[MinervaCats] Minerva Cataloging Committee Proposals

[Katherine R. Morgan]

Hello Catalogers,

The Cataloging Standards Committee proposes to make the following  
changes and would like to receive comments and input from Minerva  
catalogers on these issues.

1.  Change the item record status "e" ("In Tech Serv") to a  
nonrequestable status.  This would prevent the requesting of items  
that have various problems that prevent them from circulating.   
Currently, the other item statuses that are nonrequestable are q- owns  
(only Maine InfoNet staff can use this), $ - paid, z ?claims returned,  
m ? missing, l-lost, s- on search, n- billed, w- withdraw shelf, k ?  
online, and o ? library use only.

2.   Change the existing bibliographical material type "d" from "ms  
music" to "Blu-Ray".  Ms music is a material type that is not being  
used in the Minerva catalog.  Blu-Ray discs are growing in popularity,  
and it is felt that a dedicated material type will help to distinguish  
them from DVDs and VHS tapes.

3.  Add a new material type for "equipment".  We have noticed a  
growing number of items being added to the catalog, such as MP3  
players, headphones, remote controls, etc., and believe that there  
should be a material type for this general category of items.

Please post any comments to the MinervaCats listserv by Friday,  
February 27, 2009.



thanks
Katherine, chair





Katherine R. Morgan
Technical Services/Administrative Assistant
Norway Memorial Library
207-743-5309