RE: new vendor codes

["Fran Stumpf" <fstumpf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Melanie -

 

In the case of ProQuest we did exactly as you suggested in your third paragraph. To track the vendor changes we added an internal note indicating that ProQuest was formerly Bell & Howell and UMI.

 

In the case of Matthew Bender we kept the older vendor code and changed the address and vendor name to reflect Lexis/Nexis Matthew Bender.

 

It would be nice to be able to change the code along with the vendor name. Perhaps this could be an enhancement request?

 

Fran Stumpf
Library Technical Processing Manager
St. Charles Community College
4601 Mid Rivers Mall Dr.
St. Peters MO 63376
636-922-8439
636-922-8433 (Fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: Melanie Cornell [mailto:MCornell@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:09 PM
To: "<"<"<
Subject: new vendor codes

In the last few years many publishers have changed their names (i.e. Matthew Bender to Lexis/Nexis Matthew Bender), or merged with/ been bought by other publishers.  We’d like to hear how other libraries handle these changes in their vendor codes.

 

Do you use the old vendor code and simply remember that, for example, Proquest used to be Bell & Howell?

 

Do you add a new vendor and change all records assigned to that vendor?  If so, do you create a new order record for each or do you simply change the vendor code on the record?  How do you track the change in vendor?

 

We’d like to hear from anyone who has dealt with this problem.  Thanks very much.

 

 

Melanie Cornell
Automation Librarian
Franklin Pierce Law Center Library
2 White Street
Concord, NH  03301

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