Reading programs and the 526 tag – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual
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Appendix B Bibliographic and authority tags
There are two ways you and your patrons can search for items in your collection
that belong to a reading or study program:
S
A keyword search examines the 521 tag. You can retrieve titles belonging to
any reading program.
S
A Lexile search examines the 521 tag specifically for Lexile information.
FSC's FindĆaĆBook service can add the 521 tag information to the applicable
records in your MARC database if you participate in these programs.
Important:
For the Lexile Search to find the record, 521_b must contain the
word Lexile". If you do not enter a point value in 521_a, the
selection list will show a 0 in the Points column.
For the Lexile Search to display the Lexile measure, the first
indicator must be set to
8
.
Reading programs and the 526 tag
The Study Program Information Note (526 tag) in the MARC 21 bibliographic
record contains information about reading and study programs. To retrieve titles
in Cataloging and OPAC that belong to a program, you must follow the
guidelines provided in the following table:
526 tag
Study Program Information Note (R)
Guidelines
Indicator 1 Display constant controller
0
Reading program
8
No display constant generated
Enter 0 if you participate in a reading
program.
Indicator 2 Undefined
Subfields:
_a Program name (NR)
Enter the name of the study or reading
program. Enter
Accelerated Reader
or
AR
if you use the Accelerated Reader
Search feature. Enter
Reading Counts
or
RC
if you use Scholastic Reading
Counts!t
_b Interest level (NR)
Enter the interest level that is assigned
to the item by the study program.
Note:
The level entered here may not
always agree with the interest level in
the 521 tag
.
_c
Reading level (NR)
Enter the reading level assigned by the
program.
Note:
The level entered here may not
always agree with the reading level in
the 521 tag.
_d Title point value (NR)
If your study program assigns point
values to individual titles, enter it here.
_i
Display text (NR)
Enter any information that should
precede the name of the study program.