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Playaways

In case you have yet to encounter one, Playaways are little preloaded digital audio books. Larry ordered a lot of them for leisure Reading, and 30 or so have arrived. These are all we'll have for a while, as Larry wants to wait to see how users respond to them before investing more into them. They will be in locked individual cases when on the shelf, but even when not locked they are hard to open, especially if you try pulling from the center. It's easier to pull the case apart at either the top or bottom outside corner.

When cataloging them treat them as audio books for leisure. LOCAL PRACTICE is to treat these as Sound recordings instead of Electronic resources. OLAC decided to treat these as GMD [electronic resource] (see documentation link below). Our interim decision is to treat these as GMD [sound recording] for now. 6/26/2008.
Playaways will

  1. have item type "Leisure"
  2. live with the other audio books
  3. circulate from both Central and the Media Center
  4. have the call "Playaway" with no numbering
  5. have a piece count of 1
  6. go to Circulation (Yolanda) when cataloged, not Marking

And please remember to remove the "+|e" from the 300 field since even though they come with ear buds and an extra battery, they won't have them when they circulate (the Media Center will provide rechargeable batteries & ear buds or earphones if users need them). Also in the 300 I've found mistakes in the |c: the closest size is 9 x 6 cm., not 8 x 5. I've also noticed that the 260 is often wrong or incomplete regarding the Playaway format. It should include this:

Chagrin Falls, Ohio :|bFindaway World,|cp2006.

Among other problems I've seen are:

  1. the omission of 710s for Findaway World, LLC.
  2. missing or incorrect series (included even if not on the Playaway or its container)
  3. non-LCSH headings with |vSound recordings without appropriate LCSH headings

See Documentation for how to catalog Playaways -- with the exception that a local decision was made on 6/26/2008 to describe Playaways with GMD [sound recording] in the 245 |h.


Created July 20, 2007. ZB; rr;ae;032008
Updated June 26, 2008. ZB