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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Collective Experience,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What are the different ways that people deal with the “Generic TV Show, Season 2, Disc 3” situation? Specifically, does any catalog treat them as volumes of a series?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once upon a time, we cataloged, packaged, and circulated the season as a unit. However, this wasn’t popular with patrons and we realized we were losing circs, so we went to giving each disc its own bib and item record. This allowed people to reserve and borrow them one at a time in whatever order they wanted. Theoretically.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An alternate that’s sometimes been floated here is to have one bib for “Generic TV Show, Season 2” and make each disk a volume. Has anyone out there done this, and how well does it work? Can we look at your catalog?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And has anyone found any other strategy that you think is really excellent?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TIA,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Allen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Coordinator, Cataloging and Acquisition<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cuyahoga Falls Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body><br />--
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