It could also turn out that the master record is not the ideal place for
every kind of local data. If a copy of a book has been signed by George
Washington, that might go better into a local holdings record, rather than
the bib.
Right now, only the data in the bib is searchable in WorldCat. Somehow the
model of how data is stored, searched and displayed needs to be changed,
not only for network-level sharing of records, but for RDA as well. A lot
is changing.
We are in a really awkward transition stage, where the future model is not
finalized, but in the meantime we have to do something with our data!
Catalogers never sleep (so to speak), records keep getting created,
maintenance never ends.... It would be nice to have more clarity about
where we are going, so we don't do harm in the meantime.
************
Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389
Cataloging Librarian (206) 685-8782 fax
Suzzallo Library [log in to unmask]
University of Washington
Box 352900
Seattle WA 98195-2900
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Adam L. Schiff wrote:
> Bob,
>
> What I think OCLC needs to do is develop a way so that when a user at
> University of Washington looks at WorldCat Local, they search our local data
> and have it displayed to them, but not necessarily other libraries' local
> data.
>
> For a user who doesn't care where the books signed by George Washington are,
> being able to pull up all of the records in OCLC that have a copy signed by
> Washington could also be useful. It's just that the system needs to be able
> to tell the user which libraries have those copies. And the user needs to be
> able to specify that she only wants copies held at BYU that fit her search.
> A tall order perhaps, but such a system is probably developable.
>
> Adam
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Adam L. Schiff
> Principal Cataloger
> University of Washington Libraries
> Box 352900
> Seattle, WA 98195-2900
> (206) 543-8409
> (206) 685-8782 fax
> [log in to unmask]
> http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Robert Maxwell wrote:
>
>> I think the problem of WorldCat Local is a problem of OCLC's own making and
>> the solution to put all the local information on the master record for the
>> benefit of those who use OCLC Local isn't going to work in the long run.
>> Supposing my Library chose to go with OCLC local, I would certainly want to
>> have my own local information on the master record if that was all my users
>> could see, but I wouldn't want to show my users the University of
>> Washington's or Columbia's local information. That would just introduce
>> confusion to our own users. So if we all go to WorldCat local are we going
>> to wind up with a situation where dozens or more libraries all put their
>> local information in the master records and then we're all supposed to put
>> up with it and make our own users view local information from other
>> libraries?
>>
>> As for additional access points never hurting anyone, if I'm looking for
>> the books signed by George Washington in the my own library and, since my
>> library forces me to view my catalog through OCLC Local, I find a heading
>> "Washington, George, signer" on the master record because Columbia's copy
>> has a book signed by George Washington, that *does* hurt me. If OCLC
>> contains the local headings for George Washington signing books for a dozen
>> libraries, including my own, my users will need to sort through which ones
>> are which before coming up with the ones that actually belong to the BYU
>> Library.
>>
>> I'm extremely dubious about the proposition that we should be leaving local
>> information in master records, much less adding it.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> Robert L. Maxwell
>> Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian
>> Genre/Form Authorities Librarian
>> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
>> Brigham Young University
>> Provo, UT 84602
>> (801)422-5568
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>> Of Adam L. Schiff
>> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 12:28 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: a NACO question
>>
>> As Kate pointed out, removing local headings from the OCLC master record,
>> when the master record IS the local catalog record for those of us who use
>> WorldCat Local as our catalog (and that would include my institution),
>> would adversely affect our users. With the move toward network level
>> cataloging, we need to reconsider carefully what we do to master records
>> and what should and should not be deleted from them. Fields marked with a
>> subfield $5 should probably be left alone. Additional access points on a
>> record never hurt anyone. OCLC WorldCat probably does however need to
>> develop a better way of displaying local data in records. Imagine a record
>> with dozens of local fields from different libraries. There is always
>> going to be a need for some local data that other libraries would not need
>> or choose to include in their record. When we are all sharing the same
>> record in one shared catalog we are going to have to figure out how to let
>> everyone have what they need while keeping exceptions to standard
>> practices to a minimum.
>>
>> I'm of two minds about whether a PCC record with local access points needs
>> to have those access points under authority control. In an ideal world,
>> of course. But I think I could live with all of the access points that
>> apply to all copies of a resource being under authority control while
>> access points that are only applicable to a non-PCC library's copy not
>> needing an authority record.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Adam L. Schiff
>> Principal Cataloger
>> University of Washington Libraries
>> Box 352900
>> Seattle, WA 98195-2900
>> (206) 543-8409
>> (206) 685-8782 fax
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Ted P Gemberling wrote:
>>
>>> Amy,
>>> I sometimes put $5 in original records when I'm not sure something is
>>> purely local. I figure a cataloger with another copy might be interested
>>> in it, as you say. But if she recognizes it as being non-local when she
>>> sees the record, I'd have no objection to her removing the $5 code from
>>> the master record.
>>>
>>> And I suppose if she recognizes it as being purely local, I'd have no
>>> objection to her removing the field altogether, as long as she is mindful
>>> of the possible need another library might have for such items.
>>>
>>> When the only copy you have for reference is your own, it's hard to know
>>> sometimes whether something is unique to it. Maybe that's particularly
>>> true for rare book elements like cancel leaves.
>>>
>>> Ted Gemberling
>>> UAB Lister Hill Library
>>> (205)934-2461
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Amy Turner
>>> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 12:02 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] a NACO question
>>>
>>> My reading of the standards is that the $5 indicates that the heading only
>>> applies to certain copies of the work, not that it is "local" in
>>> construction. OCLC distinguishes between completely local notes and
>>> headings, which should not be entered on master records and can be
>>> deleted, and those that "are of interest beyond the inputting library" and
>>> are identified by $5 (cf. the section on local notes in
>>> http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/onlinecataloging/default.shtm)
>>>
>>> So, I think that the best thing to do when upgrading a record containing a
>>> $5 that one does not wish to support with an authority record is not to
>>> make it a PCC record.
>>>
>>> On the more general question of the size of the pool of PCC records, are
>>> others discouraged from making PCC records because present OCLC policy
>>> locks them from upgrades by non-PCC libraries (although LC records CAN be
>>> upgraded?). I would like for the "Expert Community Experiment" to be
>>> expanded so that any library could correct or enhance a PCC record. Or,
>>> if we really want to retain a special status for national-level records,
>>> one would think LC records would be included in that group.
>>>
>>
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