Successfully adding Kindle Fire to Library Collection for Checkout

[Sharon Foster]

Are you asking a cataloging question or a policy question?

There are at least a couple of ways to catalog it so that patrons can find
it, but the pros and cons will depend on how your OPAC displays search
results lists and individual items.

For example, go to http://www.ryepubliclibrary.org and type in the word
"kindle" in the top search box.

The search results show only the last item added to the Kindle, but if you
click on one of them, you'll see a list of the contents. Click on the "MARC
Display" button to see how the 505 Note and 700 Added entry fields are
populated.

Try a title search for "The Help" and the last two results are Kindle I and
Kindle II, but the title shown is not "The Help." You have to see the item
detail to find that "The Help" is indeed there.

You may have to try some experiments with your OPAC to find the best way to
catalog an e-reader. Also look at the MARC displays for other libraries
that have the same ILS and that have cataloged e-readers to see how they
did it.

Hope this helps,
Sharon
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Sharon M. Foster
Digital Resources Librarian

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On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Doug Cataldo
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