Media Types

While the Formats field indicates the kind of material, e.g. a Book, a Musical sound recording, a video, we need to be able to distinguish between formats and the physical media on which they're transmitted. For example, one may need to limit results by DVDs or Blu-Rays. The music department is encouraging students to listen to jazz on vinyl discs.

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Media Types Mapping

MARC Field	Main Test	Sub-Test	Display Label
949a	contains BLU-RAY (case-insensitive)		Blu-ray
	contains ZVC OR ARTVC OR MVC (case-insensitive)		Videocassette (VHS)
	contains ZDVD OR ARTDVD OR MDVD OR ADVD OR DVD (case-insensitive)		DVD
	contains AVC (case-insensitive)		Videocassette
	contains ZVD OR MVD (case-insensitive)		Laser disc
007	007[0] = 'g'	007[1] = 's'	Slide
	007[0] = 'h'		Microfilm/Microfiche
	007[0] = 'k'	007[1] = 'h'	Photo
	007[0] = 'm'		Film
	007[0] = 'r'		Remote-sensing image
	007[0] = 's' AND the item is physically available at library/not online	007[1] = 'd' AND 007[3] = 'b'	Vinyl disc
		007[1] = 'd' AND 007[3] = 'c'	45 rpm disc
		007[1] = 'd' AND 007[3] == 'd'	78 rpm disc
		007[1] = 'd' AND 007[3] == 'f'	CD
		007[1] = 'e'	Cylinder
		007[1] = 'w'	Wire recording
		007[1] = 'q'	Piano/Organ roll
		007[6] = 'j'	Audiocassette
	007[0] = 'v'	007[4] = ('a' OR 'i' OR 'j')	Videocassette (Beta)
		007[4] = 'b'	Videocassette (VHS)
		007[4] = 'g'	Laser disc
		007[4] = 'q'	Hi-8 mm
		007[4] = 's'	Blu-ray
		007[4] == 'v'	DVD
		else	Other video
538a (alternate_script false)	contains Bluray OR Blu-ray OR Blu ray (case-insensitive)		Blu-ray
	contains VHS (case-insensitive)		Videocassette (VHS)
	contains DVD (case-insensitive)		DVD
	contains CAV OR CLV (case-insensitive)		Laser disc (Fall 2023, Caving issue)
	contains VCD OR Video CD OR VideoCD (case-insensitive)		Video CD
300b AND 347b (alternate script false)	contains MP4 (case-insensitive)		MPEG-4
	contains VCD OR Video CD OR VideoCD (case-insensitive)		Video CD
300a AND 338a (alternate_script false)	contains audio roll OR piano roll OR organ roll (case-insensitive)		Piano/Organ roll
300{ATOZ} (alternate_script false)	matches %r{(sound|audio) discs? (\((ca. )?\d+.*\))?\D+((digital|CD audio)\D*[,\;.])? (c )?(4 3/4|12 c)}	does not contain /(DVD|SACD|blu[- ]?ray)/	CD
	matches %r{33(\.3| 1/3) ?rpm}	matches /(10|12) ?in/	Vinyl disc
300a (alternate_script false)	contains microfilm OR microfiche (case-insensitive)		Microfilm/Microfiche
	contains photograph (case-insensitive)		Photo
	contains remote-sensing image OR remote sensing image (case-insensitive)		Remote-sensing image
	contains slide (case-insensitive)		Slide

Updated 2021-04-27 to remove Microfilm/Microfiche as that's being moved to formats as part of addressing indexing bug.

Media Types Display

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Media Types Advanced Search

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