It has long been LTLS practice to
allow LINC libraries the option of circulating the individual components of a
set from a bibliographic record for the entire set. This practice currently prevents our
users from placing their own requests for individual components. In addition, it sometimes causes
confusion about what, exactly, users are requesting—for example, the entire
third season of Gilmore Girls, or
just the disc that contains the first few episodes of season three—and
consequently affects customer service. To avoid these problems, from now on
we ask that any library wishing to individually circulate the items in a set
say so in a note to the LTLS Cataloging Center staff (attached to the set) so they know to provide a
separate bibliographic record for each item.