catagloing audio books

I've have a lot of new audio books to prepare for our library. The question is about those with multiple cds do give each cd a barcode or just give one barcode to the whole set. You input would be appreciated.
Sammie Smith

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    • We used to do our A/V items that way - -- with the first line telling what kind of material it is. The reason we went back and changed all of them is because someone would ask, e.g, "Where are all the music CD's by Michael W. Smith?" If we had them in accession #, then we had to do a computer search, print a list, and help them locate them. This way, we just take them to the call number and "SMI".
      However, our A/V is not mixed in with the books. We have separate sections for audio books, videos, and music CDs. Our staff recognizes to reshelf them according to the last line. We have found that to be more user-friendly for our patrons, too. It is what works best for us at this time.
      The next person who is director after me may change it all back to having the last number be first!
  • I agree with the other two replies. Keep the set together in a CD notebook. We process all our audio books the same as a hardcover book - - - except the last number of our Call Number lists the CD's accession number. We put them on the shelf in Dewey Order, too. The CD number is just there if someone is hand-keying the number into the computer for check-out.
  • We catalog each set Dewey and one barcode for set. Now, when you do this it means you will only get credit for one item in circulation. If you figure out a way to count all the items in the set let me know.

    Thanks,
    Rita Kirkland
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