Re: Interpreting ANSI standards for holdings Jack Fitzpatrick 08 Jul 1999 21:03 UTC
The new standard ANSI/NISO Z39.71 includes an Acquisition Status code "2" for complete or ceased. "5" is now used only for "not currently received". Jack D. Fitzpatrick Cataloging Dept. Auburn University Libraries http://www.auburn.edu/~fitzpjd fitzpjd@auburn.edu On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Kathleen Thorne wrote: > Are you talking about the acquisition status code? as in union lists? > The "4" is for open entry (currently received), "5" is for a closed > entry, subscription cancelled or ceased publication, and the "0" is for > Information not available. That's according to ANSI Z39.42-1980, and > there have been some more recent standards, but I think these values for > the acquisition status code field are still in use. I could be wrong -- > it's happened before -- can one of you who is more up-to-date give any > further updates? Back when I was editing our CSU system's union list I > could have answered with far more confidence! > > Kathleen Thorne > former editor, Calif. State University system Union List > (editor, "ZCSU Union List of Preferred Practices", 1993 & 2nd ed. 1995) > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Kathleen Thorne, Serials Cataloger > San Jose State University, San Jose CA 95192-0028 > ph: (408) 924-2826 fax: (408) 924-2702 > email: kathleen@email.sjsu.edu > > ---Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines--- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Frieda Rosenberg wrote: > > > > Charlene, > > > > This is an interesting question because the Receipt Status code should > > certainly be one of the useful responses to a remote query. > > Locally, we are using 4 for currently received items that come through our > > order system (which happens to be III). We use 1 for the many > > publications that departments receive "direct" bypassing the order system. > > And that's undoubtedly not uniform even across our campus! > > > > The only other definition here that I have ever seen is the one in > > Virginia Tech's Coded Holdings Manual, which I believe in my dim memory > > prescribes 4 for currently received periodicals, 1 for annuals and > > irregulars. > > > > I'd be interested in other uses and so, I think, would many of us. When > > we think of standardizing the use of this format, the fixed field is > > certainly a good place to start. > > Frieda > > ---------- > > Frieda Rosenberg > > Serials Cataloging > > Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > friedat@email.unc.edu > > > > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Charlene N Simser wrote: > > > > > Hello-- > > > Anyone out there using ANSI/NISO Z39.71-199x (or its predecessor > > > Z39.44-1986 for serials): > > > > > > How does your library interpret "Receipt Status" in the holdings 008 > > field > > > for web-based products? Do you use "4" for currently received though you > > > have no physical pieces in hand? Or do you code these as "1" for other > > > receipt status? What uses have you defined for "1"? We would like to be > > > consistent of our coding of these resources, especially if we use > > > information in that field to generate reports. > > > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > Char > > > =========== > > > Charlene N. Simser > > > Serials Cataloger > > > KSU Libraries > > > Kansas State University > > > Manhattan, KS 66506 > > > e-mail: csimser@ksu.edu