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Re: Summary Holdings (Carol Morse) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 02 Nov 1999 14:24 UTC

Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 19:49:05 -0800
From: Carol Morse <MorsCa@WWC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Summary Holdings (Buddy Pennington)

We decided to add an item record (without a bar code, or course), type 0
with holdings for each location.  For example, mfiche is a location,
mfilm another, and the various storage locations for older paper holdings.
You can visit our online catalog at http://dewey.wwc.edu and see how we
have done it.  It worked out better for us than to insert holdings for
dead titles in the bib record.  The holdings for current titles are
embedded in the checkin record.  Hope this helps.  Feel free to contact me
if you wish.
Carol

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Carol Morse                                                  Tel.  509) 527-2684
Serials Librarian                                             Fax 509) 527-2001
Walla Walla College Library                     Email  morsca@wwc.edu
105 S.W. Adams St.
College Place, WA  99324-1195

Give us strength for the journey and wisdom to know the way.
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Hey all,

This issue may be more suitably addressed to cataloging but I thought I
would try serials first.  I am being charged with putting in our
retrospective serial holdings into the OPAC and was looking on some
information on formats to do this.  I've read some stuff on Z39.42 and other
holdings standards.  Also, by looking at other OPAC's, I have found some
basic formats.  It looks like there are a couple out there.  To achieve
maximum consistency, I wanted to use a format that a lot of libraries are
using.  We are currently using DRA as our library information system, but I
am being hit with a double whammy because we are joining MOBIUS, a statewide
academic library consortium in Missouri, in two years.  The second part of
my question is, has anyone out there transferred their holdings from DRA to
Innovative Interfaces?  If so, how should I put in the holdings to reduce
the number of problems when the data is transferred from DRA to III?  We
have several different formats (bound, microfiche, and microfilm) and
someone suggested using different copy records for the different holdings.

I know this is a lot to swallow.  That's why I hope there are some intrepid
souls out there who can help!

Buddy Pennington
Acquisitions/Serials Librarian
Rockhurst University Greenlease Library
buddy.pennington@rockhurst.edu
#816-501-4143