Date:         Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:42:06 -0700
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From:         Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: MODS user guidelines
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At 12:35 PM 4/29/2003 -0400, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>But in the last example, are you telling me "[electronic resource]" is
>in the title itself?  Or is this -- as I assume -- simply a rather
>inelegant way to attach metadata about medium to the record?

No, that's a hold-over from MARC. In the MARC record it is in a separate
subfield and can be dropped from indexing and/or display. Coding is
everything -- data elements that are separately coded can be given separate
treatment. I agree with you that the medium designation (i.e. "electronic
resource"), which is a subfield $h of the MARC title field, should be
separately coded in MODS or dropped altogether.

kc


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