Re: Record link maintenance

[Lai-Ying Hsiung <lhsiung@xxxxxxxxxx>]

One answer as to why there are location codes in Bib and also in Item 
record:  at our library, the bib.
location is more generic, e.g. sp stands for special collection in Bib and 
this can have 10-20 specific sub-locations in the Item record, like spovr 
(sp oversize), spscz (sp Santa Cruz) spphd (sp disserations). The 
comprehensive bib location code is very useful in functions like Create 
List, even though it means more maintenance efforts are needed and there 
may be discrepancies between Bib and Item locations for one bib. record

At 03:23 PM 12/19/01 -0700, you wrote:
>We are a metro-public library with 6 branches and overflow storage.  We use
>Link Maintenance to ensure the Bib record locations match the actual
>attached Item records.  If we don't run this, we get a lot of Bib records
>with location codes where there are no attached items anymore (lost or
>stolen items not replaced, or weeded items), which impacts Create Lists of
>Bib records by location.  This also supposedly makes the "Limit to Where an
>Item is located" function in OPAC searches work more accurately.  I guess
>the OPAC Search searches the Bib record location codes instead of the Item
>record location codes.
>
>Don't ask me why there are location codes in a Bib record and an Item
>record, I've never had a satisfactory answer as to why there are Bib
>location codes and Item location codes too, when they contain the same
>data.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Ruel J. Eskelsen

Lai-Ying Hsiung         			            			
Electronic Resources/Serials Librarian		
McHenry Library 				
University of California, Santa Cruz		
Santa Cruz, Calif. 95064
Phone: (831) 459-5166     Fax: (831) 459-2473    lhsiung@xxxxxxxxxx