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In the OLIB database, several bibliographic Title records can be linked to a single Series Title. For example:
Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series
Teaching English Creatively
Learning to Teach in the Primary School
Teaching Physical Education Creatively
Teaching Mathematics Creatively
Teaching History Creatively
When a title is in a series it is common for the series to be numbered – a title/series link screen exists to allow this to be entered. If an item belongs to a series, full bibliographic details of the series can be stored in the catalogue as well as bibliographic details of the items in that series.
When you create a new Series title, you will see many fields are available in the Main tab. However, you may choose to record only the series title: the Titles tab displays the list of Titles belonging to the series.
If you already have a Title record assigned to an existing Series, you may need to change the numbering details that record how this title fits within the series. This can be done from the Title record in the Titles domain, or the Series record in the Series domain.
Example:
Deriving a number from the free text that is entered or imported is carried out according to the following process:
In OLIB the Series Title may also be linked to a Series Uniform Title. In the example below the Series Uniform Title is:
Sport (International Union of Students. Physical Education and Sports Dept.)
Normally in a bibliographic record, a Series Uniform Title is only present if it is accompanied also by e.g. a Series Title entry, or a general note relating to the series. Here is an example provided by Library of Congress:
490 1#$aSport : bulletin of the Physical Education and Sports Department of the International Union of Students ;$vv. 10
830 #0$aSport (International Union of Students. Physical Education and Sports Dept.) ;$vv. 10.
(Note: you cannot link a Title record directly to a Series Uniform Title - if you attempt to do so OLIB prevents this, displaying an error message).
Create a Series Uniform Title in the Series domain. It is created in exactly the same way as a Series Title except that you should set the Added Entry? field to Yes:
Series domain: Main tab
Title: Sport (International Union of Students. Physical Education and Sports Dept.)
Added Entry: = Yes
Series domain: Titles tab
Uniform Title For: Sport : Bulletin of the Physical Education and Sports Department of the International Union of Students
Save the details.
Note: alternatively, when adding a new series title, you can use the Uniform Title field to go on to create a linked Series Uniform Title.
When creating a new Series Title, the record must be saved (with Save & Continue) before linking to a Uniform Series Title.
Save the details.