For our streaming content, we current add info to the existing DVD record.  
About 5 years ago when we were deciding how to catalog streaming content, there 
was a pretty even mix between libraries creating separate records and those 
adding on to existing records.

Here's what we do:

http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b3765414~S12


*         Add a second 007

*         506 with permissions

*         533/538 with format info

*         856 with link

Thanks,


Kim Stanton
Head, Media Library
University of North Texas
[email protected]
P: (940) 565-4832
F: (940) 369-7396


From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ciara Healy
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Two in one day!! FMG FOD and MARC records

Is it wrong to use the existing MARC records of the streaming FMG titles you 
also have on the shelf and just add an 856 field with the link? And then copy 
catalog the rest? Only the cataloger knows. Though going directly from a spread 
sheet to a MARC record is way better if it can be done in one fell swoop.
Ciara

On 9/14/2010 6:18 PM, Foster, Jennifer wrote:
We have acquired access to a couple of FMG Films on Demand Collections. Here's 
what their web site says about MARC records:

Are MARC Records available for titles in Films On 
Demand?<javascript:toggleElement('faq201');>
MARC records are not typically created for digital streaming video titles. MARC 
records for most DVD & VHS items are available from Films Media Group, and some 
institutions have adapted these for digital use. To inquire about availability 
and cost of these records, please call 800-257-5126 and press 2 for a customer 
service representative to assist you. Other institutions have used FMG-provided 
metadata as substitutes for MARC records.

This is inadequate for us. We have a collection with hundreds of films from 
them and our ONE cataloger is having to create MARC records for each film so 
that they can be accessible to our students. What are others doing? We are 
unwilling to place a link to the database without catalog records, as we tried 
that with Alexander Street Press and that got virtually no usage.

PSU in Portland has done records for one collection, but we have a couple of 
them. Suggestions are appreciated...jen

Jennifer Foster
Media Librarian
The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library
361.570.4195
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu






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