** Please forward to appropriate staff.**
Good afternoon SWAN membership -
In order to better serve our members and patrons, the SWAN Bibliographic Services team and
the Cataloging Advisory Group have been working on a new set of guidelines for Blu-ray/DVD
combo packs. The guidelines are similar to their previous version with some changes made
to help our members better distinguish between combo pack records and records for their
component parts, provide better visibility and transparency for our patrons, and improve
bibliographic record matching based on UPC.
Please read the updated support site document: Combo
Packs<https://support.swanlibraries.net/documentation/64629>29>.
Note the section about the new 590 term "COMBO PACK". Its behavior in Enterprise
is detailed in the 590 Field: SWAN
Format<https://support.swanlibraries.net/documentation/64634> document. SWAN has
spoken to Midwest Tape, and they are implementing a change to all SWAN library profiles to
include the new term on combo pack bibliographic records. Other vendors may require
individual action by libraries.
SWAN is planning a cleanup of existing records to reflect the new standards. Libraries are
not responsible for performing this cleanup, but Cataloging Libraries should feel free to
update existing records if preferred.
Thank you, and please submit a ticket if you have any questions.
Scott Brandwein
Bibliographic Services Manager
scott@swanlibraries.net<mailto:scott@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7455
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> *
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