Recent changes to Map Library cataloging include changes to the Holdings 852 field, subfield c.
The previous codes were “REF” (for all non-Atlas books) and “ATL” (for atlases). Now all books and atlases will be coded “GEN.”
Example:
852 0_
$$a FU
$$b UFMAP
$$c GEN (Not: REF nor ATL)
$$h G1021
$$i .R185 1992
This change includes not having to write “MAPREF” or “ATLAS” [...]
So … you have a record with a URL in it … but we all know that many links are invalid (if you didn’t know that, please see Jessica York. She will educate you!) and you wonder if this is one of those. So you copy and you open your browser and you [...]
Betsy Simpson sent out an announcement about the procedures for electronic bookplating of items. There has been a macro created to make these bookplates easily, which although it seems daunting at first, I quickly realized how much time and effort it saves. The macro can be accessed from the F10 suite of macros [...]
Love ‘em or Hate ‘em? Send them to the owning location or plop them on your cubicle as decoration?
In answer to the question “What in the heck am I supposed to do with this book jacket?”, Doug let us know Monday that the procedure has been updated now that Library West no longer wants [...]
I would like to thank everyone who came to the Holdings refresher class/workshop/seminar … whatever! I enjoyed meeting several folks who I did not know as well as seeing familiar faces.
Now, I need to retract one thing I said in the first class, and add some information I learned after the second one.
First of [...]
Zero OCLC again. Well, it looks like another original item for me to catalog. But wait! Maybe there is copy somewhere …
One of the things that happens in the original cataloging units is the search for copy that may already exist, but it isn’t in OCLC for some reason. Recently I [...]
Major changes have been made to the Donor, Honoree, and Special Purchases procedure at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/alephpro/catmet/donorguide.html. Please take a moment to review the changes. We’ll have a quick demo at the October department meeting. Betsy
From Jim Stephens,
“Dee Hawes has informed me book jackets are no longer used for public displays in Library West. Please ask your staff, and colleagues, to remove book jackets from newly cataloged items targeted for delivery to Library West.”
So, RECYCLE those book jackets, or use them to make that drab cubicle more livable!
