This list is primarily for reference; staff should
spell out notes in Voyager whenever possible. Do not use any abbreviations
that have not been generally accepted by the whole department. The below
abbreviations do not include MARC 21 coding definitions, such as series
treatment codes in a series authority record. For those definitions, see
the Cataloging Index.
| ac |
added copy |
| appl |
approval |
| AV |
added volume |
| bo |
backordered (vendor report) |
| c.1 |
copy 1 |
| cl |
claimed (sometimes seen as
variations like cl;t, cl:d) (obsolete) |
| ct |
class treatment |
| ct=anal |
class treatment analyzed |
| ct=cst |
class treatment is class separately,
traced |
| ct=mvset |
class treatment is multi-volume
set |
| firm |
firm order |
| MARCIVE |
cataloging data from government printing
office, depository records |
| msg |
missing |
| nd |
no due date (vendor report) |
| nlw |
no longer wanted (obsolete) |
| nosl |
notification slip |
| nyp |
not yet published (vendor report) |
| ,n |
notify |
| oc |
order cancelled (obsolete) |
| OCLC recon |
retrospective conversion of cataloging
data; lower quality cataloging |
| od |
order data, in the format od=123456
(Voyager record number) |
| op |
out of print |
| os |
out of stock (vendor report) |
| osi |
out of stock indefinitely (obsolete) |
| repl |
replacement |
| repr |
title being reprinted (obsolete) |
| rept |
report, in the format (rept:YYYYMMDD),
date that of report document |
| req |
requester |
| RW |
related work |
| sso |
series standing order |
| top |
title out of print (obsolete) |
| vco |
vendor cancelled order (obsolete) |
| VE |
variant edition |
| WOR |
withdraw on replacement |

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