I am cataloging a 10-volume set of encyclopedias. Each as its own ISBN number but the set will be cataloged as one main entry. Therefore, my question is, do I add a discrete biblio record for each volume? Paula Corman | Acting Librarian | MIM-Musical Instrument Museum 4725 East Mayo Boulevard | Phoenix, AZ 85050 | 480.478.6000 main | 480.245.6906 direct 480.471.8690 fax | paula.corman@themim.org<mailto:mary.farmer@themim.org> | www.themim.org<http://www.themim.org>
It could go both ways, and is really a local decision. We tend to catalogue a lot of our multi-volume sets individually. This is an historical artefact; some of our 19th century sets of songsters, etc. are incomplete and or we have more than one edition of some volumes. However, for a recently published (and complete) set of encyclopedias, I would think the simplest option would be to catalogue the set in one biblio. The ISBN field (020 in MARC21) is repeatable. Elaine 2011/1/12 Paula Corman <Paula.Corman@themim.org>:
I am cataloging a 10-volume set of encyclopedias. Each as its own ISBN number but the set will be cataloged as one main entry. Therefore, my question is, do I add a discrete biblio record for each volume?
Paula Corman | Acting Librarian | MIM—Musical Instrument Museum 4725 East Mayo Boulevard | Phoenix, AZ 85050 | 480.478.6000 main | 480.245.6906 direct 480.471.8690 fax | paula.corman@themim.org | www.themim.org
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However, for a recently published (and complete) set of encyclopedias, I would think the simplest option would be to catalogue the set in one biblio. The ISBN field (020 in MARC21) is repeatable.
This is how we usually handle it, but there are drawbacks if you want people to be able to put a hold on a specific volume. Currently item-level holds can be enabled or disabled globally. If you choose to disable them, you patrons won't have a way of requesting a specific volume of your set. We have item-level holds turned off because we want the hold process to be as simple as possible, but it does cause problems when someone wants to hold a particular item. I know some folks have some developments in the works to help this situation, so I'm looking forward to seeing them. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
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