Container Codes
- Jennifer Eustis
Container Codes
Container codes are an artificial means of collocating sets of bibliographic records in FOLIO Inventory. These codes have a long history in the Five College Consortium. In our previous system, these were used primarily to designate materials acquired through the Yankee Book Peddler, known now as GOBI. That code began with the schools 2 letter prefix followed by ybp and then a unique number as in umybp299840. The prefix of the code is always the same and the unique number following the code allows for a primarily or additional match point for batch processes. In FOLIO, the majority of container codes are used to collocate eResource records.
With the migration to FOLIO, container codes have become almost the only way currently to group bibliographic records into a set of titles. We use these codes for a variety of resources and the reason is always to be able to quickly retrieve the set of records and to provide a unique match point for batch processes.
Container codes are protected fields in our library system. These codes should not be removed, added, or changed unless you’ve been instructed to do so.
Container Code Structure
Container codes are in the MARC field 035 with first indicator 9, second indicator blank, subfield a.
Container codes have an alphanumeric stem in parentheses followed by a number that makes that entire code unique to the resource. The alphanumeric part in parentheses is what allows to search for the set of records in FOLIO.
The alphanumeric part in parentheses is often a code that references the set of records. The first two letters are the institution’s prefix letters. Examples include (UMETD) for UMass’ theses and dissertations, (UMDEGT) for UMass’s Degruter’s eResources set of titles for university publishers, (FCEEBO) for Five College Early English Books Online set of titles.
When you open a bibliographic record in quickMARC, this container code looks:
When previewing the instance record, the contain code looks like this:
Considerations when working with Serials
Serials in the locations UMGEN, USGEN, USPER, UEA, and UNEA are part of our EAST Shared Print Program and 35 serials in UMGEN are also part of the Rosemont Alliance Shared Print Program. Serials in these locations are assigned the following stem respectively:
(UMELHR): These are for our EAST serials
(UMRLHR): These are for our Rosemont Serials
Note that the Rosemont 35 serial titles are also EAST serials. In other words, these serials are part of both shared serials print programs.
The stem is then followed by the OCLC number.
These container codes are crucial for the automated syncing of our local holdings records with OCLC’s WorldCat holdings records.
If a new serial is being added to FOLIO and in one or more of the locations listed above, then the container code should also be added to the 035 9\$a (UMELHR)OCLC Number.
How to Search in FOLIO when using Container Codes
In FOLIO Inventory, in the Instance, Holdings, or Item segment, enter the stem in parentheses followed by a asterix. Examples include:
(UMELHR)*
(FCEEBO)*
(UMETD)*
(UMDEGT)*
List of Contain Codes
For eResources sets, check the UMass Batch Loading Activities Trello Board and the 5C-In Common Electronic Resources for Current Container codes. Codes for other institutions and some FC loads aren’t listed.
