Hi Andrew,
We have separate material types/bibs for print journals, e-journals,
print books, e-books, etc. This allows for very discrete search limiting
in WebOPAC/Encore. But we also bring the print & e-equivalents back
together using scopes e.g. we have scopes/collections for Books (print &
e), Journals (print & e) and so on. The only disadvantage I can think of
from public perspective is that user might need to check 2 records to
confirm the extent of our holdings. However as our print journal
subscriptions decrease ....
From the administrative side, it's helpful to be able to create
lists/export print & e-holdings separately. On the other hand, there are
times when we might need to identify whether we have both print &
electronic of a title (usually for the purposes of determing whether to
discard print!) and that requires comparing 2 records.
Originally we had one record for both print & electronic but changed
this, for some reason I can't quite remember but it was to do with ERM,
in 2004/5. On balance, we believe it works better with the separate
records/material types.
Cheers,
Karen
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Subject: Print journals material types
Hello everyone,
A question about the material types for your print journals.
I would like to know if you use a separate material type for print
journals as distinct from other 'printed material' like monographs. We
currently have these lumped into one type but are thinking of splitting
out print journals.
If you do separate out your print journals, has this caused you any
problems? If you've done this and also have a "single record" policy
for electronic journals, what material type do you choose when you have
both print and e- versions? Are you doing something even more different
and interesting?
I am aware of a couple of Millennium sites that do this either way, but
I'm not too sure if there are any very strong reasons for them choosing
one over the other.
Your thoughts appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
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University of London Research Library Services
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