person

Expected Completion Date

Last action taken

Next action required

Drafted recommendations in response to requests received.

Resource Management

May 17, 2017 

Presented recommendations to Technical Services.

Sent to Discovery Committee for input.

Presented to the Discovery Forum.

Discovery

May 21, 2018 

Recommendations approved.

Sent to Norm Rule Task Force for implementation.