(5LHFCJSP) | Number | FC JSTOR Purchased |
(ASPWASI)ASP | Vendor Number | Women and social movements International (FC Load) |
(FCBOAC) | Vendor Number | Bloombury Open Access |
(FCEELGAROA) | Vendor number | FC Edward Elgar Open Access |
(FCJSTOROA) | Vendor Number | JSTOR Open Access |
(FCMICHOA) | Vendor Number | FC University of Michigan Open Access |
(FCMUSEOA) | Vendor number | Project Muse open Access |
(UMAASPWSMUS) | Vendor Number | Women and social movements United States |
(UMACS) | Vendor Number | American Chemical Society |
(UMASPBTC) | Vendor Number | Alexander Street Press (via PQ) Black Thought and Culture |
(UMASPCIV) | Vendor Number | Contemporary Issues in Video |
(UMASPNAID)
| Vendor Numer | APS PQ North American Indian Drama |
(UMASPWSMDGS) | Vendor Number | Women and social movements Developement Global South |
(UMASPWSMME) | Vendor Number | Women and social movements Modern Europe |
(UMBFashL) | Vendor number | Berg Fashion Library |
(UMBFRP) | Vendor number | Black Freedom Federal Records and Papers |
(UMBLL23) | Vendor Number | Brill Language and Linguistics 2023 |
(UMBLL24) | Vendor Number | Brill Language and Linguistics 2024 |
(UMBPHC24) | Vendor Number | Brill Philosophy of History and Culture 2024 |
(UMBWLF[Year]) | Vendor Number | Brill Wageningen Life Sciences Special E- Book Collection |
(UMCEUEC) | Vendor Number | Editor’s Choice |
(UMCEUEMW) | Vendor Number | East meets West |
(UMCEUH) | Vendor Number | Central European University Press-History Package |
(UMCEUPS) | Vendor Number | Central European University Press-Political Science Package |
(UMDEGT) | Vendor Number | De Gruyter University Press Collection (Columbia, Harvard, Cornell) |
(UMDEGTPUP) | Vendor number | De Gruyter Princeton Press |
(UMEAPBMiFhGG) | Vendor Number | Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library |
(UMEELGAR) | OCLC number | Edward Elgar Open Access (April 2023) (99 Records) |
(UMELHR) | Old Aleph Number or OCLC number | Those records with a holdings statement (866) in Aleph that are synced in OCLC (goes through LHR data sync) and are realated to EAST shared print serials |
(UMETD) | Old Aleph Number | UM theses and dissertations |
(UMGALEEBK) | Vendor Number | Gale eBook (Gale Virtual Reference) |
(UMIOP) | Vendor number | IOP Concise & Expanding Physics |
(UMJSTORPTOYearTurnsOA) | Vendor number | JSTOR Path to Open OA ebooks |
(UMKanopy) | OCLC number | Kanopy videos |
(UMLLT) | Vendor Number | Library of Latin Texts |
(UMNAACP) | ProQuest cis number | NAACP Papers part 1-6 |
(UMNICN) | Vendor number | Gale 17th and 18th Century Nichols Newspaper |
(UMNjRocCCS) | Docuseek Number | Docuseek2 videos |
(UMOHPS) | Vendor number | Oxford handbooks Political Science |
(UMOHS) | Vendor Number | Oxford handbooks Sociology |
(UMOUPVSI) | Vendor number | Very Short Introductions Oxford Univ. Press |
(UMOverDrive) | Vendor Number | OverDrive JEDI eResources |
(UMPQASPAD) | Vendor Number | ASP via PQ African Diaspora 1860-Present |
(UMPQBS) | Vendor Number | ProQuest Black studies |
(UMPQBSC) | Vendor Number | PQ Black Studies Center |
(UMPQBSFF) | Vendor Number | Black Short fiction and folklore |
(UMPQCL) | Vendor Number | ProQuest Alexander Street Press Caribbean Literature |
(UMPQDNSA) | Vendor Number | Digital National Security Archives |
(UMPQHVRMG) | Vendor Number | Reconstruction and Military Government |
(UMPQLAWW) | Vendor Number | Latin American Women writers |
(UMPQSCI) | Vendor number | PQ Supreme Court Insight |
(UMPQSTLO) | Vendor Number | Slavery, the slave trade, law and order |
(UMPQTI) | Vendor Number | PQ Times of India |
(UMRKMA) | OCLC number | Richard K. Miller Collection |
(UMRLHR) | Old Aleph Number or OCLC Number | Those records with a holdings statement (866) in Aleph that are synced in OCLC (goes through LHR data sync) and are realated to Rosemont shared print alliance |
(UMSAFD) | Vendor Number | Coherent CRL Southern African Films and Documentaries |
(UMSAL) | ProQuest cis number | Slavery and Law |
(UMSCUAANNEX) | Call No | Move to Goodell titles |
(UMSIAM) | Vendor number | SIAM |
(UMSKEB) | Vendor Number | UMass Si ku Quan shu. 3471 records purchased for Sharon. Set migrated to FOLIO |
(UMSPIE) | Vender number | SPIE Digital ebooks |
(UMSYN) | Vendor number | Morgan Claypool Synthesis |