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message 1: by annob [on hiatus] (last edited Feb 04, 2018 08:38AM) (new)

annob [on hiatus] (annob) | 4048 comments Hi,
as a new GR Librarian who rely heavily on the LibMan and other guides to learn the ropes, I've noticed a few tooltips and guide texts regarding book series naming / numbering in need of a small update.

In the Librarian Manual, the section about book title field, current series naming examples indicate the syntax should be (seriesName #N). The LibMan mentions an earlier convention to add a comma between the series name and the sequence number of the book within the series.

The tooltip and guide text on the Add New Book / Edit Book pages still instruct (by giving examples) the use of a comma in the series name. These book page guide texts are what I wish should be updated to be aligned with the current Librarian Manual instructions. Please see pictures below from the Add New Book page.

Mouseover tooltip linked to the Book Title field, with a series naming example including a comma:
TooltipTitleField_bookEditPage


Guidelines text on the Add New Book page with series example including a comma:

TooltipTitleField_bookEditPage


Please let me know if I have gotten the instructions all wrong of course, or if there is another forum better suited for my request.


message 2: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments Hi annob, there is already a thread discussing this in the Additions to Manual folder (sometimes it is a toss-up where to post threads :) )

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 3: by Emy (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments See this thread for a longer recent discussion on the same question.

Short answer, "SERIES, #1" AND "SERIES #1" are both considered correct.


annob [on hiatus] (annob) | 4048 comments I'm glad to hear there already is a thread where this topic is discussed. Thank you both for directing me to it!


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