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• Collections & Technical Services
• June 2006
• Issue: 203

May 2006 Local Holdings Enhancements

The May 21, 2006, installation also included some enhancements to Local Holding maintenance:

• The summary field will now be part of the Local Holdings constant data records. This will allow you to include repetitive data in the summary field of the constant data record, eliminating the need to re-key the same data in multiple Local Holdings records.
  • An example would be if you wanted to add a "Retains Current 5 years" note to multiple local holdings records.
    • Previously if you created a constant data record to copy the note into the 852 $z or the 866 field, you would need to either type or copy the note into the summary field each time to complete the data entry.
    • With this enhancement you will be able to include the note in the 852 or 866 field and the Summary field eliminating the need for you to re-key the data.
• A Blank Summary Field will be added to:
  • Local Holdings Constant Data record workforms.
  • Derived Local Holdings Constant Data record workforms.
  • Existing Local Holdings Constant Data records.
• Local Holdings Workform - 853 subfield 'v' no longer a default subfield in the Local Holdings workform
  • Previously the 853 $v with a default value of 'c' (increments continuously) was added to all Local Holdings workforms.
  • Since this subfield only applied to Level 4 holdings statements and the default value that was set only applied to those items where the numbering of the issues continued, regardless of the volume numbering, the subfield the $v was removed as a default subfield.

If you have questions about Local Holdings Maintenance in the Connexion browser, please contact Mary Edgerton, by phone at 800-342-3353 or 518-443-5444, or by email, at edgertonm@nylink.org.

[OCLC - edited by L. Pinsley, OCLC Services Manager, Nylink]