Gary,

This situation is frustrating and can also happen in the reverse. MARCIVE
told us that if the 074 has (MF) in it, we will usually get a fiche record.

If the item is published in paper originally with some libraries getting
fiche, and GPO sends us microfiche, and MARCIVE sends a print record:
we add microfiche information to the print record

If the item is published in paper originally with some libraries getting
fiche, and GPO sends us print, and MARCIVE sends a fiche record:
we catalog the print on OCLC and get rid of the fiche record

If it is a serial with mixed print and fiche, I use the print record.

This is discussed on our homepage in the "Microfiche" section at:
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Departments/abc/mviguid.htm

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Box 9000
Chester Fritz Library
University of North Dakota
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At 03:39 PM 2/4/99 -0700, Gary W. Mayhood wrote:
>Hello All!!!
>
>I am in the process of training a staff member who is in charge of editing
>MARCIVE records that have been downloaded into our online system in some
>basics in serials cataloging, especially handling title changes, and
>bumping some of these serials off.  We have run across a number of title
>changes where the new title is now in microfiche instead of paper, but the
>records downloaded from the MARCIVE tapes are for paper copies.
>
>I would like to ask how some of you may have dealt with this.  Do you edit
>the MARCIVE paper copy to conform to  microform standards?  Do you download
>new records from OCLC for the fiche? or do you create your own in-house
>records on your local system?
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice.
>
>Gary W. Mayhood
>NMSU Library
>Box30006/Dept. 3475
>Las Cruces, NM 88003-0006
>(505) 646-7490
>gmayhood@lib.nmsu.edu