| # | Name | Location | Type | Details | Index | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .01 | title(+) | 0;1 | FREE TEXT | B | The title is the full title of a specific serial publication. Such titles can be extremely long and the initial words in two different titles can be exactly the same for a considerable length, for example: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. SUPPLEMENTUM Since exact alphabetization of these titles is very important in the serials process, it is crucial that the field length be long enough to accommodate all possibilities. | |
| .02 | local serials | 0;2 | SET OF CODES | 1:ACTIVE LOCAL SERIALS 2:INACTIVE LOCAL SERIALS | If a title is 'active', meaning no value has been input for this field, that title is available for the full range of options, including all the Serials Control Option functions. If it is rendered 'inactive' by one of the codes, it is no longer available for any of the SErials Control Option functions and Copy Specific Edit, but can still be used in Holdings options. If it is inactive, it indicates that the library will not be receiving any more current issues, but will be keeping its retrospective holdings. Should the title need to be reactivated, the value in the INACTIVE field can be deleted. Found in LTS option. | |
| .03 | prediction pattern | 0;3 | POINTER | 680.9 | This field provides for the prediction pattern which has been assigned in the National Library Files Maintenance option on FORUM for a serials title which is still being published. No local input in the local Serials Module is allowed for this field. If there is no value in this field, there is no prediction pattern for this title, and thus there will be no automatic prediction of the next expected issue in the CHE option on the local module. Certain issuing patterns by publishers do not lend themselves to the establishment of a prediction pattern, most notably those quarterly publications which are labeled with seasonal designations such as spring, winter, etc. In order for a prediction pattern to be created, the serials title must be dated in a MM/YY or MM/DD/YY format. | |
| .04 | frequency | 0;4 | POINTER | 680.2 | This field provides for the frequency of issue which has been assigned in the National Library Files Maintenance option on FORUM. No local input in the local Serials Module is allowed for this field. Every serials title may have a frequency assigned; however, not every serials title may have a prediction pattern. If no prediction pattern can be assigned, the frequency field may have the following type of value: QUARTERLY, NO PREDICT. PATTERN. Old serials which are no longer published may not have a frequency entered. | |
| .05 | portion(+) | 0;5 | SET OF CODES | N:NATIONAL L:LOCAL | This field indicates whether the title has been downloaded from the National Library Files Maintenance option on FORUM or has been locally created. The data in this field is automatically created and cannot be changed locally. | |
| 1 | serline unique identifier | 3;1 | FREE TEXT | H | This field allows for the input of the 9 character SERLINE number which is assigned to each title in the National Library of Medicine SERHOLD database. Not every serials title in the Serials Module will have a SERLINE number, particularly non-medical titles. Titles without a SERLINE number will not be report to SERHOLD. | |
| 2 | publisher | 3;2 | POINTER | 680.1 | This field allows for the input of the name of a publisher for a serials title. | |
| 3 | indexed | 1;0 | MULTIPLE | 680.53 | How is the serial indexed ? | |
| 4 | general notes | 2;0 | WORD-PROCESSING | This word-processing field allows for notes to be entered concerning the bibliographic history of this serials title, including former names, names it is continued by, alternative names it may be known by, changes in publishing history, etc. | ||
| 5 | first issue | 3;3 | FREE TEXT | This field is for the input of the first volume and issue number and issue date, historically, used when this specific serials title was first published under this name. These volume and issue numbers and issue dates are not necessarily the same as holdings statements. | ||
| 6 | last issue | 3;4 | FREE TEXT | This field is for the input of the last volume and issue number and issue date, historically, used when this specific serials title was last published under this name. These volume and issue numbers and issue dates are not necessarily the same as holdings statements. | ||
| 7 | issn/isbn | 3;5 | FREE TEXT | E | This field is for the International Standard Serials Number or the International Standard Book Number for the specific serials title. | |
| 8 | formerly | 3;6 | POINTER | 680.5 | This field is for the complete serials title which was the immediate predecessor to this specific serials title. | |
| 9 | continued by | 3;7 | POINTER | 680.5 | This field is for the complete serials title which is the immediate successor to this specific serials title. | |
| 10 | nlm title abbreviation | 3;8 | FREE TEXT | D | This field is for a title abbreviation either assigned by the National Library of Medicine or created following their abbreviation format. | |
| 11 | synonym | 0;6 | FREE TEXT | F | This field is for the input of a synonym, alternative name, or acronym commonly used for this serials title. For instance, the New England Journal of Medicine is often called: NEJM. This field is not the same as the NLM TITLE ABBREVIATION. If an acronym is the official title of the serial, then the spelled- out version of the title would be entered in this field. | |
| 12 | source | 4;2 | FREE TEXT | This field is for the name of the authority used to establish the bibliographic information for this serials title record. Preferred sources are SERLINE, Ulrich's, OCLC, etc. and as a last resort, the item itself. This field is found only in the TAF file on FORUM, not on the local Serials Module. | ||
| 13 | editor | 4;3 | POINTER | 200 | This field identifies which employee last edited the TAF file for this serials title record on FORUM. | |
| 14 | date updated any | 4;4 | DATE-TIME | This field identifies the date on which a employee last edit the TAF file for this serials title record on FORUM. | ||
| 17 | current subscription price | 3;9 | NUMERIC | This field allows the input of the current subscription price for this serials title. | ||
| 18 | country of publication | 3;10 | POINTER | 681.1 | This field allows the input of the country in which this serials title is published. |