Re: I-types and their usage (again)

["Mandy Phillips" <phillipm at edgehill dot ac dot uk>]

Thanks Mieko,

I've emailed Sheffield for some help! 

Mandy

>>> iss053 at bangor dot ac dot uk 16/02/2005 19:51:11 >>>
Mandy,

Although I replied to your previous email you are asking slightly
different questions now, so I thought I'd add a couple of points (in
CAPS in the text below).

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Mandy Phillips wrote:

> If a site wishes to display loan lengths in the catalogue then those
> loan lengths need to be defined as I-types.

AS I SAID IN MY PREVIOUS EMAIL SHEFFIELD HALLAM IS DOING THIS.  I
DON'T
KNOW IF THEY ARE DISPLAYING THE VALUES OF I-TYPES OR ANOTHER FIELD
(E.G.
OPAC MESSAGE) IN THE ITEM RECORD.  I SUGGEST YOU CONTACT THEM TO FIND
OUT.

> If a site wishes to collect circulation stats based on material
type,
> then those material types need to be I-types too.

I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION OF "MATERIAL TYPES" FOR LIMITING
OPAC
SEARCHES AND "I-TYPES" FOR CIRCULATION PURPOSES.  YOU CAN COLLECT
CIRCULATION STATISTICS BASED ON ICODES OR I-TYPES.  SO YOU CAN USE THE
"I-TYPE" VALUE TO DESIGNATE TYPES OF MATERIAL OR USE ONE OF THE
ICODES.

> If a site wants to do both of these things, does it mean that the
> I-types will be as follows?:
>
> 3 week loan
> 1 week loan
> 2 day loan
> Overnight loan
> Use in Library
> Reference
> Inter Library Loan
> Media Loan
>
> and
>
> Video
> DVD
> E-Book
> E-Journal
> E-database
> Serial

I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO USE ONE OF THESE GROUPS (PROBABLY THE
FIRST)
AS I-TYPES AND THE SECOND AS ONE OF THE ICODES.  NOTE THAT
"CIRCULATION
STATISTICS" OF E-RESOURCES ARE NOT PART OF THE EXSITING CIRCULATION
STATISTICS (IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!).  SOME LIBRARIES USE THE
LOCATION
TO INDICATE THAT AN "ITEM" IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY.

Mieko
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Mieko Yamaguchi                                m dot yamaguchi at bangor dot ac dot uk

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382970
Main Library, University of Wales Bangor, UK   +44 (0)1248 382979
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