MVR: Minimum viable record

The MVR is the Inventory level record for all formats in the collection. It can refer to an individual object or a group of objects. The Collections Information Policy MVR data requirements are:

Sierra Record	Sierra /MARC Field	Type of data being recorded
Order (new acquisitions) or Bibliographic (legacy material with no order record)	Order number or Bib 001	Identification number / unique ID
Order	Wellcome acquisition data (if available)	Current owner
Bibliographic	Mat Type	Object type
Bibliographic	245 Title	Title/Brief description
Bibliographic	300 |a Extent	Object type
Bibliographic	300 |a Extent	Number of objects being described
Item or Order (for older material ordered in Sierra)	Current location or Internal note (Order record)	Current location of object(s) being described

Recorder & recording date (a Spectrum requirement) are logged by Sierra, but not to individual field level.

Additional information may be added at the time of acquisition.

For legacy material in the Ephemera collection, an enhanced Minimum viable record is created during the inventory process.

Enhanced Minimum Viable record content for Ephemera

Field	Type of data being recorded
001	Unique identifier
040	Cataloguing source, Language of cataloguing, descriptive standards applied
245 |a |b	Title / brief description
245 |c	Statement of responsibility
264 |a	Place of creation
264 |b	Name of Publisher etc.
264 |c	Date of creation/manufacture
300 |a	Extent, Object type
300 |b	Physical description, materials
336	Content type
337	Media type
338	Carrier type
500	Source of title
655	Genre incl. Object type
773	'Series' entry for previous box title