academic libraries Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers

[David J. Fiander]

Jason,

There are a couple of possible situations.  In the case of bound journals, 
there are multiple distinct items all linked to a single bib record.

The other, rarer case, is when two bibliographically distinct items are 
bound together (if you're into old-school science fiction, think "Ace 
Double", for a simple example).  There are several different ways of 
recording such a beast, but there's usually a "main" title, and an added 
record for the "bound with" title.  This was probably actually easier to 
display in the old print card catalogue that with most modern catalogues.

(Similar sorts of documents appear frequently in multilingual countries, 
where a document and it's translation into the other official language will 
be bound together, but that's a bit easier to cope with, since the two 
documents are just different manifestations of the same work.)

Might that be what you're thinking of?


Jason Etheridge wrote:
> re: academic features
> 
> Another one came to mind (and this might be a public library feature
> too that PINES just didn't ask for) and I'm wondering if anyone out
> there could elaborate on it.  I'm not sure what moniker it's known by,
> but it has something to do with binding or bound items.  My impression
> is that the feature calls for an given item to be linked to multiple
> bib records.  Can anyone confirm that and/or give a rationale, use
> case, etc.?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- Jason


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David J. Fiander
Digital Services Librarian