Gerry:
I believe that any ILS (Integrated Library Systems) that allows you a
choice of which fields you would like indexed (at the time of intial
setup), can allow you to the index the 210 as a title, as you found in the
LANL library.
We briefly considered indexing the 210 (abbreviated title) but decided
not to because there is no consistency among the many indexing agencies as
to what is the "proper" form of abbrevition for the title in question. IF
it were consistent, then it might aid our patrons who can also search our
online resources and then toggle to our online catalog to see if we have
the cited title in question. The problem is that upon seeing some
abbreviations, and not the particular one you have from some index, is
that then the patron is left to think we do not have the title in
question, when in fact we may, but just not that variation of the
abbreviation.
So our conclusion was to leave the 210 unindexed in the MARC record.
Staff or patrons who are really interested can display the MARC version of
the record if they really want to see the 210 (of course, they need to
know what a 210 is to begin with).
-- Mitch
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On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, account for net dev and marc wrote:
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 97 12:14:09 CDT
> From: "Gerry McKiernan" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Roger, Two-Ten, and Out: Access and Display of Abbreviated
> Journal Titles In OPACs
>
> Roger, Two-Ten, and Out:
> Access and Display of Abbreviated Journal Titles
> In OPACs
>
> For my other ever-ending review of Data Mining and
> Knowledge Discovery in Database (KDD) [which I am
> interpreting technically as well as theoretically,
> philosophically and in practice], I am interesting in
> learning about online public access systems (e.g
> OPACs) that offer users the ability to search and/or
> browse/scan journal title abbreviations in the local
> OPAC. I have identified one OPAC and one paper
> relating to this functionality. The paper is by
> Kathleen Pratt who describes the LANL OPAC in her
> spine-tingling [:->] article
>
> "Accessing abbreviated journal titles in the online
> catalog at Los Alamos National Laboratory" _Serials Review_
> v .22 (Summer 1996): 57-59. [Our copy of this issue is
> currently on vacation, so I have not been able to read it {:->]
> However ....
>
> If one, [if one?], accesses the LANL OPAC and
> browses the title field with an abbreviated journal title
> (e.g. Ser Rev) one finds the abbreviated title listed
> alphabetically in order with other 'SER' titles. Please
> find below a (modified) screen shot for
>
> Sequential test procedures for detecting protracted materials losses (1)
> Sequential tests of statistical hypotheses (1)
> Sequential trigger procedure for use in monitoring nuclear power plant
> The sequestration of metals; theoretical considerations and practical
> Sequoyah Unit 1 Charge Converter Examination Results (1)
> >>> SER. REV (1)
> Seramikku detabukku '86 (1)
> SERBER SAYS ABOUT HIGH ENERGY PROCESSES AND NUCLEAR FORCES (1)
> SERBER SAYS ABOUT MESOTRONS (1)
> Serber-Wilson method formulae and computation methods (1)
> SerboCroatian-English dictionary (1)
>
> I am particularly interested in:
>
> A> Existing or Current Vendor plans for this functionality
> and
> B> Personal and/or Professional Views on the Value
> and Usefulness of the functionality!
>
> BTW: The Two-Ten above refers to the MARC 210 field.
> With regards to abbreviations in general, I'd recommend
> that these be ISO and/or ANSI and that there be the
> ability to add additional standard abbreviations [e.g
> those established and accepted by an professional society
> or an abstracting and indexing service] in additional
> 210 fields]
>
> Citations to any and all related work would also be
> of great interest!
>
> <strong> Thanks ! </strong>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerry McKiernan
> Curator, CyberStacks(sm)
> Iowa State University
> Ames IA 50011
>
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