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
