[Eril-l] notes in ebook records

[Kathleen Folger]

Yes, we put a note in the 856 $z whenever we have a limited number of
simultaneous users--there's no note for books with unlimited users. The
wording we use is "Access limited to 1 concurrent user" (or 3 or whatever
the correct number limit is for that specific title)

We do not indicate simultaneous user limits in our openurl resolver. I
hadn't even thought about doing so before. Now I'm trying to figure out
what it might entail. I'm really curious to hear if others are doing this
and, if so, how they go about it.

-Kathleen

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University of Michigan Library
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"Nevertheless, she persisted"

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Dundon, Nuala <
ndundon at cityofwestminster.us> wrote:

> I’d be inclined to reword the 856|z to identify number of users. It is
> (albeit, marginally) more likely that the users will see the information
> there rather than up in the 5xx’s as a note.
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> Digital Services Librarian
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] *On Behalf Of *Maureen
> Richards
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 22, 2017 8:42 AM
> *To:* Amy Lynn Fry <afry at bgsu.edu>; Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org; Web
> Technologies in Libraries <WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.UC.EDU>
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] notes in ebook records
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> We would really like to have the number of simultaneous users more visible
> to our users.  It has caused lots of confusion especially when an ebook
> reading is assigned to an entire class.  Currently our records only
>  indicate the availability mode when the user is already on the ebook
> provider’s platform and our experience has been that the message on the
> vendor’s platform is often overlooked because it is or because it is not
> visible enough.
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> *From:* Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org
> <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>] *On Behalf Of *Amy Lynn Fry
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:02 AM
> *To:* Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org; Web Technologies in Libraries <
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> *Subject:* [Eril-l] notes in ebook records
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> We have gotten to the point where we really need to include notes in each
> of our ebook bib records about numbers of simultaneous users.
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> Have others of you found a need to do this retrospectively? How have you
> approached this?
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> I’m specifically interested in:
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> 1.       Where in the record did you put the note? In the link? In a 5xx?
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> 2.       What does the note say?
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> 3.       Does a note also appear within your openURL resolver, and what
> does that look like?
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> 4.       How did you handle books from the same vendor that have
> different user restrictions? For example, we have ebrary books that have 1,
> 3 or unlimited users. Do you put the same note in every book from that
> vendor (that says something like, “Connect to ebook for use restrictions,”
> or something generic like that), or do you divide up the books into
> different groups so you can give more precise notes? If you divide them up,
> how do you manage them in your knowledgebase? Do you keep custom lists?
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> We have Serials Solutions for our knowledgebase and get some MARC records
> from them for ebooks. We have Summon and 360 Link for discovery and openURL
> linking, and Innovative Sierra for our ILS.
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> Thanks for your help! If you can link me to examples that would be very
> helpful, too.
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> Amy
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> Amy Fry
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> Associate Professor, E-resources Librarian
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> Jerome Library
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> Bowling Green, OH 43403
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> afry at bgsu.edu
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> *email is the best way to reach me*
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