[Lswtalk] Marc records

[Renee Grantham]

The MARC records for HOOPLA will be available to integrate into the various
ILS we all use so it will show if an audiobook, movie, song, etc. is
available in HOOPLA or as a physical item... in those of us who are
importing Overdrive records, that title would show when available in that
service as well

*Renee Grantham*
Director, Allen Parish Libraries
rgrantha at state.lib.la.us <rgrantham at state.lib.la.us>

*Comparison is the thief of joy*



On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Howard L. Coy Jr. <howardlcoy at gmail.com>wrote:

> Loretta today mentioned today that Calcasieu was looking at a service with
> new audio-books. As I was driving home and thinking about it, it occurred
> to me that as we acquire more and more services, a patron will have to look
> in several places to find a particular title. If the record is in our
> catalog database, they only have to look in one place. For example, we have
> Consumer Reports in paper, and electronic format through Zinio. Searching
> the catalog will give one both sources. If a patron wanted to know if we
> had PC magazine, and we did not download Zinio MARC records, they would
> think it was unavailable, since we do not have it in paper any longer. With
> the MARC record in our database, they will know that it was available. For
> us, this is one important reason for our online catalog to have as many
> records as possible. Many patrons searching from home, will probably not
> think to search three or four links. Just a thought.
>
> Howard
>
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