We don’t have an ILS

Best regards,

Wilma Weant Dague
Serials Coordinator
Benedictine College Library

St. Benedict's Abbey Library
1020 North 2nd St.
Atchison, KS 66002

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Eahr Joan
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:01 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Sherry Palmiter> ILS? [SERIALST] > 12-15-09

RE: Which ILS are you using?

REPLY: currently SPECTRUM, but COHA come summer 2010

Eahr A. Joan

Serials and Reference Librarian
Laurance S. Rockefeller Library

California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

ejoan@ciis.edu

415-575-6182

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Palmiter, Sherry
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:17 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] 866 Holdings statement

Which ILS are you using?

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Sherry Palmiter

Serials Librarian

Interim Library, Seattle University

901 12th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122

tel: (206) 296-6204

fax: (206) 296-2572

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Kruse
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 6:24 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] 866 Holdings statement

Being relatively new to constructing 866 holdings statements, a co-worker and I question the syntax of the following statement for scattered holdings of sales catalogs identified only by date.

866 5 1 1976: Feb. 11, May 27, June 23, Sept. 8, 22, Oct. 23, 1977: March 16, 23, Nov. 18, 21, Dec. 2, 1985: Nov. 16-19

The months and days follow the year: and that seems clear. What we find to be very confusing, if not downright unintelligible are the commas following the last date held in a given year, followed by the next year:

e.g. Oct. 23, 1977: appears to be Oct. 23, 1977 but in fact, Oct. 23 belongs to 1976 and the 1977: begins the holdings March 16, etc.

Is there another way to separate a break in holdings other than the comma? Or are we on the wrong track entirely in the construction of this holdings statement?

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Robert Kruse

N.E.H. Head of Technical Services

Boston Athenaeum

10 1/2 Beacon Street

Boston, MA 02108-3777

kruse@bostonathenaeum.org

tel: 617-720-7637

fax: 617-227-5266

www.bostonathenaeum.org

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