Re: III 3000 Item record limit

["Stephen Slovasky" <SSlovasky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim, 

At the Connecticut State Library, we ran into the 3000 item limit with the Hartford Courant (our local newspaper) bib record.  We created a brief bib record and suppressed it and attached the item records for earlier years to it.  The checkin records are all attached to the complete bib record, which is the only one the public sees.  So far this has not been a problem:  users find their way to the correct microfilm cabinets after they discover the call number (we classify our newspaper microfilm) in the checkin record.

Since the Courant is a heavily used title, I've made sure that our reference and circulation staff understand this unusual situation.  They have the Innopac number for the brief bib and they know to consult it if a patron finds a reel or reels unavailable in the cabinet (we ILL our newspaper microfilm, and it gets a lot of in-house use, so there are often gaps).

Not an ideal solution, but it works for this particular title in this particular library.

 

Stephen Slovasky
Unit Head
Bibliographic Information Services

CONNECTICUT STATE LIBRARY
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT  06106

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>>> Jim Barrett <jbarrett@xxxxxxxxxx> 01/12/00 10:55AM >>>
Hi Everyone,

I have a question regarding the item record limit. I searched the
archives and found a lot of queries but only a few solutions.  I was
wondering if anyone had come up with a new solution to this problem.

The best solution for my library seems to be to create a duplicate bib
record and bracket the volume coverage in each record. Is this still
considered the best solution? Or has someone come up with a more creative
way to handle it?

Thanks, 
Jim 
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Jim Barrett : jbarrett@xxxxxxxxxx : (617) 573-8592
Suffolk University Law School Library, Boston, Mass. USA