Re: OPAC labels for web/lan resources (Beth Guay) Stephen Clark 26 Oct 1998 14:03 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:24:13 -0400 From: Beth Guay <bg53@UMAIL.UMD.EDU> Subject: Re: OPAC labels for web/lan resources (Ruth Christ) Ruth, Another side of the coin: 1. We don't have a specific label for the 856 field. It appears under the label, among other fields: "OTHER ENTRIES." 2. The location code we use is: "NETWRK WWW." 3. We do indeed class our electronic publications, however we do our best to alert our users that the call number is not really a "stacks" location. We create a dummy barcode which contains typical holdings data, i.e., the call number, the location code, and the item status ("Noncirculating," of course), and fortunatly, a public note, which reads "AVAILABLE ONLINE." 4. For electronic publications received through subscription, as for all serial publications, the default display is a brief record in the catalog with a summary holdings record attached. Here, the call number is displayed with "COMPUTER FILE" appended to it. Our standard summary holdings note: "For mode of access see full record; access to holdings also available via the University of Maryland Libraries' homepage." I haven't heard of a single complaint from Public Services staff about the call number creating confusion for our patrons. So I'd say that our practice of providing a call number adds value to the cataloging record. Cheers, Beth Guay Serials Cataloging Unit McKeldin Library College Park, Md. 20742 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:08:14 -0500 > > > From: Ruth Christ <ruth-christ@UIOWA.EDU> > > > Subject: OPAC labels for web/lan resources > > > > > > We are considering making some changes in our OPAC displays for e-journals > > > and other resources located on the WWW or on a local lan. I would like to > > > hear what other libraries are using for the following: > > > > > > 1. What label do you use for the 856 field? > > > > > > 2. What do you use as a "location"? > > > > > > 3. Do you use anything in the place of a call number (such as a text > > > string)? If so, what? > > > > > > Please respond directly to me (ruth-christ@uiowa.edu) and I will summarize > > > for the list if there is interest. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ruth > > > > > > > > > **************************************************************** > > > Ruth Christ, Team Leader > > > Serials Bibliographic Processing > > > University of Iowa Libraries > > > Iowa City, IA 52242 Life is lived serially! > > > 319-335-6204 > > > mailto: ruth-christ@uiowa.edu > > > fax: 319-335-5900 > > > mailto:ruth-christ@uiowa.edu > > > http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/serials/ > > > ****************************************************************