Hello Jane -
We take the line of least resistance - gratefully accept the field where present in imported records, don’t worry about its absence in older or original cataloguing. Noone's ever commented on the inconsistency.
Heather
Heather Jardine
Bibliographical Access Manager
City of London Libraries
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From: Bibliographic standards in UK libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Faux
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Subject: 520 Summary etc field
Hello,
Does anyone routinely include a 520 Summary etc field in catalogue records? Our OPAC can now display this field so we would like to start coding it, and while it is present in some imported records it is not present in our older catalogue records or any original cataloguing we do. How do people derive the summary? Would transcribing the blurb on the back of a book be sufficient?
Thanks for your time
Jane
Jane Faux BSc(Hons) MSc MCLIP
Education Liaison Librarian
Library
Newman University
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