Make Linking Levels in Service Record more general
The Linking Level in the service record is a hierarchy clearly designed for journals. Books are thrown in as an afterthought, and there is no room for streaming media. The hierarchy would be improved by making it independent of media type. Change the linking levels in the following way:
Change "Article" to "Article/Chapter"
Change "Article DOI" to "Article/Chapter DOI"
Change "Issue" to "Issue/Part"
Leave "Volume" the same
Combine "Journal" and "Book" into "Work (Journal/Book/Media)"
Change "Database" to "Database/Collection"
Leave "Citation" the same
This would accommodate collections which contain streaming media, and collections which contain more than one format, such as books and journals. It also allows for access to subdivisions of books in the same way the current levels allow for subdivisions of journals. It is a more flexible hierarchy which can be applied to any electronic resource.
Steve McDonald
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