This setting determines whether the system allows you to use separate definitions for serial issues, supplements, and indexes. If your library chooses not to use separate definitions, all pieces of a serial are treated as issues.
If your library chooses to utilize this distinction, Millennium Serials will store the different types of pieces in different MARC-tagged fields and allow you to define separate checkin card parameters for the issues, supplements, and indexes of each serial.
| For consistency reasons, it is recommended that you enable or disable the option to use supplements and indexes for all logins. |
With this setting enabled, the checkin card maintenance options are affected as follows:
- Creating checkin cards - You define separate card parameters (e.g. frequency and cover date) for issues, supplements, and indexes.
- Editing checkin card parameters - You edit the card parameters (e.g. frequency and cover date) for issues, supplements, and indexes separately.
- Adding or inserting checkin card boxes - Millennium Serials has separate options for adding issues, supplements, and indexes.
- Editing holdings (LIB HAS fields) - The Holdings tab has separate entries for issues, supplements, and indexes.
| Piece Type | Defined by | Stored in | Description |
| Issues | 853 field | 863 field | The regular unit of the title |
| Supplements | 854 field | 864 field | Pieces published periodically to supplement issues |
| Indexes | 855 field | 865 field | Pieces that contain an index for the publication |
If the setting is disabled, supplements and indexes will be defined by an 853 field and stored in an 863 field, just like the regular issues.
If the setting is disabled, the user has to annotate a regular issue box with the information about indexes and supplements, e.g. create a separate box with the text "Supplement" or "Index" in the Box Note. Another approach would be to insert a Box Note saying "Includes index" or "Includes Supplement" on an existing issue box.
For additional information about how Millennium stores issues, indexes and supplements, refer to the Innovative Guide and Reference, Page # 100417: Issues, Supplements, and Indexes
