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Scope: This procedure addresses the automated and manual use of the BIB 902 field to record information about donors who provide funding to support the purchase of individual titles.
The "Donor Name" guided keyword search in the OPAC looks for items acquired with funds contributed by certain persons and organizations or in honor of particular people. It will not retrieve records for books and other items donated directly to the library by individuals or organizations.
Contact: Susan Cobb Jenn Colt
Unit: DMS Automation
Date last updated: /02/2014
Date of next review: June 2015
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Anchor A
A. Automated Process A
- Once a month,
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- the automation team adds donor information into BIB 902 fields. For 902 information supplied in
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- autotmation, the value "pfnd" will be included in the 902 $a:
- 902 ## $a pfnd $b [donor name]
- 902 ## $a pfnd $b [donor name]
- Details of the automated process can be found here: Cleanup: Add Donor Names in FOLIO
- autotmation, the value "pfnd" will be included in the 902 $a:
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B. Manual Process Anchor B B
- LTS Physical Processing staff will historically input BIB 902 information whenever they insert inserted plates for specially funded Mann material that comes on Yankee blanket ordermaterial. Occasionally LTS continues this practice as an exception and is done not by physical processing. When inputting donor name data manually, do not include a 902 $a, except for honorees (in memory of, in celebration of). 902 field should contain only personal names or organizational names. Do not include dates or degrees.
- 902 ## $b [donor name]
- Examples:
- 902 ## $b Doe, John
- 902 ## $b Doe, J & S
- 902 ## $b Richardson
- 902 ## $b Addams, Morticia
- 902 ## $a hnree $b Fester
- 902 ## $b Cho, Il Hwan and Soon Ja Cho
- 902 ## $b Mann Library Excellence Fund for Agriculture and Life Sciences
- LTS Physical Processing staff will historically input BIB 902 information whenever they insert inserted plates for specially funded Mann material that comes on Yankee blanket ordermaterial. Occasionally LTS continues this practice as an exception and is done not by physical processing. When inputting donor name data manually, do not include a 902 $a, except for honorees (in memory of, in celebration of). 902 field should contain only personal names or organizational names. Do not include dates or degrees.
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