[MinervaCats] distributor question

[Vicky Smith]

Bonnie et al,

I have to concur with Debbie, here. The same dilemma also applies to 
books whose initial publishers have gone under or been merged into 
bigger corporations--content, format, illustrations may be identical, 
but we have separate records for the old publisher and the new. I can't 
immediately come up with an example as powerful as Debbie's CARS 
example, but I notice it frequently as I add replacement copies of 
older books to our collection.

There ought to be a way within our consortium to make AACR2 work for us 
and our patrons' best interests without throwing standards to the 
winds. Perhaps a (South) Paris Conference of our very own?

Vicky Smith


Quoting Debbie Lozito <debbie.lozito at edythedyer.lib.me.us>:

> Bonnie-
>
>> From a cataloger's point of view I understand why you say to keep both
> records.
>
>
>
> However, from the patron's point of view, it would be so much easier to have
> just one record-the content is the same the only difference is the
> distributor. Aren't content and format most important to patrons? I honestly
> can't imagine that anyone would care who distributed the film they're
> watching, as long as they get to watch it before it's on television.
>
>
>
> This is the same problem we have with the DVD Cars which has 3 bib records.
> I've whined about this before, sorry. The 1st record still has 29 holds on 3
> copies; the 2nd record has 7 holds on 8 copies; the 3rd record has 0 holds
> on 6 copies. Obviously people request the 1st record they see in the
> catalog. If the 3 records were merged 36 people would be waiting for 17
> copies rather than 29 people waiting for 3 copies.
>
>
>
> -Debbie
>
> Debbie Lozito
>
> Director
>
> Edythe Dyer Community Library
>
> 269 Main Road North
>
> Hampden, Maine  04444
>
> 207-862-3550
>
>  _____
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> From: minervacats-bounces at informe.org
> [mailto:minervacats-bounces at informe.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Collins
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:42 AM
> To: Okrent, Valerie P.; minervacats at lists.maine.gov
> Subject: Re: [MinervaCats] distributer question
>
>
>
> Hi Valerie
>
>
>
> Since Warner Bros. and Paramount are two separate companies I think you
> should keep both records.
>
>
>
> Bonnie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Okrent, Valerie P. <mailto:vokrent at cmcc.edu>
>
> To: minervacats at lists.maine.gov
>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:37 AM
>
> Subject: [MinervaCats] distributer question
>
>
>
> I have Ken Burns' Statue of Liberty DVD, actually I have two. One was
> distributed by Warner Bros. and the last copyright is 2002. The other was
> distributed by Paramount and has a final copyright of 2004. One has PBS DVD
> Video on the package, the other PBS Home Video, but they are pretty much the
> same film. I have a different record for each at the moment, but it occurs
> to me that maybe they should be attached to the same record? What is the
> correct way to handle this?
>
>
>
> Valerie Okrent
>
> Interlibrary Loan Department
>
> Central Maine Community College
>
> (207)755-5335
>
> vokrent at cmcc.edu
>
>
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Vicky Smith
Director
McArthur Library
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