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MIT Data Warehouse LIBRARY CATALOG Table


Includes bibliographic data such as Title, Author, Imprint, Year of Publication, ISSN/ISBN, Call Number, bib record creation and update dates and the bib system number (from MIT01). Data in this table is taken from the Z13 table in Aleph. Do not use the call number for limiting queries, use the LIBRARY_CALL_NUMBER_SEARCH table to limit the query by classification.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

CATALOG_AUTHOR_NAME

Author including all subfields based on MARC tag 1XX. (Z13-AUTHOR)

VARCHAR2

500

CATALOG_CALL_NUMBER

First call number the system encounters when creating the brief bib information. (Z13 $$h only). Use the LIBRARY_ITEM_DETAIL table to display Call No. info in a report.

VARCHAR2

100

CATALOG_ISBN

ISBN, ISSN, or ISMN (Z13-ISBN-ISSN). Includes the MARC tags for International Book Number, Serials Number and Music number: 020, 022, or 024, including all subfields. Note: If none of these MARC tags is present, the System Number will be used instead.

VARCHAR2

100

CATALOG_PUBLISHER

Imprint of the bibliographic record. Includes all of MARC field tag for the imprint (e.g., 260) (Z13-IMPRINT)

VARCHAR2

500

CATALOG_RECORD_CREATE_DATE

Date the record was created. (Z13-OPEN-DATE)

DATE

8

CATALOG_RECORD_UPDATE_DATE

Date record was last updated. (Z13-UPDATE-DATE)

DATE

8

CATALOG_SYSTEM_NUMBER

Contains same value as the Aleph System Number- Library Catalog Key (Z13-DOC-NUMBER)

VARCHAR2

20

CATALOG_TITLE

Title (Z13; MARC tag 245, including all subfields)

VARCHAR2

100

CATALOG_YEAR

Year of publication, distribution. (Z13-YEAR)

VARCHAR2

4

LIBRARY_CATALOG_KEY

Key used to join to the LIBRARY_CATALOG table. This field should only be used for joining data, NOT for reporting.

VARCHAR2

20

RECORD_COUNTER

Used to count records within a group on a report. Always contains a value of 1.

NUMBER

1

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

The date the record was loaded into the Data Warehouse from the source system.

DATE

8