Re: distinguish dvd from vhs in media icons in webopac?

["Adele Barree" <abarree at hublib dot lib dot nj dot us>]

Although we use "custom" Material Types for our various media types,
technically breaking MARC rules, we do so in order to make the most
effective use of the media icons in the OPAC as well as provide an easy way
for patrons to limit searches by format.  Catalogers replace the MARC Mat
Type for sound recordings and video recordings with a local Mat Type before
exporting records from OCLC.  They don't seem to find this too cumbersome,
and we can do periodic checks on the database by using create lists and
rapid update to change any which get missed during cataloging.

As for having problems down the road if we have to migrate our data to
another system, we can easily rapid update the custom Mat Types back to the
MARC standard before extracting data.

Adele Barree
Somerset County Library System
Bridgewater, NJ

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Rice" <Karen dot Rice at wwu dot edu>
To: "IUG INNOPAC List" <innopac at innopacusers dot org>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: RE: distinguish dvd from vhs in media icons in webopac?


> Extra work for catalogers wouldn't be the only issue if you don't use
> MARC-defined codes where required.  Also at issue is compatibility with
> other systems and possible problems if you sometime migrate to another
> system.
>
> That being said, this differentiation may be accomplished by using some
> of the Innovative-specific codes, rather than MARC codes.  Perhaps
> someone has details on how to do this.
>
> Karen Rice
> Western Washington University Libraries
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Hello. We've seen some libraries are able to have two different media
> icons in their webopac for DVDs versus VHS videos. But we've been told
> that the icons are tied to the material type field, which is tied to an
> officially defined MARC fixed-field tag which doesn't distinguish
> different kinds of videos.
>
> So how is this being done?
>
> Does the solution involve the catalogers having to break official MARC
> rules, or manually add an extra value somewhere to all records or
> something like that?  We really want to do this, but the catalogers
> really don't want the solution to create extra work for them on a
> per-record basis.
>
> Any advice, examples, tips, etc. would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
> Melissa Belvadi
> Systems and Services Librarian
> Maryville University Library
> 13550 Conway Rd., St. Louis, MO 63141
> mbelvadi at maryville dot edu
> 314-529-9531
> Fax: 314-529-9941
>
>
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