[MinervaCats] Conflicting subtitles in bibs

[dbuker@baxter-memorial.lib.me.us]

My copy is checked out.  Can anyone else help?

Deb

Deborah Buker
Technical Services Librarian
Baxter Memorial Library
71 South Street
Gorham ME 04038
207-839-5031
dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us


Quoting "Bishop, Pat" <pbishop at emh.org>:

> We own this title also but it is currently in circulation, so I can't
> check the "chief source" either.  We do remove book jackets in our
> collection and the jacket for this book has a subtitle of One man's
> mission to fight terrorism and build nations...one school at a time.
> I'll check the book itself when it returns.
> Pat
>
> Pat Bishop
> Technical Services Librarian
> Parrot Health Science Library
> Eastern Maine Medical Center
> PO Box 404, 489 State Street
> Bangor, ME   04401
> Phone (207) 973-8232
> Fax (207) 973-8233
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:minervacats-bounces at informe.org] On Behalf Of
> jdkidder at gray.lib.me.us
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:28 PM
> To: Ellen Conway
> Cc: minervacats at lists.maine.gov
> Subject: [MinervaCats] Conflicting subtitles in bibs
>
>
>
>>
> Ellen and all,
>
> A patron requested the book Three Cups of Tea today and I noticed a
> difference in the subtitles between the 2 MARC records for the book.
> b22456818 states the subtitle "one man's mission to fight terrorism and
> build nations--one school at a time"  This is for the Viking c2006
> edition. b24181390 states the subtitle "one man's mission to promote
> peace--one school at a time" and this one appears to be the more
> "official" title, and the bib is for the Viking Penguin paperback
> edition, c2007.  Perhaps the first bib was pre-pub?
>
> Anyway, it confused me when I was looking for the book (and the patron
> knew only the "Three cups of tea"  part of the title), so I thought I
> would point out the difference.  We don't own a copy of the book here
> at Gray, so I couldn't check the "chief source of information", but I
> did look at the book website and on Amazon to confirm the favored
> subtitle. Or maybe the subtitle isn't that important?
>
> Jane Kidder
> Gray Public Library
>
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