Holding Location Element Help

Definition

Location where the original resource is held.

For born-digital objects this is usually the same as the Source. Otherwise, the source usually represents the Institution or sub-institutional source for the digital instance of the resource

Of course, the source institution and holding location may be the same entity. In that case, the source institution usually holds the highlest level information about the institution ( i.e., "University of Florida" ) while the holding location may hold more specific information ( i.e., "Latin American Collections, University of Florida" ).

Form Element

The online form element appears as below:

This form element allows the user to enter the holding location's controlled code and (optionally) enter a description for the holding location. If no description is entered, the default will be used.

Best Practices

The best practice for entering the holding location is to select the institution code from the controlled list.

There is no need to type the institution's name in the provided field, as the standard form of the institution's name will be stored when your update is saved. If you wish to use a non-standard for of the institution's name for any reason, you can type that into the provided field and it will be used instead.

If the code for an institution is not present, contact a system administrator to add that institution to the system.

SobekCM / MODS Encoding

The holding location information is encoded entirely in the MODS section of the SobekCM METS files.

<mods:location>
<mods:physicalLocation>From the Private Library of Mark Sullivan</mods:physicalLocation>
<mods:physicalLocation type="code">MVS</mods:physicalLocation>
</mods:location>

Metadata Mapping

MARC to MODS Mapping

The holding information maps from :

535 |a, if only |a subfield present and first indicator = 1 → holding location statement
Otherwise, the 535 maps into an ORIGINAL LOCATION NOTE

MODS to MARC Mapping

Mapping from the MODS back to MARC is the reverse of the procedure listed above.

holding location statement → 535 |a, with first indicator set to 1
holding location statement → 533 |c