[MinervaCats] Cataloging Committee March CUG report

[Katherine R. Morgan]

Hi All
    Below I have pasted the committee's report to the CUG held at  
Falmouth Library March 24.

Katherine
The committee sent a memo out to MinervaCats in February for the  
following three items:

Changes in status code for ?In Tech Serv?
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.

Change for material type ?d?
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.

Adding a material type for ?equipment?
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.

We appreciate all the comments everyone sent to the committee and we  
will use the comments and suggestions as we discuss changes in status  
codes, and changes in material types.  In addition, the committee will  
discuss defining the status codes and how they should be used by  
libraries.


During their March meeting, the Executive Committee decided it would  
be helpful to have the cataloging and circulation committees? work  
together to avoid overlapping and conflicting procedures/best  
practices. We will be working with the circulation committee to  
implement this decision by the Executive Committee.


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