Serial collections may contain items from the catalog and/or the digital repository. For this reason, there are catalog, digital repository (hence, “digital”), and mixed versions of the metadata element set. The digital version includes elements in addition to those in the catalog version, which are indicated in the metadata element list as “digital only.” The mixed version includes elements from both the catalog and digital versions. By default, the metadata element list for serial collections includes only item-level description in a single base layer CSV, but serial collections with items from the digital repository may also use the collection-level base layer from the archival collection metadata element list .
Descriptions below may apply only to the catalog version or the digital version of the metadata element set, indicated by “catalog only” or “digital only,” respectively. Note : Multiple element values are separated by a triple pipe (|||) unless stated otherwise.
CSV Element id Description A unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource in the institutional catalog system or digital repository. Required Yes Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:recordInfo/mods:recordIdentifier (catalog only) mods:identifier[@type="pitt"] (digital only) Dublin Core Mapping dc.identifier Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Must be a unique string in the catalog or digital repository system. Notes Alpha-numeric or numeric string, with or without special characters like periods (.) or dashes (-) Example(s) 999022363406236 31735047439264
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CSV Element title Description A name given to the resource. Required Yes Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:titleInfomods:title mods:subTitle mods:nonSort Dublin Core Mapping dc.title Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Title is formatted as follows (less the subTitle and/or nonSort where they do not exist): [title]: [subTitle], [nonSort] If value of subTitle is parenthetical, it should be formatted as follows (less the nonSort where if it does not exist): [title] [subTitle], [nonSort] Excludes any Title elements (i.e., mods:titleInfo) with the following @type attribute values: abbreviated, translated, alternative, uniform. Example(s) Courier Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning (CriSTaL Tip top weekly: an ideal publication for the American youth Shooting Star Review
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CSV Element uniform title Description A distinctive title assigned to a work which has no title or has appeared under more than one title; also used to provide identification for a work when the title by which it is known differs from the title proper of a particular issue or when different publications have identical titles. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:titleInfo[@type=”uniform”]/mods:title Dublin Core Mapping dc.title Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) Courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : City edition Shooting star review
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CSV Element alternative title Description An alternative form or variant of the title. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:titleInfo[@type=”alternative”]/mods:title Dublin Core Mapping dc.title Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s)
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CSV Element enumeration_chronology Description A numeric and/or alphabetic designation used to identify the resource and its sequential and/or chronological relationship to a serial, of which it is a part, as a whole. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:titleInfo/partNumber Dublin Core Mapping dc.title Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Example(s) vol. 12, no. 8
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CSV Element associated_name Description A name of an entity associated in some way with the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:name/mods:namePart with mods:role/mods:roletermException for possible @roleTerm attribute values: depositor Dublin Core Mapping Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Multiple values within the element are separated by comma (,). Example(s) International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Meinhof, Carl, 1857-1944
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CSV Element publication_place Description Name of a place associated with the publication or issuance of the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:place/mods:placeTerm[@type=”text] Dublin Core Mapping dc.publisher Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Example(s) Berlin [etc.] Minneapolis and St. Paul Petersburg, VA New Delhi]
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CSV Element publisher Description A name of an entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:publisher mods:name/namePart with mods:role/mods:roleTerm="publisher" Dublin Core Mapping dc.publisher Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Example(s) Afro-Hispanic Institute Sandra Gould Ford
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CSV Element publication_date Description A date associated with the publication or issuance of the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:dateIssued mods:originInfo/mods:dateOther[@type="sort"] (digital only) Dublin Core Mapping dc.date Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 260 - Publication, Distribution, etc. . Example(s) 1994]- 2011- 1940-02-01T00:00:00 (digital only)
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CSV Element start_date Description A date associated with the beginning of publication of the resource or the serial of which it is a part. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:dateIssued[@point="start"] mods:originInfo/mods:dateCreated[@point="start"] (digital only) Dublin Core Mapping dc.date Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 008 - All Materials (NR) . Example(s)
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CSV Element end_date Description A date associated with the end of publication of the resource or the continuing resource (e.g., serial) of which it is a part. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:dateIssued[@point="end"] mods:originInfo/mods:dateCreated[@point="end"] Dublin Core Mapping dc.date Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s)
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CSV Element edition Description An identification of the version of the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:edition Dublin Core Mapping dc.title Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 250 - Edition Statement . Example(s) City ed.
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CSV Element issuance Description A term that designates how the resource is issued (e.g., monographic, serial, continuing). Required Yes Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:issuance Dublin Core Mapping n/a Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Restricted schema data values for issuance subelement : serial, monographic, multipart monograph, single unit, integrating resource Notes For more information, see MARC Mapping to MODS for the <originInfo> . Example(s) serial
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CSV Element frequency Description A statement of publication frequency or pattern of the resource or the serial of which it is a part. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:originInfo/mods:frequency Dublin Core Mapping n/a Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) MARC 21 Frequency of Issue Term List Notes Example(s)
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CSV Element language Description A language in which the content of the resource is expressed. Required Yes Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:language/mods:languageTerm Dublin Core Mapping dc.language Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Example(s) eng
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CSV Element type_of_resource Description A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource. Required Yes Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:typeOfResource Dublin Core Mapping dc.type Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Restricted scheme data values for typeOfResource element : text, cartographic, notated music, sound recording, sound recording - nonmusical, sound recording - musical, still image, moving image, kit three dimensional object, software, multimedia, mixed material Notes For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — Leader . Example(s) text
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CSV Element format Description A designation of a particular physical presentation of a resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:physicalDescription/mods:form Dublin Core Mapping dc.format Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Example(s) print print|||unmediated|||volume
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CSV Element extent Description A statement about the physical extent of the resource, in terms of units of measurement and material. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:physicalDescription/mods:extent Dublin Core Mapping dc.format Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 300 - Physical Description . Example(s) 93 v. in 91. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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CSV Element genre Description A term that designates a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content embodied by the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:genre mods:subject/mods:genre Dublin Core Mapping dc.type Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) * *Note: This is a working list. Notes Example(s) text Periodicals. newspaper
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CSV Element abstract Description A summary of the content of the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:abstract Dublin Core Mapping dc.description Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) Some special issues devoted to the literatures of other minorities. Describes political and economic policy, the domestic economy, foreign trade and payments. Provides 18-24 month forecasts.
