[Koha-devel] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Extracting Frequency of a Serial From metadata

[RAGHAV ARORA]

Thank you so much for your prompt reply.

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On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:47 PM Hernandez, Heather <heather_hernandez at nps.gov>
wrote:

> Hi!
>
> > Even this query gives certain ambiguous values like 'SM', 'BM', 'Q',
> etc.
> > What do these values mean?
>
> My guess is that the one & two letter values are abbreviations, e.g.:
> SM = Semimonthly
> BM = Bimonthly
> Q = Quarterly
> 0 = Irregular...
>
> Current cataloging under RDA (Resource Description and Access) avoids
> abbreviations because they can be very ambiguous and confusing, so those
> abbreviations might be able to be upgraded to the full words, if that is
> what those abbreviations stand for.
>
> There is also a place for codes for frequencies in a MARC21 record, field
> 008 position 18 in Continuing Resources records:
> https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008s.html
> Perhaps those values in your records might help?
>
> Cheerio!
> h2
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