Cataloging @ UWCSEA East: Wheelers ebooks primary

There is good information in on the Wheelers page - summaries, series and sometimes genre designations - but also check any print records in Destiny for information as well. We want to be consistent between the print and ebook copies in terms of series name, subject headings, genre designations, etc. 

Convert to RDA. This will make the material type [ebook] appear in the title display.

BRIEF TITLE TAB

• Author: use Find Heading to check against what is already in our catalog for author names; be consistent.
• ISBN; the Wheelers record will display the ISBN for the ebook.
• Material Type; change to Electronic book.
• Extent: the Wheelers records should indicate the number of pages.
• Size: delete any information here

SERIES/NOTES TAB

• Series and Volume: retain or add the series information here if applicable. If adding information, use Find Heading to choose the series name.
• Interest Level; choose the appropriate level. All records MUST have an interest level. If unknown, get from Titlewave, then Peters.
• Summary: if not there, find one from goodreads.com

SUBJECTS TAB

• Make sure the word Fiction or Nonfiction is included in the subject headings. If it isn't there, add as a local subject heading.
• Add the Local SH (690 tag) "Wheelers ebooks."
• If multiple copies have been purchased, add the Local SH (690 tag) "Multiple copies ebooks." 

RESOURCES TAB

• This will be included in the Wheelers record.

RDA TAB

• Media type: add the media type "computer".

ADD COPIES

• Assign next barcode
• Call number: PR_EBOOK then ABC for fiction or 123 for nonfiction.
• Purchase price: leave blank
• Circ type: OK for all primary or for Sec, Library: Secondary in general.
• Sublocation: East Pri Lib E-book for Primary, or East Sec Lib: FIC / NON-FIC for Secondary
• Vendor: Wheelers
• Invoice: indicate the appropriate invoice

Wheelers books need to be 

1. Move article to box (The, A, An) so title will sort correctly.
2. Imported to Marc Magician and add to a RL named Wheelers XXX (where XXX is the invoice number) and relevant edits made:
   1. Extent: 1 electronic resource (xxx pages)
   2. subject headings: Wheelers ebooks, Fiction or Nonfiction, Genre (using Primary and Secondary lists), other SHs
   3. Note if it is a translation.
   4. Change 440 field to 490 field.
3. Login into Destiny as a district admin and go to All Sites. Edit records. The click on each site where the records should be added and use Add Title to add the record to each site. Remember to search by Electronic Books to find the record.
4. May need to add an image - take from the Wheelers page.
5. In the Wheelers platform, titles with 26 checkouts need to have their loan periods amended to 20 days instead of 10.
6. Notify the relevant TLs of the new titles and ask if they want age restrictions put into the Wheelers platform.