Maureen! Alas, here at USC we use just a very simple sequential
numbering system for our dvds. The last
dvd added to our collection has been assigned the call number LVYDVD
4779, the next one added will
be LVYDVD 4780, and so on and so forth. All rather mindless and
annoying. >:o
Cheers,
Anthony
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Anthony E. Anderson
Social Studies and Arts & Humanities Librarian
Von KleinSmid Library
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
(213) 740-1190 [email protected]
"Wind, regen, zon, of kou,
Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou."
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Maureen Tripp wrote:
Our cataloging folks have been cataloging our circulating DVDs as
(mostly) PN 1995.9, then organized by genre. They claim they could
catalog more quickly if they began using some other PN number, then
organizing them by director or by title.
Is this true? I am not a cataloger. Obviously.
Do other academic libraries use LOC to catalog their DVDs? If so, do
you use PN 1995.9, or something else?
Maureen Tripp
Media Librarian
Iwasaki Library
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
[email protected]
(617)824-8407
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