Form Editor and Fixed Fields

Owned by Minjie Chen
Last updated: May 24, 2021

Form Editor is used to edit the following fields

  • Fixed fields: Leader and 008 in both bibs and holdings
  • The 852 field in holdings

There are multiple ways to open the Form Editor:

  • Place the mouse cursor anywhere in an applicable field
    • Either press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + F or
    • Use the menu option Editing Actions > Open Form Editor

  • Move the mouse cursor to the end of an applicable field, press the ellipsis  to see the option for Open form editor, click on it

Bib record

The highlighted characters are generated by computer and not to be altered. You will edit other characters as needed.

Leader

Library of Congress > MARC format

008

Library of Congress > MARC format

Holding record

Holding records also display the LDR and 008 fields. Leave values in the default holding record template unaltered. Edit 852, 866, etc. as needed.

Leader - default value

LDR  #####nu##a22#####un#4500

Library of Congress > MARC format

008 - default value

008  ######0u####8###0001uu###0######

Library of Congress > MARC format

852 location

Form Editor is convenient for entering $b Library and $c Permanent physical location, for which you can choose pre-defined values from drop-down lists.