[Koha-patches] [PATCH] 3040 : seriestitle mistaken as collection title

[Ricardo Dias Marques]

Hi Henri,

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 08:50, LAURENT
Henri-Damien<henridamien.laurent at biblibre.com> wrote:

> series is a tricky word indeeed.
> Because it is both the name for the title of a periodical/journal
> (seriestitle is meant for that),
> and the name for what we call in France "Collection" of an editor.
> So that, there is a kind of uncomfortable mixture between both.
> We need a way to get one or the other. Because the label display for each of
> them should be different (in French).
> This is why I sent this patch, and this is why collectiontitle should be
> used in 225 even though the UNIMARC tag in English is Series.

You know... You're absolutely right! In fact, *I* have been misled by
the "Series Title" label for the 225 tag and I wrongly thought that it
referred to Periodical / Journal titles.

I found out that the Portuguese version of the UNIMARC specification
*does* use the word "Colecção" ("Collection") for that same 225 tag:

Unimarc, Bibliográfico, 1, português, 225 Colecção
http://www.unimarc.info/bibliographic/1/pt/225


To check this, I have been browsing the catalog for the "Biblioteca
Nacional de Portugal" (National Library of Portugal) -
http://porbase.bnportugal.pt/

And, like you said, for a "regular" Collection ( like "Cliffs Notes" -
http://www.cliffsnotes.com ), namely the Portuguese version of "Cliffs
Notes" called "Apontamentos Europa-América", the tag 225 is used:

http://porbase.bnportugal.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=Y247133HN7478.72163&profile=porbase&uri=full=3100024~!125057~!0&fullmarc=true&aspect=subtab11&menu=search&source=~!bnp&view=items&ri=14&staffonly=&term=cliffs+notes&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab11&menu=search&ri=14

Shortened URL for that long URL:

http://tinyurl.com/m55ova


Some fields of that record (in 225 $a we have the name of the Collection):

------------------------------

200: 	
1 	$aAs aventuras de Huckleberry Finn [de] Mark Twain$fJames L.
Roberts$gtrad. Maria Salema

225: 	
2 	$aApontamentos Europa-América$v6

304: 	
  	$aTít. orig. : Cliffs notes on : Twain's Huckleberry Finn

675: 	
  	$a820(73)-31 Twain, Mark .09(075)$vBN$zpor
------------------------------


In that same catalog, for (Academic) Journals, the 530 tag - "Key
Title (Serials)" is being used instead:

Unimarc, Bibliographic, 2.3, English, 530 Key Title (Serials)
http://www.unimarc.info/bibliographic/2.3/en/530


Here's the record for "Análise Social" ("Social Analysis") -
http://analisesocial.ics.ul.pt/?no=5510002 - that is a Portuguese
academic journal:

http://porbase.bnportugal.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=Y247133HN7478.72163&profile=porbase&uri=full=3100024~!70139~!0&fullmarc=true&aspect=subtab11&menu=search&source=~!bnp&view=subscriptionsummary&ri=17&staffonly=&term=an%C3%83%C2%83%C3%82%C2%A1lise+social&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab11&menu=search&ri=17

Shortened URL for that long URL:

http://tinyurl.com/le5ggp

Here are some fields of that record (in 530 $a we have the name of the
Periodical / Journal, that is "Análise Social"):

------------------------------
200: 	
1 	$aAnálise social$fed. e propr. Gabinete de Investigações Sociais do
Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Financeiras$gdir. J. Pires
Cardoso
207: 	
 0	$aV. 1, no1 (Jan. 1963)-
210: 	
  	$aLisboa$cI.S.C.E.F.,$d1963-
215: 	
  	$d23 cm
326: 	
  	$aTrimestral
530: 	
1 	$aAnálise social
------------------------------


> So Yes you are right about UNIMARC spec, and yes, series could be the name,
> but how would you then call the title of a journal ?

To sum things up, I agree with you and your patch, Henri! The name
"Collection" is appropriate for the 225 tag and, in fact, the
Portuguese translation of the UNIMARC spec uses that name.

Thanks for your time and explanation.

Cheers,
Ricardo