GMD- General Material Designators

At the Opeartions Committee meeting on April 4, 2007 it was decided that MVLS/SALS catalogers will use different GMDs for more prominent display in the PAC for audiobooks formats, Playaways and Large print.  Patrons and staff will now be able to keyword search for unabridged, abridged, Playaways, MP3 and large print.

Below is a list of GMDs that are used in the catalog.  All of these words can be keyword searched in the PAC.

GMD – General Material Designators
Use a GMD in the 245 tag, subfield h for the following materials      

Type of material
GMD (tag 245, subfield h)
Edition statement (250)
Audiobook, abridged cassette
[sound recording (abridged)]
Abridged.
Audiobook, abridged CD
[compact audio disc (abridged)]
Abridged.
Audiobook, abridged MP3
[compact audio disc (abridged MP3)]
Abridged.
Audiobook, unabridged cassette
[sound recording (unabridged)]
Unabridged.
Audiobook, unabridged CD
[compact audio disc (unabridged)]
Unabridged.
Audiobook, unabridged MP3
[compact audio disc (unabridged MP3)]
Unabridged.
DVD, full screen
[DVD]
Full screen.
DVD, widescreen
[DVD]
Widescreen.
Electronic audiobook (Netlibrary)
[electronic resource]
Abridged.
Unabridged.
Electronic book, abridged
[electronic book]
 
Games for game consoles (Playstation, Nintendo, Xbox, etc..)
[electronic resource (game)]
 
Games/software, for computer
[multimedia compact disc]
 
Kits
[kit]
 
Large print
[large print]
Large print ed.
Microfilm/form
[microform]
 
Music cassette
[sound recording]
 
Music CD
[compact audio disc]
 
Paintings, photographs, pictures, etc…
[picture]
 
Playaway, abridged
[sound recording (abridged Playaway)]
Abridged.
Playaway, unabridged
[sound recording (unabridged Playaway)] Unabridged.
Puzzles
[game]
 
Scores
[musical score]
 
Slides
[slide]
 
VHS, full screen
[videorecording]
Full screen.
VHS, widescreen
[videorecording]
Widescreen.

  

   

  

   

 

 

  

   

 

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