Binding practices have varied widely over the years, and it is common to drop captions from spines altogether. There may be instances where it is desirable to have spines relabeled to bring them into line with holdings statements and item records. Please refer these problems to your point person before requesting relabeling. Checkin records should not be used as models for how to list holdings information. Individual volume item records should also be in consolidated form.
Brevity is desirable, so that date information is visible on the summary screen.
Either practice is acceptable, but individual issues should not be listed if a volume is complete. Other factors in creating item records in the correct pattern Foreign language captions Dartmouth's long-term policy has been to use captions in the vernacular language. Item records should be created using the vernacular captions. If not, please report for updating. The most common example is volume and number, plus continuous whole numbers.