Thanks for the response. I may be queen of my own OPAC,
but eventually I should like to be a contributor to AMICUS
et al. What then? Some AMICUS records lack 082. Perhaps
that would be better than adding prefix or cutter or
abbreviating in 082?
My software is Destiny by Follett. The Windows-based
product did let you select the default, and prioritised up
to 4 tags (if #1 is absent, then go to #2...etc.) Destiny
(web-based product) reads 082, or if not present then 900.
No options. I have brought this to their attention but I
need a solution for the meantime.
Elizabeth
Burnaby's Public Schools
Good places to learn
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Sent: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:49:30 -0800
Subject: Re: MARC tag 082 questions
> >When is it permissible, if ever, to change the call
number
> >in 082?
>
> In your own OPAC you are queen, and may do what
> you wish. (If 082 is default, how do you add
> Cutters? Normally 082 contains only the DDC class
> number, not the whole call number.)
>
> Most US systems set up with 082 as default, will
> take an 092 as default if present, and then the
> 082. Many Canadian systems will tale 090 as
> default, and if none 082 (or 050, 055, 060 as
> relevant). This is because OCLC uses 092 for local
> DDC numbers, while Catss used 090 for local call
> number regardless of classification schedule. You
> might try 092 and 090 to see what happens before
> changing 082.
>
> >My new software reads the number in 082 as the default,
even when a
> >local call number has been entered in 900.
>
> Speak to your vendor about 090 or 092 being
> preferred if present.
>
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