[MinervaCats] minutes: Minerva/Solar Cataloging meeting November 7 2008

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I agree with you Ulla--it doesn't seem very feasable to me!




"Ulla Messerschmidt" <umesserschmidt at thomas.lib.me.us> 
12/03/2008 03:51 PM

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Hi, Rebecca,

I didn't receive an answer yet. If we really are going to add "Complete 
Set" every time another library 
breaks up a set we are going to be very busy.

Ulla


I'm wondering about this too...(has there been an answer that I've 
missed?) 

Rebecca 



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Hi all,

Thanks for the minutes, but I am confused. Is this contradictory? 
"In order to prevent ILL problems, catalogers are reminded to use the 
volume field to identify individual discs IF an entire set of dvds is not 
being circulated as one item. It will be assumed that all others circulate 
as a "complete set". This applies to programs in a series or movie and 
feature discs."
This makes me think that you don't need to use "complete set" in the 
volume field of an unbroken set.

"If a library breaks up their set of dvds and attaches to a bib with no 
volume fields (indicating they are complete sets) then the cataloger can 
notify other libraries on the cat listserv or Ellen so that "complete set" 
will be added to the volume fields for their item records so the patron 
can make item level holds."
This makes me think that we are supposed to add "complete set" as soon as 
a library adds a broken set.

I think the important thing to do here is to change any bib level holds to 
item level holds.

It would be nice if we didn't need to add "complete set" for everything 
where there is a broken set attached. 

Another topic in the minutes: 
List #385 was down to only two records. I ran another list of bib level 
holds on records with volume field and found about 30.
Many of these were graphic novels, where the title or volume# was repeated 
in the volume field, so I deleted those fields and removed them from the 
list. There are now down to 16 records. Please take a look when you have 
time. 

Ulla

Ulla Messerschmidt
Technical Services Librarian
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
(207) 767-2273 ext, 290
umesserschmidt at thomas.lib.me.us
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Ulla Messerschmidt
Technical Services Librarian
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
(207) 767-2273 ext, 290
umesserschmidt at thomas.lib.me.us
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