Non-Roman Cataloging

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WIP (Works in Parts)

Keywords: work in parts, works in parts, works-in-parts, work-in-parts, wip, WIP WIP or Works-in-parts is an local treatment and it has primarily been used for CJK materials. WIP treatment is used when: A set of works, usually a series, which consists of volumes of different titles or parts, is presented. There is a reason that [...]

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Treatment for “goofy” ISBN

In some odd occasion, you will encounter a “goofy” ISBN number. When you’re trying to update holding or validate a new record you just created, the system keeps popping up an error message saying: “020 (Latin) occurrence 1, $a occurrence 1 – number has a check character error.” After you have double-checked the ISBN, and [...]

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