Re: marc field for ISBNs and ISSNs

["LLC Martha Pitchford" <martha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, we have subfields a, y, and z indexed and included in the MARC records.  Many times they are the ones in the item.  If they are not included, you lose a valuable searching access point.

Martha Pitchford 
Assistant Director 
Lakeland Library Cooperative 
4138 3 Mile Rd. NW 
Grand Rapids MI 49544-1134 
616-559-5253 x202 
616-559-4329 fax

---------- Original Message -----------
From: {quot}Karl Beiser{quot} <beiser@xxxxxxxxxx> 
To: IUG INNOPAC List <innopac@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:17:21 -0500 
Subject: Re: marc field for ISBNs and ISSNs 

> Janet, 
> 
> According to the MARC documentation those subfields are used when the number 
> is incorrect or invalid.  If the publisher has printed an incorrect number 
> the item will show it even though some cataloging authority has determined 
> that it is not correct.  MARC indicator info at: 
> 
>
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdnumb.ht 
>
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdnumb.ht 
> 
> Whether to carry this incorrect info in the bib record is usuall
> the affirmative.  Whether to index by it is a trickier questio
> indexing on it will do to your match merge logic if you are doin
> batch loads of record is an even dicier question... 
> 
> Karl Beiser 
> Maine State Library 
> 
> On 26 Feb 2004 at 12:44, Kirby Janet R. wrote: 
> 
> > Our Marc load tables are set to load the subfield a of the 
> I am finding records that have ISBNs or ISSNs only in |z or |y s
> usefull information is being stripped out.  Do many of you out
> index {quot}all{quot} the subfields for the 02Xs?  I don't und
> ISBNs are not in the |a since it is on the matching title I have
> when batch loading book and serial records to our OPAC it will i
> workload if I have to look at each title and edit that field. 
> > 
> > Janet Kirby 
> > Technical Services Librarian 
> > Kelly Library 
> > Emory & Henry College        jkirby@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 30480 Armbrister Dr. Box 948   276-944-6207 
> > Emory, VA 24327           FAX  276-94
> > 
> > 
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