J. McRee Elrod | 1 Sep 03:01
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Re: Multiple movies in one record

Cab Vinton wrote:

>Many DVD's come as multiple DVD sets, with separate titles on separate discs.
>Where there is not one over-arching title for the set, any suggestions ...

One of the *very* few improvements of RDA over AACR2 is what to do in
this instance.  If there is to be one record (which our clients would
want if the discs are to be in one container and circulated together),
the cataloguer is to supply a title as opposed to stringing out
individual titles as is done in AACR2.

The various discs must have something in common for them to have been
packaged together, which would give you an idea for a supplied title,
e.g., [Classic movies of the 1950's], [Movies starring Gary Grant],
[Nature films], etc.

This RDA provision is not disallowed by AACR2, so you are not
breaking any present rule by adopting the practice now.

If you do string out the titles, the $h[gmd] is given only once after
the first title.  That was a later change in MARC21 coding; earlier it
was after the last title, but still only once.

>But I'm not sure how best to handle separate & distinct responsibility
>statements, publication info, etc.

One of the most frequent changes we make in derived DVD records is
combining responsible persons and corporate bodies in 508.  Dividing
them between 245 /$c and 508 makes no sense to most of our clients.  
For these, as for most DVDs, we would have no 245/$c, but 508's.  
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Barbara Szalkowski | 1 Sep 03:37
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Re: jacket covers and labels

Mary, 

----- "Mary Logue" <mlogue@...> wrote:  
I am hoping for some collective wisdom and expertise. We are currently 
evaluating a number of our processing procedures in Technical Services. Two 
questions have arisen on which I'd like others' opinions. 
First: do you keep dust jacket covers? Why or why not? Is this a hard and 
fast rule, or general guidelines based on type of book, based on collection, 
based on...? 

We do not keep any dust jacket covers for books for collections on the main library floors. We are a private
stand-alone law school library with no undergraduate patrons. I've been here 24 years and we didn't buy
many if any books with dust jackets in the first couple of years that I was here or before that I can recall.
The next director made a conscious decision that we would remove and discard the dust jackets. I think she
thought they made us look too much like a public library or something like that. 

We DO keep the dust jacket covers for all books that go into our Rare/Special Collections room, wanting to
keep the volumes that go there in their original conditions. We also leave the dust jacket covers on books
that professors request as desk copies or for their own use for research or reading (they have a budget line
for purchases of those materials). We didn't used to leave the dust jackets on those volumes, but a
professor requested that we leave his on, so we started leaving them on for all the professors. 

Second: what do you do about labels which go on skinnier books? Do you put 
labels on the spine? If it's a skinny book, do you trim labels so they fit 
on the spine? Do you put labels on the front cover of the book (top or 
bottom corner, or...?)? We currently put labels on the spine of the books 
and if the spine is too skinny we will trim the label so it fits. If it is 
too skinny for a "normal" label, we'll print one that will read down the 
spine, rather than line by line. 

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James Weinheimer | 1 Sep 09:07

Re: OFF-TOPIC: ordering hardcover vs. paperback books

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:35:24 -0500, Gail Gawlik <GGawlik@...> wrote:

>Hi, all.
>
>My director wanted me to ask the listserv whether most academic libraries
tend to order hardcover books because they last longer or paperbacks because
they are cheaper.  
>
>My natural leaning is toward hardcover.  First, I figure that if it's worth
adding to the collection, then we should want it to be part of the
collection for a long time.  Secondly, I don't want to be replacing the item
anytime soon and there is the problem that sometimes things go out of print
and you can't replace them.  Also, it does cost extra money for the second
issue and the time to process it.  
>
>Of course, paperbacks are cheaper, at least initially. And is something is
out of date, then you haven't invested much in it and can get a replacement
for just a small price. 

This decision may be made for us. See: "Dire Warning to Publishers: The End
of Hardbacks" [http://lisnews.org/dire_warning_publishers_end_hardbacks]
quoting from the Financial Times that because of Google pricing, "Hardback
books could be killed off if Amazon’s e-books and Google’s digital library
force publishers to slash prices, warns Arnaud Nourry, Hachette's chief
executive."

Let's face it: it doesn't cost *that much more* to case the book as a
hardback, so I think it would be good for the entire industry if prices 
would come down to something more reasonable. 

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Mary Saunders | 1 Sep 14:12
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Re: OFF-TOPIC: Ordering hardcover vs. paperback books

      Depending on the price difference between the hardcover and the paperback, you may find it less expensive
to purchase the paperback and then have it bound.

