> - If there is a label that appears to be a formal series name but
> without a number, should it go in the series field? Example: 20 books
> with numbers like "(Sweet Valley High #12)" and "(Sweet Valley High no.
> 17)" but a few more without like "(Sweet Valley High)". Hard to tell if
> the book had a number that wasn't recorded, or if is part of a separated
> unnumbered collection.
When I get a set of books like this, I usually do a little online research and
fill in the series number. For long collectible series like this, it's easy to
find out which volume you're looking at even if it wasn't included in the
import info. I also do this for an author's series, e.g. "Vengeance Is Mine!"
is the 3rd book by Mickey Spillane that features Mike Hammer, so I would put
"Mike Hammer #3" in the series field, even if it doesn't appear on the book
cover. This probably doesn't qualify as a series to a librarian, but as a user,
I would want to know, so I include it. Hopefully it means that all the books
would show up if a user searched on the words "Mike Hammer".
> - If it has the word "series" in the collection name but none of them
> are numbered, should it go in the series field or edition notes? This
> gets to how strict is the definition for series.
I agree with you, it's a note. This would count as more of a collection than a
series (the "X for Dummies" books come to mind). My general rule is that the
books make more sense if you read them in order, like the Harry Potter books,
it's a series; if not, it's a note.
> If there are multiple series, it seems that they should be in different
> series fields.
Yes to multiple series fields! It's rare but challenging when it happens.
Sarah
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