[Evergreen-catalogers] bibliographic record notes

[Mary Llewellyn]

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for the explanation. I'm not certain we'll make use of them. For one
thing, the staff would need to know to read the note for the instructions
to use a monograph part, and the tab doesn't seem to draw attention to
itself that a note is present.

Mary


On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 5:33 PM Jennifer Weston <
jennifer.weston at equinoxoli.org> wrote:

> Hi Mary,
>
> The bib record notes outside of MARC are used on the server side during
> migration projects or data projects. By making them visible through the
> Staff UI, it just provides more transparency for this kind of notation.
> Also, I like that they are not visible to the patron (like marc 500 tags)
> so you can add a helpful note to a bib record just for staff -- for
> example, "This record is used for all annual editions of the
> cross-reference directory; please do not create a new one" or "Monograph
> parts are required on this record"
>
> Also, I believe they can be used in reports so they could work like a stat
> cat for bib records with a little consortial coordination as needed. I want
> to check on that report suggestion, though. I'll let you know what I
> discover.
>
> I would be curious to see if anyone else has creative ideas for using bib
> record notes.
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Weston, MLIS
> Product and Education Specialist
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> jennifer.weston at equinoxOLI.org <jennifer.weston at equinoxoli.org>
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>
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 5:11 PM Mary Llewellyn via Evergreen-catalogers <
> evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've installed 3.8 on a test server here, and I'm going through new
>> features. I've read the release notes, but I'm unclear on the why of
>> bibliographic record notes. They are clearly outside the MARC record, but I
>> can't figure out what they would be used for. Can anyone give me a use case
>> example?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Mary
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mary Llewellyn
>> Database Manager
>> Bibliomation, Inc.
>> 24 Wooster Ave.
>> Waterbury, CT 06708
>> mllewell at biblio.org
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Mary Llewellyn
Database Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
mllewell at biblio.org
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