Hope I'm wording this correctly. We haven't implemented Monographic parts because of the need to retrospectively change volumes so I may not be interpreting the functionality that exists correctly.
I have always thought that creating monograph parts should be done at the consortia rather than the individual library level. In order for it to work, all consortia members should use the same part label (retaining their own volume designation within their call number). Have you considering, rather than Pt 2 merging labels changing it to making managing parts permissions at the consortium level rather than the local level? That would solve the duplicate label issue and move the management further up the hierarchical structure. This would essentially control the part label vocabulary. As a corollary, though not part of your request, to me creating call number prefixes and suffixes should be at the library system level and not at the consortium level. At least in PINES, call numbers are the responsibility of the local library. Elaine _____ J. Elaine Hardy PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Spindler Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:38 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group; [email protected] Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Planned Parts Development We are looking for comment on the proposed development. Attached is the specification. -- ____________________________ Tim Spindler Manager of Library Applications [email protected] 508-755-3323 x20 IM: tjspindler (AOL, meebo, google wave) C/W MARS, Inc. 67 Millbrook St, Suite 201 Worcester, MA 01606 http://www.cwmars.org P Go Green - Save a tree! Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really necessary.
