LM_NET,
It seems as though no one had a good source for MARC records for textbooks :-(
My original request:
Does anyone know a source for MARC records for textbooks? If not, does
the group have any collective wisdom to offer about how to enter such
material? The last time any LM_NETTER seems to have addressed this issue
was 1999! Surely someone out there has already created records for these
items?!!!
Two solutions were mentioned: 1) Create your own "quick and dirty" record. 2)
Contact the publisher/vendor rep for records.
One thing was clear...if there was such a source, lots of folks would be interested
in using it.
Thanks,
Andrea Hynes, Librarian
Graham Elementary School
10024 204th Street East
Graham WA 98338
ahynes@seanet.com
Here are the responses I received:
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No, I'm sorry, I do not have a source for textbook MARC records but if
you find one, please post a hit! About 4 years ago I began cataloging
the textbooks for my principal (I only do the cataloging--I do not check
out the textbooks, etc.--huge mess), but I couldn't find any source for
them. I too checked the LM_Net archives without any luck. I just catalog
them from scratch, but to be honest, it is just a "quick and dirty" job
with only the basic info needed. I have had a lot of trouble even
finding the basic information online and have found it is best to have
the actual book in front of me while cataloging. There are some online
sources of textbooks where I could type in the ISBN number to get basic
info (title, author, and publisher).
***
What I do is give each textbook a TXT call number and use the ENG, MTH,
SSC etc. Then I just fill in the Title, ISBN, Cost, Pub., Copyright,
notes (if any), and source.
***
Contact your rep from the publisher. I can't remember what they told us, but
they do have them. I am district textbooks custodian for district of 2000
students. I do my own cataloging. 1st author, title, publisher ISBN price
of book. I add copies in block as long as the barcodes are consecutive. I
could get by with title and price if I really wanted to do a brief, brief
record. I don't worry about edition, because I always hunt by ISBN. I have
been doing the job 7 years.
***
I use Textlink from Follett and have to do "original cataloging" on each
record. It is really a fill in the blanks for a quick record. There is
no need for subject headings or summary statements. It does not take
very long. It takes me all of about 3 minutes to catalog the text books
in my program.
If you really want MARC records, try the vendor or publisher.
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