ISSNs for microform/NOTIS' MDAS (2 messages) Birdie MacLennan 19 May 1993 02:50 UTC
2 messages, 56 lines: --------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 17:29:17 EDT From: Betty Landesman <BETTY@GWUVM.BITNET> Subject: Re: ISSNs for microform records/NOTIS's MDAS Elena (and I guess the rest of the list!) - there is a current problem with the "hook to holdings" in MDAS whereby the detailed holdings display only for the first LOCATION. We are part of a consortium implementation, and as the sixth of seven libraries most of which have several locations (paper, microfilm, microfiche - we've followed the same standards as you), this has been quite a problem. My understanding is that this should be fixed with a new release of software that we're about to load. Before the software release where this problem started, the "hook to holdings" worked fine for all our formats. The ISSN is assigned to the title, not to a specific form of the title. So it is perfectly appropriate to enter it into your microform records, and you will (eventually when the problem is fixed!!) reap the benefit from MDAS! Betty Landesman Coordinator, Systems Planning Gelman Library George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 BITNET: betty@gwuvm Internet: betty@gwuvm.gwu.edu PHONE: 202-994-1333 FAX: 202-994-1340 ------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 17:13:49 CDT From: Kevin M. Randall <KRANDAL@NUACVM.ACNS.NWU.EDU> Subject: Re: ISSNs for microform records/NOTIS's MDAS About MDAS and identical ISSN in multiple records: I remember reading of MDAS hook-to-holdings problems, but I don't know what the status of those are (and I can't remember the actual problems). We were having problems at Northwestern a while back, and things seem to be working fine now. (We were all mystified for a while; it seemed to be rather random whether or not the system would link up the MDAS record and the OPAC record. They finally figured out what was wrong and things are working fine now, but I can't remember what the problem turned out to be. If you want to know more, ask me and I'll check with our systems people.) I looked in our Expanded Academic Index file for records containing "Newsweek" in the .SO. field and viewed one of them. We have 5 records in our OPAC for Newsweek--3 hardcopy, 1 microfilm, 1 microfiche. All locations from all 5 of the records showed up on the holdings screen in MDAS, so it looks like we have no problem with identical ISSN in multiple records. (At least today... At least for Newsweek...) Kevin M. Randall Head, Serials Cataloging Section Northwestern University Library