OPAC Display Tab

The OPAC Display tab contains information about displaying a serial’s issues in the catalog. This tab includes the following information.

To view MARC holdings and recently arrived issue text as it would display in the e-Library, use the Display Bibliographic Description Helper.

The following fields are defined for the OPAC Display tab.

Automatically Update MARC Holdings

The Automatically Update MARC Holdings field determines the creation and display of MARC Holdings records. This option enables the creation of MARC Holdings generally for the entire serial control. If this field is selected when a serial control is created, a linked holdings record is created. When MARC Holdings are created from serial control, each holdings record linked to a serial control displays in the catalog listed first by library, then location, then the collapsed issue statement.

For example:

MAIN––
Location:
STACKS
Holdings:
v.1:no.9 (2002:May 1) – v.1:no.15 (2002:Sept. 1),
v.2:no.7 (2003:July 1) – v.2:no.8 (2003:Aug. 1)

This Automatically Update MARC Holdings field must be selected before individual distributions for each serial control may be selected. In order for issues to be added to the MARC holdings, however, the Update MARC Holdings Records field must also be selected for each distribution that you want to list MARC holdings.

If this field is selected when a serial control is created, a distribution that is selected to automatically update MARC holdings is created.

Form Of Name To Display

The Form of Name to display field determines what issue information will be transferred to the 599 entry of the bibliographic record. You may have a catalog display of either the issue’s enumeration, the issue’s chronology, or both the enumeration and chronology of the issues.

For example:

Recently arrived: MAIN––V. 1 NO. 16;V. 2 NO. 9;
Recently arrived: MAIN––OCT 1, 2003;SEP 15, 2003;
Recently arrived: MAIN––V. 1 NO. 15 SEP 1, 2003;V. 1 NO. 1, SEP 15, 2003;

When prediction records are auto-generated and only an enumeration pattern or only a chronology pattern is defined, you must select either Chronology or Enumeration in the Form of Name to Display field of the OPAC Display tab to match the defined value.

If the default Both is selected, and the chronology and enumeration were defined to be the same, the defined value will display in duplicate.

For example:

Recently arrived: MAIN––APR 2003 APR 2003, MAY 2003 MAY 2003

Holding Code

The Holding Code field appears only if your library does not use serials distributions. If your library uses serial distributions, the library and location updated in MARC holdings will always correspond to the library and location of the distribution holding code.

A holding code is a short code that represents copy-level information, such as Item Type and Location. The Holding Code is used to provide required copy-level information at the time the record is loaded as a process of cataloging, acquisitions, or serial control. Each Holding Code policy definition provides several pieces of necessary information which is expanded into data when an item record is loaded into SirsiDynix Symphony. Holding codes are maintained using the Holding Code wizard in the Cataloging Configuration wizard group.

Number Of Most Recently Arrived Issues To Display As A Note

On the OPAC tab of the Serial Control record, this field determines whether information about recently arrived issues will be automatically added to the 599 entry of the bibliographic record for each library distribution. The number that is specified determines how many of the issues recently arrived will be included in the note. Each received issue, including special issues, is included in the same entry, separated by semicolons, in the order that it was received. When the number of issues specified is exceeded, the first receipt is removed and the most recent is listed last. In multiple library systems, a Recently Arrived note is printed for each defined Library distribution.

An example for a Single Library:

Recently arrived: MAIN––V. 1 NO. 15 SEP 1, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 16 SEP 15, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 14 AUG 1, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 17 NOV 1, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 13 JUL 1, 2003;

An example for Multiple Libraries:

Recently arrived: MADISON––V. 1 NO. 5 JAN 5, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 4 JAN 4, 2003;
Recently arrived: KERSHAW––V. 1 NO. 5 JAN 5, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 4 JAN 4, 2003;
Recently arrived: LIMESTONE––V. 1 NO. 5 JAN 5, 2003;
V. 1 NO. 4 JAN 4, 2003;

Although you may always select this field, it is most useful in the following situations.

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