Re: Interpreting ANSI standards for holdings Kathleen Thorne 08 Jul 1999 18:22 UTC
Are you talking about the acquisition status code? as in union lists? The "4" is for open entry (currently received), "5" is for a closed entry, subscription cancelled or ceased publication, and the "0" is for Information not available. That's according to ANSI Z39.42-1980, and there have been some more recent standards, but I think these values for the acquisition status code field are still in use. I could be wrong -- it's happened before -- can one of you who is more up-to-date give any further updates? Back when I was editing our CSU system's union list I could have answered with far more confidence! Kathleen Thorne former editor, Calif. State University system Union List (editor, "ZCSU Union List of Preferred Practices", 1993 & 2nd ed. 1995) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathleen Thorne, Serials Cataloger San Jose State University, San Jose CA 95192-0028 ph: (408) 924-2826 fax: (408) 924-2702 email: kathleen@email.sjsu.edu ---Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines--- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frieda Rosenberg wrote: > > Charlene, > > This is an interesting question because the Receipt Status code should > certainly be one of the useful responses to a remote query. > Locally, we are using 4 for currently received items that come through our > order system (which happens to be III). We use 1 for the many > publications that departments receive "direct" bypassing the order system. > And that's undoubtedly not uniform even across our campus! > > The only other definition here that I have ever seen is the one in > Virginia Tech's Coded Holdings Manual, which I believe in my dim memory > prescribes 4 for currently received periodicals, 1 for annuals and > irregulars. > > I'd be interested in other uses and so, I think, would many of us. When > we think of standardizing the use of this format, the fixed field is > certainly a good place to start. > Frieda > ---------- > Frieda Rosenberg > Serials Cataloging > Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > friedat@email.unc.edu > > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Charlene N Simser wrote: > > > Hello-- > > Anyone out there using ANSI/NISO Z39.71-199x (or its predecessor > > Z39.44-1986 for serials): > > > > How does your library interpret "Receipt Status" in the holdings 008 > field > > for web-based products? Do you use "4" for currently received though you > > have no physical pieces in hand? Or do you code these as "1" for other > > receipt status? What uses have you defined for "1"? We would like to be > > consistent of our coding of these resources, especially if we use > > information in that field to generate reports. > > > > Thanks for any input. > > Char > > =========== > > Charlene N. Simser > > Serials Cataloger > > KSU Libraries > > Kansas State University > > Manhattan, KS 66506 > > e-mail: csimser@ksu.edu