Library Abbreviations Used In the MaineCat – Statewide Catalog • Maine InfoNet

URSUS Abbrev | Minerva Abbrev | MILS Abbrev

Library staff are likely to encounter a wide variety of abbreviations for library locations in processing MaineCat online requesting and lending transactions. This page provides a key to those abbreviations for several of the consortial systems linked to MaineCat. Note that not every location listed here participates in lending and borrowing.

Consult the Maine Barcode Symbol Registry for a listing of the current barcode prefixes registered to libraries across the state.

URSUS Catalog

Single character locations found on Paging & Transit Slips:

A – U M Augusta / Off Campus Lib Service

B – Bangor Public

F – U M Farmington

H – Maine State Library

I – U M Presque Isle

J – Maine State Law and Legislative reference library

K – U M Fort Kent

L – Law School

M – U M Machias

O – U Maine Orono

S – U So Maine

University of Maine (Orono) odoc, odocf, odocs, omap, osta, ostr
Darling Center / UM dsta
University of Maine at Augusta ab&t , aedof , aeres, amaps, amic, amst, aovr, asta
University College (Bangor) / UMA usta
University of Maine at Farmington fsta
University of Maine at Fort Kent kgovt, kovr, kpam, ksta, ksto, kya, karcc
University of Maine at Machias mcur, mfic, mficm, mjuv, movr, msta, mstam, mvfm
University of Maine at Presque Isle iacq , iadm , iarc, icat, icmc, icnew, icper, icrom, idoc, idocf, ifas, igrfl, iindx, ijuv, ijuvb, imap, imdoc, imed, imic, inew, iper, istor, upqd, upqm, upqq, upqt, upqu
University of Maine School of Law (Portland) lcan, lcml, ldoc, ldocf, leu, lne, lsta
University of Southern Maine – Portland pcirc, pdoc, pdocd, pdocf, pfoli, pmdoc, pmdod, porb, povr
University of Southern Maine – Gorham gcirc, godc, gdocd, gdocf, dfoli, gjuv, fmdoc, fmdod, gorb, govr
Lewiston Auburn College / USM ecirc, eovr, esta
Bangor Public Library bchr, bcoa, bdoc, beasy, beres,bfic, bgvf, bjawd, bjefl, bjhol, bjmec, bjper, bjser, bjsta, bjya, blob,bme, bmic, bnbk, bnld,bpfr, bpic, bscf, bsta
Maine State Library (Augusta) mea&, meaa, meac, mead, meaf, meag, meah, meam, mear, meas, meat, meatl, meau, meaud, mebr, mecdr, medst, mefic, mefil, megd, megdf, mehol, melup, memd, menbk, meovs,meper, mered, mesaf, meres, mesfb, mesmc, mesmp, mesoh, mesta, metrp, mewre
Maine Law and Legislative Reference Library (Augusta) raud, rgov, rlen, rmain, rmez, rper, rrep, rsta, rsth, rvid

Note that requests from UMS sites and centers not listed below should be sent to the home campus library of the student, not to the remote site. For further info on such transactions, contact: Brenda Sevigny-Killen, Library Associate for Off-Campus Library Services, University of Maine System/University College, Katz Library 208, 46 University Drive, Augusta, ME 04330 tel 207-621-3351 or 1-800-339-7323 Maine only /1-888-266-4950 National http://learn.maine.edu/library/

Minerva Catalog

In certain contexts “Minerva” is the only visible location. If a barcode is visible, however, you can usually determine the owning library by checking the assigned barcode identifiers in the Maine Barcode Symbol Registry.