[MinervaCats] Minerva Cataloging Committee Proposals

[Ulla Messerschmidt]

Hi Katherine,

1. We use "e" for anything in Technical Services that need a new cover,
spine label, editing, waiting for replacement disk etc.  We would like
those items to be requestable. They usually only have that status for a
few days.
We use the status "p" for all new items being processed. We could of
course use "p" for everything, but would prefer it the way it is if
possible.

2.  There are only two music manuscripts with the material type "d"
Annie get your gun and The Music Man
McArthur should probably change those to "c" (printed music) ?
 
 
3. I made a list of everything with the realia material type --surprise,
surprise!  
List #124 has 1450 items. Are some of these kits? 
There is a videorecording and sound recording hiding in there. 
There are also some strange gmd's with the library name in the brackets.
Would
be nice to get some of these cleaned up. 

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

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

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