So are you saying that there is no unique way to identify a publication? Sort of seems like isbn is useless if that is the case....
Andrew On 11 Oct 2012, at 15:31, "Hardy, Elaine" <[email protected]> wrote: > ISBNs are not matching points. Publishers re-use the all the time, for > example (this is a particular problem with children's nonfiction series > publishers). You may reach a point where they will no longer tally with > the item in hand. Also, older books will not have ISBNs, so depending on > the overall collection in your library, you may find that ISBNs are not > dependable. > > 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 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andrew Morton > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:36 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Importing from ISBN > > Yea. > They all seem to tally to the ISBN.... > > btw, im on a mac, so marcedit may not be available... > > Andrew. > > On 9 Oct 2012, at 20:59, Jason Etheridge wrote: > >>> I was thinking that using the fast item add feature in Evergreen's >>> z39.50 workflow might be what makes it faster than batch loading the >>> bibs and adding holdings separately. >> >> Ah, I can see that. Andrew, are you getting unique barcodes for all > your books? >> >> -- Jason >