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CSV Element subject Description A term or phrase representing the primary topic(s) on which the resource is focused. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:subjectmods:topic mods:name mods:titleInfo mods:occupation Dublin Core Mapping dc.subject Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) * *Note: This is a working list. Notes Example(s)
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CSV Element temporal_coverage Description A chronological statement that indicates the date(s) or time period covered by the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:subject/mods:temporal Dublin Core Mapping dc.coverage Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes Example(s)
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CSV Element geographic_coverage Description A geographical name or geographical data that indicates the spatial coverage of the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:subjectmods:geographic mods:geographicCode mods:hierarchicalGeographic mods:continent mods:country mods:region mods:state mods:territory mods:county mods:city mods:island mods:area mods:extraterrestrialArea mods:citySection mods:cartographics mods:scale mods:projection mods:coordinates mods:geographicCoordinates Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes May be a simple or hierarchical geographical name or area code (e.g., city section, city, county, territory, state, region, country, continent, island, area, extraterrestrial area), cartographic data (e.g., coordinates, scale, projection) Example(s) South African Iowa, Des Moines, United States
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CSV Element target_audience Description A description of the intellectual level, motivation/interest level, subject interest, or special characteristics of the audience for which the resource is intended. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:targetAudience Dublin Core Mapping n/a Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Notes For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 521 - Target Audience Note . Example(s) Black newspaper." Cf. Black periodicals and newspapers. Juvenile
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CSV Element preceeded_by Description A predecessor to the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:relatedItem[@type=”preceding”] Dublin Core Mapping dc.relation Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) Semi-weekly Louisianian
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CSV Element succeeded_by Description A successor to the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:relatedItem[@type=”succeeding”] Dublin Core Mapping dc.relation Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) Beeton’s boy’s annual
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CSV Element copyright_status Description An indication of the copyright status for the resource. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:accessCondition/copyrightMD:copyright[@copyright.status] Dublin Core Mapping dc.rights Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Restricted scheme data values for typeOfResource element : copyrighted — Under copyright. pd — Public domain: No further information. pd_usfed — Public domain: US Federal document. pd_holder — Public domain: Item dedicated to the public domain by the rights holder. pd_expired — Public domain: Item in the public domain because of expiration of copyright based on U.S. law. unknown — Copyright status of the resource is unknown. Notes Example(s) copyrighted
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CSV Element copyright_holder Description A name of either an entity responsible for creating the resource or an entity identified as a copyright holder for the resource. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:accessCondition/copyrightMD:copyright/copyrightMD:name Dublin Core Mapping dc.rights Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) Sandra Gould Ford
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CSV Element copyright_note Description A general note relating to one of the following aspects of the resource: its creator(s), its publication, its rights holder(s), or services available pertaining to it. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:accessCondition/copyrightMD:copyright/copyrightMD:note Dublin Core Mapping dc.rights Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) Permission granted by owner/publisher
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CSV Element record_id Description A unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource in the institutional catalog system. Required Yes Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:recordInfo/mods:recordIdentifier Dublin Core Mapping dc.identifier Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Must be a unique string in the catalog system. Notes Numeric code. Example(s)
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CSV Element issn Description International Standard Serial Number: A persistent and unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource to distinguish it from other continuing resources worldwide. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:identifier[@type=”issn”] Dublin Core Mapping dc.identifier Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) Notes An 8-digit numeric code, divided by a hyphen into two four-digit numbers. Example(s) 0744-7647
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CSV Element lccn Description Library of Congress Control Number: A persistent and unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource to distinguish it from other resources worldwide. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:identifier[@type=”lccn”] Dublin Core Mapping dc.identifier Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) LC (Library of Congress) control numbering system Notes A numeric code. Example(s) 04014482
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CSV Element oclccn Description Online Computer Library Center Control Number: A persistent and unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource to distinguish it from other resources in the WorldCat and other bibliographic contexts. Required No Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:identifier[@type="oclc"] mods:identifier[@type="local"] when value contains "(OCoLC)" Dublin Core Mapping dc.identifier Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) OCLC Control Number Notes Example(s)
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CSV Element url Description A Uniform Resource Location (URL) of the resource; an electronic location from which the resource is available. Required No Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) mods:location/mods:url Dublin Core Mapping dc.identifier Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Uniform Resource Location (URL) Notes URL links to proprietary resources include an EZProxy URL to enable access to library e-resources from off campus. Example(s) http://pitt.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/journals/10624783.html
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CSV Element depositor Description An official name of the institution responsible for depositing the resource. Required Yes Repeatable No Element Node(s) mods:name/mods:namePart with mods:role/mods:roleTerm=”depositor” Dublin Core Mapping n/a Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Example(s) University of Pittsburgh
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CSV Element collection_id Description A digital collection to which the resource belongs. Required Yes Repeatable Yes Element Node(s) rdf:Description/fedora:isMemberOfCollection[@rdf:resource] Dublin Core Mapping dc.relation Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) Free text. No limitations. Notes Alpha-numeric string with special characters, i.e. a colon (:) and a period (.), formatted as follows: pitt:collection_nnn Example(s) pitt:collection.299
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