So far our plan is to take an easier way out (we hope) than indexing the 3xx fields. Our plan is to use BCODE2 to provide deeper indexing of material formats. We will have a committee of catalogers expand the values we have so  far in BCODE2  and develop as complete as possible a list of formats in the collections and figure out how to represent  them in BCODE 2. Our ILS managers will figure out how to use  thesein the opac  in limiting searches and  by providing icons to help users on search and browse screens.

I’ll be interested in seeing the plans and comments of others.

Jack Hall

Manager of Cataloging Services

Linguistics Librarian

University of Houston Libraries

Houston, TX 77204-2000

phone: 713 743 9687

fax: 713 743 9748

email: jhall@uh.edu

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl L. Conway
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:58 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] 336-384 RDA fields and indexing

Good morning:

We are wondering:

Are  libraries planning to index RDA (336-384) fields within their library catalogs? 

We are especially interested in what others  with Innovative Interfaces catalogs are planning to do.

We are aware that III recommends that we not index these fields at this time; however, we are

undergoing a re-indexing project which should take place in July or August.

thank you,

Cheryl

Cheryl L. Conway

Head, Technical Services

Room 214-C

University of Arkansas Libraries

365 N. McIlroy Ave.

Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-4002

phone:  479-575-4812

fax:    479-575-4817