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Subject:    [WEB4LIB] RE: cataloging web sites
From:       lydia.bauer () bms ! com (Lydia C Bauer)
Date:       2002-06-26 9:34:09
Message-ID: 3D19C2D1.802500BF () bms ! com
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Where I work, we decided early on to go with the single-record approach. Our staff \
and clients made it very clear that they do not want to have to go through multiple \
records to see whether we have a specific issue of a journal regardless of its \
physical format.  As a multi-site institution, a method of handling separate holdings \
statements for our multople subscriptions to a journal was already established.  For \
our electronic journals, we added a virtual location and assign all of our electronic \
holdings to this location. I personally think the single-record approach is more user \
friendly.  In the general OPAC usability studies I've reviewed, it didn't seem as \
though the parts of a marc record that distinguish one physical version from another \
were high on the list of "important things users look at."  But I suppose a lot would \
depend on the user.  Its been a while since I worked in an academic library - do \
students expect and utilize the details that are available when using the \
multople-record approach?  For a related study, see Luk's focus group study \
referenced on this page: http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/research/programs/displays/
I'd be very interested in your results if you decide to do a study.
Thanks-

Lydia Bauer
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
lydia.bauer@bms.com



Karen Harker wrote:
<lots of snips below>

> I wonder if there have been any studies on the effectiveness and usability of these \
> two methods of cataloging? 
> It would be nice to have some evidence on which to base our decisions.
> 
> > > > Harvey Brenneise <HBrenne@MPHI.org> 6/21/02 1:45:24 PM >>>
> I've done it both ways (see www.mchel.org).  I see problems with both.  And then \
> there are serials.  What if you have access to the same serial from more than one \
> source?  You can certainly put in more than one 856, but then how do you deal with \
> different holdings, different access information, and so forth.  And on and on.  I \
> personally tend toward separate records myself, at least in most cases.
> 
> Harvey Brenneise
> Michigan Public Health Institute.
> hbrenne@mphi.org



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