Megan Curran said: >Currently in our catalog (SirsiDynix Horizon) we have e-book records = >separate from the records of the same title in print, although in the = >print record we include a 856 that has the URL to the e-book version. = >Currently our e-book records do not have item records attached. We are = >considering changing our records so that the bib record for the print book = >will have item records representing both the print and electronic forms, = >with no e-book bib record. This would seem a backward step to me, and contrary to both AACR2 and RDA, which would have you catalogue the electronic resource, not its original. The need for a GMD in AACR2 electronic resource records, and different 3XX fields in RDA, as well as differing fixed fields (even if you use multiple terms in 3XX) would be a compromise. We do not yet have expression level records. Were I you I would use separate records with 530/776 in each. Although the provider neutral standard does not require 530, we find patrons understand 530 better than 776.
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