Open Entries and Recent ISBN
Posted on June 19th, 2007 by jferriss
Target Audience
Posted on June 19th, 2007 by jferriss
To enable staff and patrons to limit their searches in the PAC/Staff client for“only children’s” materials or “only adult” materials it has been suggested that target audience in the bibliographic record be re-examined. Currently Technical Services staffs use the following target audiences: preschool, primary school, pre-teen, juvenile, young adult and general. It was decided at […]
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Graphic Novels: Easier to barcode, easier to find
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by jferriss
At the Opeartions Committee meeting on April 4, 2007 it was decided that MVLS/SALS catalogers will make individual records for graphic novel titles. Patrons and staff will be able to immediately see the title of the series, volume number and specific title (when available) in the brief display of the PAC. Check out Mew Mew Tokyo. […]
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GMD- General Material Designators
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by jferriss
At the Opeartions Committee meeting on April 4, 2007 it was decided that MVLS/SALS catalogers will use different GMDs for more prominent display in the PAC for audiobooks formats, Playaways and Large print. Patrons and staff will now be able to keyword search for unabridged, abridged, Playaways, MP3 and large print.
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New Music Call Number Scheme at SALS
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by jferriss
It’s official. The new call number scheme has been adopted and is already in use.
Please check out the document that highlights the new terms, or categories being used.
If you never understood what ANSCR was in the first place, here is a clever YouTube video to check out… http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Zdw7T9jmas
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Apostrophes and ISBNS
Posted on January 31st, 2007 by jferriss
We have discovered that having an apostrophe in the ISBN field of a bib record can prevent the patron from placing a request in the PAC. I guess the Polaris software is just not equipped to deal with an apostrophe in the ISBN.
Those with the ability to add bibliographic records should take care when entering […]
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Proposal for change to call numbers
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by jferriss
As of November 15, 2006, the catalogers at SALS and SCP will be making a change to the way they enter new call numbers in bibliographic records.
The catalogers will only be adding Dewey numbers and cutter information in the 092 and 099 fields for new bib records. They will not be adding prefix/suffix information (such […]
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Welcome to CatBlog
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by jferriss
CatBlog is intended to disseminiate information regarding the bibliographic database shared by MVLS and SALS. Data entry conventions, request forms and protocol will be posted on this site. This is also a forum to discuss workflow issues.
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