Re: Record link maintenance

[Claudia Chester <cchester@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In addition, at our library the bib location (in our case for branch) is
what displays in extended display and enables users to limit their search
by branch.

What I don't understand is why the bib and item locations weren't
coordinated in the system from the git-go. This should be a feature of the
system, not an expensive extra. While I'm griping, the bib and item
locations should appear in separate lists in the system. The fact that they
pop up in the same menus (like when you're creating an item record) is a
big reason we have so many errors in the first place.

Would anyone support an enhancement request to at least fix the lists?

At 04:06 PM 12/19/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>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
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Claudia Chester
Technical Services Librarian
Fisher Library
John F. Kennedy University
12 Altarinda Rd.
Orinda, CA 94563

phone: 925-258-2362
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