Newcastle Libraries catalogue items

Extract from the Library Management System (LMS) showing the items held in the libraries' catalogue.

Due to a change of LMS in 2018 different fields are available from 2018 onwards.

Additional information

2019- data

barcode = unique number allocated to each copy on our system

biblionumber = unique number attached to title by our system when creating the title record

isbn = International Standard Book Number, attached to title by publisher

itype = category allocated to each item when added tor our system

itemtype = itype column for humans to read

homebranchcode = current library or service the item is allocated to

homebranch = homebranchcode column for humans to read

dateaccessioned = date item was added to our system

issues = total number of times the item has been borrowed since it was added to our collection

renewals = total number of times the loan to a borrower has been extended, since the item was added to our collection

2016-2017 data

item = unique number allocated to each copy on our system

rcn = control number, unique number attached to title by our system when reading ISBN barcode (N* number if no barcode)

catego = category allocated to each item when added tor our system

text = catego column for humans to read

homebr = current library or service the item is allocated to

name = homebr column for humans to read

added = date item was added to our system

issues current branch = number of times the item has been borrowed at the current library or service it is allocated to

issues previous branch = number of times the item has been borrowed at the previous library or service it was allocated to

renewals current branch = number of times the loan to a borrower has been extended, at the current library or service it is allocated to

renewals previous branch = number of times the loan to a borrower has been extended, at the previous library or service it was allocated to