Cataloging - Home Location Policies

Cataloging - Home Location Policies

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This article covers Home Location policies available for use in the Montana Shared Catalog.


Home Location Functionality

Home Location designates the general shelf location of material.

Home Location Configuration Controls:
  1. holdability - whether holds can be placed in conjunction with the Item Type and Holds Map.
  2. availability - if an item will show as available to trap a hold in the onshelf hold wizard or upon checkin
  3. visibility - if an item displays in the OPAC (shadowed/unshadowed). 

Home Location Policy Lists

All Home Locations are holdable, available for the onshelf hold and unshadowed unless otherwise specified.
If your library is in a sharing group or you circulate items in non-holdable or non-available Home Locations you will need to use a non-holdable Item Type to entirely prevent items from filling holds

These Home Location Policies are considered preferred when switching to descriptive cataloging policies.

Home Location Policy Name OPAC Description Functionality
STACKS On shelf Holdable, available, visible, general shelving area for most things 
NEW New items Holdable, available, visible, general shelving area for new things
REFERENCE Reference Non-holdable, non-available collection that doesn't circulate
GRABNGO Grab-n-Go collection Non-holdable, local browsing collection
SHAD-STOR Storage - shadowed Non-holdable, non-available, non-visible collection
MAG-PER Magazines/Periodicals Holdable, available, visible, items for libraries using the Serial Control Module
ON-ORDER On order Holdable, non-available, visible, ordered items in catalog for pre-arrival holds


These Home Location Policies are available for use by all MSC libraries.

Home Location Code
OPAC Description
Special Functionality
AM-INDIAN
American Indian

ARCHIVE
Archive collection
non-holdable, available
AUDIO-REC
Audio recordings

AUDRECFIC
Audio recordings fiction

AUDRECNF
Audio recordings non-fiction

AV-GENERAL
Audio visual area

BIOGRAPHY
Biographies

BOARD-BK
Board books

BOOK-CD
Book CD

BOOK-DIS
Book discussion material

CAREER-CTR
Career Center

CATALOGING
(Material being cataloged)

CD
CD

CD-FIC
CD Fiction

CD-NF
CD non-fiction

CD-ROM
CD-Roms

CHAPTER
Chapter books

CH-BRAILLE
Children's braille

CHRISTIAN
Christian fiction

CIRC-DESK
Circulation desk - see staff

CIRC-DSKNH
Circulation desk - see staff - no holds
 non-holdable, non-available 
CLASSICS
Classics

COMP-LAB
Computer lab
non-holdable, available
CONCEPTS
Children's concepts

DISCARD
(Withdrawn from the collection)
non-holdable, non-available, shadowed
DVD
DVDs

DVD-FIC
DVD fiction

DVD-NF
DVD non-fiction

EARLY
Early readers

EASY
Easy books

EASY-BEG
Easy beginner books

EASY-BIOG
Easy biographies

EASY-CD
Easy CDs

EASY-CH
Easy chapter books

EASY-DVD
Easy DVDs

EASY-NF
Easy non-fiction

EASY-PB
Easy paperbacks

EASY-VID
Easy videos

FANTASY
Fantasy

FICTION
Fiction

GAME
Games

GENEALOGY
Genealogy

GOV-DOC
Government documents

GRABNGO
Grab-n-Go collection
non-holdable, non-available
GRAPH-NOV
Graphic novels

HOLIDAY
Holiday books

ILL
(On loan to another library)

ILL-IN
(Incoming ILL from another library)
shadowed
INFO-DESK
At information desk
holdable, non-available
JUV-AUDIO
Juvenile audio recording

JUV-AV
Juvenile audiovisual

JUV-BIO
Juvenile biography

JUV-CD
Juvenile CDs

JUV-COMIC
Juvenile comics

JUV-DVD
Juvenile DVDs

JUVENILE
Juvenile

JUV-FICT
Juvenile fiction

JUV-FORLAN
Juvenile languages

JUV-GRAPH
Juvenile graphic novels

JUV-HOL
Juvenile holiday

JUV-MAG
Juvenile magazines/periodicals

JUV-NF
Juvenile non-fiction

JUV-OVER
Juvenile oversize

JUV-PBK
Juvenile paperback

JUV-PLAY
Juvenile playaway

JUV-REF
Juvenile reference
non-holdable, non-available
JUV-VID
Juvenile video

LARGETYPE
Large print books

LGTYPEBIO
Large print biographies

LGTYPEFIC
Large print fiction

LGTYPENF
Large print non-fiction

LGTYPEWEST
Large print westerns

LIBRARY
non-holdable, available
LOCK-CASE
Locked case
non-holdable, available
MAG-PER
Magazines/Periodicals

MAP
Maps

MEDIA-CTR
Media center

MICROFORM
Microform
non-holdable, available
MONTANA
Montana material

MONT-BIO
Montana biography

MONT-FICT
Montana fiction

MONT-NF
Montana non-fiction

MONT-REF
Montana reference
non-holdable, non-available
MONT-ROOM
Montana Room
non-holdable, non-available
MUSIC-CD
Music CDs

MYSTERY
Mysteries

NEW
New items

NEW-AUDIO
New audio

NEW-BOOK
New books

NEW-EASY
New easy books

NEW-FICT
New fiction

NEW-JUV
New juvenile books

NEWJUVFIC
New juvenile fiction

NEWJUVNF
New juvenile non-fiction

NEW-LT
New large print

NEW-NF
New non-fiction

NEWSPAPER
Newspapers
non-holdable, available
NEW-VIDEO
New videos

NEW-YA
New young adult

NON-FICT
Non-fiction

OFFICE
Library office

OFFICENH
Library office - see staff - no holds
non-holdable, non-available
OFFSITE
(Item held offsite)
non-holdable, available
ONLINE
Online resource
non-holdable, non-available
ON-ORDER
(On order)

OVERSIZE
Oversize area

PAPERBACK
Paperbacks

PARENT-CTR
Parenting resource materials

PICTURE
Picture books

PLAYAWAY
Playaway

PROF
Professional materials

READ-ALONG
Read-along

REFERENCE
Reference
non-holdable, non-available
RESERVES
At reserve desk
non-holdable, non-available
ROMANCE
Romances

SCI-FI
Science fiction

SERIES
Series

SHAD-SCRPT
Shadowed - In use
non-holdable, available, shadowed
SHAD-STOR
Storage - shadowed
non-holdable, non-available, shadowed
SPANISH
Spanish collection

SPEC-COLL
Special collection

STACKS
On shelf

STORAGE
Item in storage

STORYCOLL
Story collection

VF
Vertical file
non-holdable, non-available
VIDEO-REC
Video recordings

VIDRECFIC
Video recordings fiction

VIDRECNF
Video recordings non-fiction

WESTERN
Westerns

WEST-PBK
Western paperback

YA
Young adult

YA-BIOG
Young adult biography

YA-CD
Young adult CDs

YA-DVD
Young adult DVDs

YA-FICT
Young adult fiction

YA-GRAPHIC
Young adult graphic novel

YA-MAG
Young adult magazines/periodicals

YA-NF
Young adult non-fiction

YA-PBK
Young adult paperback

YA-PLAY
Young adult playaway

YA-REF
Young adult reference
non-holdable, non-available
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