Hi Everyone--
When considering whether to treat a series statement as 'traced' or
'untraced',
our system currently uses 'a' and/or 'b' in the 008 byte 12 (of an LC
authority
record) as a determining factor. Our MARS rule is stated this way:
"Traced
means any
series record with a 645 $a 't' OR a value of 'a' or 'b' in the 008
[12]."
For those who request it, we will narrow this down to be "645 $a 't' AND
a value of 'a' etc."
After feedback from several of our clients and careful research and
consideration on our part, we have decided to amend this to include
'z'.
The rule will now read:
"Traced
means any
series record with a 645 $a 't' OR a value of 'a', 'b', or 'z' in the
008
[12]."
Thanks - if you have any specific concerns about this change, please
don't
hesitate to contact your Backstage Project Manager.
We have also posted this notice on our community Forum -- if you would
like to join in or begin a discussion on this topic, please feel free
to go to the following link, click on the Forum button, and join in:
http://ac.bslw.com/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=22
If you'd like to peruse our wiki or other site options, you can go here:
http://ac.bslw.com/community/
We welcome your feedback and/or comments.
--
Judy Archer
MARS Project Manager
Backstage Library Works
1-800-288-1265 ext. 254
jarcher@bslw.com