Mary Saunders
Cataloger
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
LMA Bldg.
Augusta, ME  04333-0064

207-287-5620
207-287-5638 fax

msaunders@...

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Elizabeth Perlman | 1 Sep 15:50
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Daily Typo - September 1, 2009

Typo of the Day for Librarians

September 1, 2009

Septebmer, Septembeer, Septmber, Septmember (for September)

Happy September!

September is known for being when school starts, and since it is the month with the longest name, we must
school ourselves not to forget any letters, or get carried away and add them. Today's typo lists a number of
varieties on the name of the month, each of which only has a few entries in OhioLink.

Today's image from Wikimedia Commons shows the Little Red Schoolhouse in Brunswick, NY.

Liz Perlman Bodian
Chicago Public Library

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Margit Smith | 1 Sep 16:30

Re: jacket covers and labels

Hi, Mary

Here we remove dust jackets from all books, except those that go into the children's collection. We then put
the barcode on the upper right hand corner of the lower cover, and the call number on the spine. If the spine
is too narrow, the label goes on the top left hand corner of the upper cover. Reading the label in a
horizontal fashion is more difficult for the shelvers.

If you are interested in the dust jacket as such, its history etc., please read my article "DJs in the library
- dust jackets that is, not the music makers", in Archival Products NEWS Volume 14, No. 1. It also talks
about some preservation issues.

Margit

Margit J. Smith, Associate Professor

Head of Cataloging and Preservation

Copley Library

University of San Diego

Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110

619/260-2365 (phone)

619/260-7763 (fax)

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Julia Huskey | 1 Sep 15:27
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Our collection development librarian says that often, softcovers hold up better than hardcovers. Very
occasionally a softcover will need to be rebound, but it's still less expensive than purchasing a hardcover.

Julie Huskey
Catalog Librarian
Mercer University, Jack Tarver Library
Macon, GA 31207

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Myers, John F. | 1 Sep 17:40
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Re: jacket covers and labels

Question 1: We do not normally keep dust jacket covers.  The reasons
mostly are lost to history, I suspect.  I do not doubt that the
historical bias of academic collections against dust jackets is the
earliest of them.  The ones I use for justification currently are the
added expense of mylar covers to protect them and the added space
involved (guessing 3k books with jackets a year, times 6 pages of added
thickness = 18k pages or the rough equivalent of 60-90 extra books or
2-3 full shelves of material, and our shelves are packed).  We do make
exceptions for temporarily retaining jackets for a small "Current
Reading" browsing collection, and permanently retaining jackets for
Special Collections materials.

Question 2: We do not trim labels.  Nor do we use special labels to
accommodate vertical printing.  If the segments of the call number are
sufficiently narrow to match the width of the spine, then we wrap the
right side of the label onto the front cover so that the call number is
fully visible.  If this doesn't work, then the label goes on the front,
at the same height as the spine labels and about a quarter inch in, so
as not to interfere with opening the cover.

John F. Myers, Catalog Librarian
Schaffer Library, Union College
807 Union St.
Schenectady NY 12308

518-388-6623
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Kitty Marschall | 1 Sep 17:53

Re: OFF-TOPIC: Ordering hardcover vs. paperback books

----- "Mary Saunders" <msaunders@...> wrote:
> Depending on the price difference between the hardcover and the
> paperback, you may find it less expensive to purchase the paperback
> and then have it bound.
> 

Even for rebound paperbacks, we find that a great deal depends on the glue and binding of the original. Some
rebound books lose pages just as quickly as if they had never been rebound. Some paperbacks are produced
with sufficient care and quality that they will last as long as most hardbacks (with moderately good care) 

Unfortunately, this sort of thing can only be guessed at, and your best guide is experience with a
publisher. Dover is my gold standard in paperback printing, but there are more who do a good job than there
used to be. 

Kitty Marschall
Catalog librarian
Cushwa-Leighton Library
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556

"In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice,
  but in practice, there is." 

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Gail,

We order primarily hardcover for their durability.  For a small fee our
vendor will convert anything that isn't available as a hardcover into
one using the original paperback cover as part of the new binding.  It's
very well done - they look really good and definitely last longer.

Liz Resseguie
Technical Services Librarian
Paul Smiths College
P.O. Box 265, Rts. 86 & 30
Joan Weill Adirondack Library #103
Paul Smiths NY 12970-0265
518-327-6354
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