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The detailed holdings statement may be either itemized or compressed; the detailed holdings statement may be either open or closed.
When gaps occur, a mixed holdings statement is used, combining detailed and summary holdings statements.
Although Yale uses Level 4, the summary holdings statement is used to record holdings when there are no gaps within a range.
In Millennium the ability to easily view the check-in card and item records make it unnecessary for certain types of information to be duplicated in the summary holdings statement.
The current standard is intended to allow institutions to record holdings with a combination of level 3 and level 4, allowing the institution to record some Extent of Holdings areas at the summary level, while others are recorded at the detailed level, within the same holdings statement.
"If it is necessary to record both first-level and subsequent level enumeration in the holdings statement, repeat all levels of enumeration at the beginning and end of each range held". (ANSI p. 29) In the following example, a gap occurs in the subsequent enumeration level of v. 2, so both ends of the range in the first 866 repeat all levels of enumeration, even though v.1 is complete.
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Maintaining holdings statements for active serials is a staff intensive effort.
Effective immediately, as approved by the Doe-Moffitt Advisory Group, Doe locationsocations will begin using simplified holdings statements for active serials.
Although the standard now permits open-ended holdings statements, Yale policy is not to use such statements with the exception of e-journals.
Without adequate staffing to sustain the current level of maintenance, holdings statements at the enhanced level would become inaccurate and misleading over time.
To simplify processing and to make clear that Yale summary statements never ignore gaps, code first indicator as 4 for all holdings statements, even when a non-gap summary statement is recorded.
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