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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:45:16 -0600
From: Gassie Lillian W <wxw9898@USL.EDU>
Subject: Re: Holdings for Serials Reprints (David Howard)

At the U. of Southwestern Louisiana, we almost always use the original
record when we have a mix of reprint and original holdings.  We add
a note to indicate which volumes are reprints.  The exception: when
a serial is non-current or no longer received, and if the majority
of the holdings are reprints.  In that case, we use the reprint
record, and make a note to say which volumes are original editions.

Lillian Woon Gassie
woon@usl.edu
Technical Services Librarian
Dupre Library, U. of Southwestern Library

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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:15:03 -0600
From: Ann Leslie Jones <ajones@ARTIC.EDU>
Subject: Holdings for serials reprints

on Wed, 29 Nov 1995 David Howard wrote:

>Our question is: what holdings should we attach to these records, so that our
>>patrons will benefit most from the information they find displayed at the
>OPAC?

In the case of titles for which we have multiple formats (original,
reprint, and microform being the primary choices), we have two holdings
statements on each record, one for the format represented by the record and
the other for the combined holdings in all formats. We have these notes
input in such a way that the combined holdings are displayed prominantly
and the format-specific holdings buried near the bottom of the record (we
have Innopac as our OPAC). This works well because both patrons and
reference staff see what we actually have and, in case of questions about
which volumes are in a specific format, we have easy access to the answers.

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Serials Librarian                       312-443-0849 (fax)
The Art Institute of Chicago            ajones@artic.edu