[ILL-L] RLIN migration into OCLC, or why there are all these OCLC records with no holding symbols attached

[joseph augustin]

Also,
     won't many such records disappear after each batch holdings download
OCLC performs?

-- 
Joe Augustin
Interlibrary Loan & E-serials
Earlham College (IEC)
(765) 983-1307
ill at earlham.edu


On 11/1/07, Jennifer Kuehn <kuehn.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
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>  Colleagues-
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> Since we've had a number of inquiries to the listserv in the past few
> months about why there are OCLC records with no library symbols attached, I
> contacted Dennis Massie (formerly of RLIN but now at OCLC)  for an
> explanation to share with you. It seems it is a temporary phenomena and
> resolving it is in the hands of the Library that created the record rather
> than OCLC.
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> In the meantime, when you see one of the records, you can look for the
> library that cataloged it to identify who owns it. You may want to go to
> http://connexion.oclc.org/ and search there (I think an ILL authorization
> and password will work) to look for the library symbol since you may not see
> it in WorldCat.
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> Thanks to Dennis for the detailed explanation and letting us know that
> this is temporary and  that one-by-one RLIN libraries will display their
> symbol on these unique records for our ILL community and its patrons.
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> *From:* Massie,Dennis [mailto:massied at oclc.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:59 PM
> *To:* Jennifer Kuehn
> *Subject:* RE: Re: [ILL-L] Help with a foreign book--another RLIN record
>
>
>
> Jennifer,
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> Actually, I have an answer back from my database colleagues already.
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> As you might already suspect, such records as the one described below
> mostly belong to libraries that have not yet had their records from the RLG
> Union Catalog loaded into WorldCat.  Saying when they'll be loaded is a bit
> trickier to pin down, because the control lies with each record owner.
>
>
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> As you can imagine with a huge project like merging two of the world's
> largest bibliographic utilities, loading RLG Union Catalog (RUC) records
> into WorldCat was done in stages.  An early stage was to load all the RUC
> primary cluster records (every bibliographic record as created by the first
> library that put that item into the RUC).  In most cases, these primary
> cluster records matched a master record that was already in WorldCat.  And
> those that matched already included holdings information.  For items unique
> to the RUC, however, a new master record was created in WorldCat with no
> holdings attached.  The holdings information would come when the libraries
> with records attached to that primary cluster record had their RUC records
> loaded into WorldCat.
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> That brings us to the next stage.
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> Libraries with records in the RUC had a choice of two methods for having
> their records added to WorldCat.
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> 1)       Libraries could let RLG staff extract the records and send the
> data to Ohio for loading into WorldCat (this work was completed by OCLC last
> summer, so that all records loaded by this method are already in WorldCat,
> with holdings set)
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> 2)       Libraries could choose to extract the records themselves from
> their own local systems (with the idea that these versions would be more
> up-to-date than what was in the RUC) and send those records to Ohio for
> loading when they were ready.
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> Many of the libraries that chose the second option above have not yet
> extracted the records and sent them for loading.  When the records arrive at
> OCLC headquarters in Ohio, they are given high priority in the loading
> queue.  Obviously, since OCLC has no control over when the records arrive,
> it is impossible to predict when all such records will have holdings
> attached in WorldCat.
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> I hope this helps explain why some records moved from the RUC to WorldCat
> do not yet have holdings attached.  This problem is not fun when encountered
> but will hopefully be short-lived, as more and more libraries extract
> records from their local system and send them to OCLC for loading.
>
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> Cheers,
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>
> --Dennis
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> *From:* Jennifer Kuehn [mailto:kuehn.1 at osu.edu]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:24 PM
> *To:* Massie,Dennis
> *Subject:* Fwd: Re: [ILL-L] Help with a foreign book--another RLIN record
>
>
>
> Dennis-
>
> This question continues to come up on the ILL listserv and I've gone to
> http://www.oclc.org/services/cataloging/rlg/integration_status.htm but
> can't tell from the project outline when the library symbol will be added to
> records on WorldCat for this unique material.  I'd heard about institutional
> records where other records already exist, but these are unique  records on
> OCLC.
>
> Can you tell me when we will see the holding symbol for the library that
> has (or at least created a catalog record for) all this wonderful, unique
> content?
>
> Thanks for your help. I'd like to share your answer to the listserv, with
> your permission.
>
>
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>
> *From:* ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org<ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Sue Gagnon
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:25 PM
> *To:* Interlibrary Loan Listserv
> *Subject:* [ILL-L] Help with a foreign book
>
> There are no holdings for this book in OCLC. I also checked the National
> Libraries of Poland and Germany, and this book is not listed in either of
> their catalogs. I know some of you are much better than I at finding foreign
> titles, and so I am asking for your help. I realize this book is very old,
> but I still want give it a try. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>
> *Title: **Z wycieczki do Lwowa;*
> *Author(s):* Szujski, Jozef, 1835-1883. <file:///%5C%5CWebZ%5CFSQUERY?searchtype=hotauthors:format=BI:numrecs=10:dbname=WorldCat::termh1=Szujski%5C%2C+Jozef%5C%2C+1835-1883.:indexh1=pn%3D:sessionid=fsapp14-50802-f8eqpdtw-yq5bec:entitypagenum=31:0:next=html/records.html:bad=error/badsearch.html>
> *Publication:* Krakow, Czas,
> *Year:* 1866
> *Language:* Polish
> *Accession No: **OCLC:* 82220768
> Thanks in advance.
> Sincerely,
>
> Susan E. Gagnon
> Interlibrary Loan Specialist
> Geisel Library
> Saint Anselm College
> 100 Saint Anselm Drive
> Manchester, NH 03102
> sgagnon at anselm.edu
> Tel: (603) 641-7303
> Fax: (603) 641-7345
> OCLC symbol: SAC
> Docline symbol: NHUGLS
>
>  Jennifer Kuehn      kuehn.1 at osu.edu
> Ohio State University Libraries
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>          Coordinator of Document Delivery and Acting Psychology Collection
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-- 
Joe Augustin
Interlibrary Loan & E-serials
Earlham College (IEC)
(765) 983-1307
ill at earlham.edu
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