Newcastle Libraries catalogue titles

Extract from the Library Management System (LMS) showing the libraries' catalogue of titles held in the collections. Due to a change of LMS in 2018 different fields are available from 2018 onwards.

Additional information

2019- data

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

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

copyrightdate = year from which copyright is claimed for the title (usually when it is published)

author = name of the main author of the work

title = main title as on title page or equivalent

price = price of 1 copy

editionstatement = edition or version of the work

itemcallnumber = indication of where the item is located; often contains main classification

publishercode = name of the publisher

datecreated = date when the title record was created

Copies = number of copies in stock for that biblionumber

2016-2017 data

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

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

publ_y = year the title was published

author = name of the main author of the work

title = main title as on title page or equivalent

price = price of 1 copy

langua = main language of the work. Note: for most works in English the language is not specified.

editio = edition or version of the work

class = main classification allocated by library staff or by the supplier for the title

publisher = name of the publisher

firstcopydate = date the first copy was added. Note: field rarely used.

acpy = number of copies in stock for that ISBN