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Bibliographic Data Spring Cleaning with Sierra DNA - Handout

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This document describes several tables in the Sierra bibliographic database that contain bibliographic metadata. It includes tables for bibliographic records, descriptive data, views, variable fields, and subfields. These tables store data like titles, authors, subject headings, and other bibliographic information that can be queried, indexed, and used for reporting. The document also provides references and resources for working with Sierra's SQL database and MARC standards.

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Bibliographic Data Spring Cleaning with Sierra DNA Bib entity tables bib_record • Each row of bib_record contains data fields for a specific bibliographic record. • Contains III field, course reserve information bib_record_property • Each row of bib_record_property contains primary descriptive data from a specific bib record. • Contains “best” (authoritative) title and author information bib_view • Each row of bib_view includes metadata for one bibliographic record. The metadata includes identification and status information, as well as data that determines how the system handles the record. • Contains III field information, as well as primary title (245) Tip: Looking to search on an indexed field? Try the phrase_entry table! General Record entity tables control_field • Each row of control_field contains the variable-length field data for a specific record. • Contains 006-008 field information, with every character assigned to its own column phrase_entry • Each row of phrase_entry defines a phrase index entry. • Contains information from indexes, including title, author, subject, and control number subfield_view • Each row of subfield_view includes data for one subfield. The data includes both identifying metadata and field content. • Contains subfield information from variable fields in all record types varfield_view • Each row of varfield_view includes metadata and field content for one variable- length field of one record. • Contains variable field information from all record types References and Resources • Sierra DNA documentation o http://techdocs.iii.com/sierradna/ • Sierra Direct SQL Access (Sierra Documentation) o http://csdirect.iii.com/sierrahelp/Default.htm#ssql_direct_access.html • pgAdmin o http://www.pgadmin.org/ • Jasper iReport Designer o http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer • Working with MARC (Code4Lib wiki) o http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Working_with_MARC • PostgreSQL: Pattern Matching o http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-matching.html • Typo of the Day GitHub repo o https://github.com/GrinnellCollegeLibraries/typooftheday Becky Yoose , Grinnell College IUG 2013 yoosebec@grinnell.edu

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Bibliographic Data Spring Cleaning with Sierra DNA - Handout

  • 1. Bibliographic Data Spring Cleaning with Sierra DNA Bib entity tables bib_record • Each row of bib_record contains data fields for a specific bibliographic record. • Contains III field, course reserve information bib_record_property • Each row of bib_record_property contains primary descriptive data from a specific bib record. • Contains “best” (authoritative) title and author information bib_view • Each row of bib_view includes metadata for one bibliographic record. The metadata includes identification and status information, as well as data that determines how the system handles the record. • Contains III field information, as well as primary title (245) Tip: Looking to search on an indexed field? Try the phrase_entry table! General Record entity tables control_field • Each row of control_field contains the variable-length field data for a specific record. • Contains 006-008 field information, with every character assigned to its own column phrase_entry • Each row of phrase_entry defines a phrase index entry. • Contains information from indexes, including title, author, subject, and control number subfield_view • Each row of subfield_view includes data for one subfield. The data includes both identifying metadata and field content. • Contains subfield information from variable fields in all record types varfield_view • Each row of varfield_view includes metadata and field content for one variable- length field of one record. • Contains variable field information from all record types References and Resources • Sierra DNA documentation o http://techdocs.iii.com/sierradna/ • Sierra Direct SQL Access (Sierra Documentation) o http://csdirect.iii.com/sierrahelp/Default.htm#ssql_direct_access.html • pgAdmin o http://www.pgadmin.org/ • Jasper iReport Designer o http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer • Working with MARC (Code4Lib wiki) o http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Working_with_MARC • PostgreSQL: Pattern Matching o http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-matching.html • Typo of the Day GitHub repo o https://github.com/GrinnellCollegeLibraries/typooftheday Becky Yoose , Grinnell College IUG 2013 yoosebec@grinnell.edu