Add a New Pattern


You can add additional patterns. Often a periodical will change its enumeration or chronology, requiring a new pattern. You can have more than one 853 field (caption & pattern) in a holdings record. Once you have create a second pattern field, each time you choose Add New Range (to add a new holdings field) you will be prompted to choose a pattern field (853) to which to associate the new holdings (863) field.

Each 853 field you create will be numbered sequentially in subfield 8 (See: MARC21 Concise Format for Holdings Data).

Our example below shows the first pattern has "1" in subfield 8. Each holdings field (863) associated with that pattern has a sequential subfield 8, starting with 1.1, then 1.2, etc. The new 853 field will have "2" in subfield 8. Then each holdings field (863) associated with the new pattern will have a sequential subfield 8, starting with 2.1.

To add a new pattern, choose Tools | Pattern Menu | Add a Pattern. The example below show adding a new pattern field, then adding a new holdings field and choosing the appropriate "pattern" for that field:




Add a second captions and pattern field and corresponding holdings statement.

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