RE: Multiple editions in Public Library setting

["Eeva Stierwalt" <eeva dot stierwalt at lpl dot london dot on dot ca>]

David:  Thank you so much!  This is a very "innovative" way to handle these!  AND, it sounds like you get them out to the public quickly too!  Thanks for sharing this and kind regards, Eeva

Eeva Stierwalt
Information Systems Specialist
Automated Collection Management
London Public Library
251 Dundas St.
London, ON  Canada  N6A 6H9
t 519.661.5100 ex 5156
f 519.663.9013
e eeva dot stierwalt at lpl dot london dot on dot ca

>>> David dot Ruml at cityofcarrollton dot com 02/10/05 02:22PM >>>
Actually, what we do resulted from Oprah's Book Club, where she would pick a book and there would be a run on that title.  The Oprah edition is sometimes different from the one that came out originally, so we merge all editions onto a short bib with just title, author, and call number.  The patrons put holds on the short bib.  Once the holds are gone, we put all the items back on their proper MARC records.  Oprah-ized titles are in all-caps, to make them easier to notice.

DAVID E. RUML
Bibliographic Database and Systems Admin.
Carrollton Public Library at Hebron & Josey
4220 N. Josey Lane
CARROLLTON, TEXAS  75010

david dot ruml at cityofcarrollton dot com
http://www.cityofcarrollton.com/library


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Subject: Multiple editions in Public Library setting


Good afternoon!  We are a public library and we would like to know how other public libraries handle multiple editions of books, etc.  with regard to public catalogue access and bibliographic level holds.  We have bibliographic level holds and when we have a separate bib for each edition, then the holds can gather on one edition and leave the other one high and dry.  (this happens a lot with hardcover and paperback).  To resolve this problem, we began to use only one bib for the different editions.  This makes the Catalogue a lot easier to understand and solves our hold problems.  However, this does mean that the bib contains multiple ISBN #s.  This causes a problem with "match and overlay" in batch loading of records (added copies) AND in sending out orders via EDIFACT where it picks the first ISBN in the bib to ship out to the vendor.  So, though we are gaining in the area of holds, we are making work at the acquisitions stage.  We'd like to know how other III public libra!
ries catalogue their multiple editions?  Do any of you use the 021 (alternate ISBN field) and a separate index for alternate ISBNs???  Thanks and kind regards, Eeva

Eeva Stierwalt
Information Systems Specialist
Automated Collection Management
London Public Library
251 Dundas St.
London, ON  Canada  N6A 6H9
t 519.661.5100 ex 5156
f 519.663.9013
e eeva dot stierwalt at lpl dot london dot on dot ca


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