The "v." is a specific material designation that tells you the serial is held in the form of volumes, rather than some kind of discs, microfiches, postcards, or bits and bytes. But it's true that this kind of information is probably lost on the user.
----------------------------------------------------------- John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall host...@law.harvard.edu Harvard Law School Library +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 14:23 > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Recording Extent, Other Physical Characteristics, > and Dimensions for incomplete serials > > Right... but you don't need a blank "v." there waiting for you in an > electronic record, it's easy enough to record "2 v." in an electronic > record that previously had a blank there. In a printed card, you > printed > the "v." to leave space for you to later write in "2". > > In an electronic record, having a subfield with a blank "v." in it adds > no value... does it? It's just useless information, it might as well be > blank, saving entry time and making things a lot easier for software > (that otherwise has to know to ignore a blank "v.", and not bother > displaying it to the user, becuase it tells them nothing and is just > confusing). Am I missing something? >
