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Date:         Wed, 3 Nov 1993 08:28:25 EST
From:         Susan Davis <UNLSDB@UBVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: MARC Holdings Query

On Tue, 2 Nov 1993 17:49:22 EDT Jim Mouw said:

>We have a publication which contains a hyphen in its numbering.
>
>The two pieces we have are numbered volume 1-02 and volume 3-54.  How do we
>enter these into a MARC holdings statement.  v.3-54 would indicate that we
>have volumes 3 THROUGH 54 not volume 3 dash 54.  Has anyone figured this
>situation out??

*****Our interpretation of the standard leads us to use the hyphen if it
does appear on the piece.  In your example above, volume 3 thru 54 would be
expressed as v.3-v.54 (caption must appear on BOTH sides of hyphen).  We
would interpret v.3-54 as volume 3-54, one single piece.  We've used the
hyphen for a lot of GPO stuff, FDLP-2 (1993:Feb.) is a very common
structure for us.  However, in most cases there is no caption to add to
the confusion, save a report series one, such as the FDLP above.

Susan Davis, SUNY Buffalo

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Date:         Tue, 2 Nov 1993 15:22:30 PST
From:         "Marcia J. Whipple" <whipple@NOSC.MIL>
Subject:      Re: MARC Holdings Query

I may be stirring up muddy water here but I do need to ask:  Is
the publication 1-02 the Department of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms?  If so, that is not a volume
number, it is the publication number to be treated like a report
number.

I do not recognized the 3-54 pub number.  JCS puts out a number
of documents and that is their way of numbering them.

I hope I have helped and not confused.

Marcia Whipple
A Navy research & development center in San Diego
whipple@manta.nosc.mil