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Bibliographic utility history at UW Law Library WLN only 1986-1990 WLN & RLIN 1990-1995 RLIN only 1995-2001 OCLC only 2001 - current
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CRITERIA USED FOR EVALUATING BIBLIOGRAPHIC UTILITIES
- A. Cost
- B. Hit rate for copy cataloging.
- C. Importance of utility for regional/state/campus cooperation
- D. Documentation
- E. Continuing education/training opportunities
- F. Authority control
- G. Vendor’s strategic direction for new products & services
- H. Customer support.
- I. CJK cataloging options
- J. Number of Law Library members.
- K. Quality of Law Library members.
- L. Supplementary Services available
- M. Catalog interface software options.
- N. Hours of Service.
4/1/2002 RLIN & OCLC CRITERIA: WHICH UTILITY HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES?
RLIN OCLC
Cost X Documentation X Continuing education/training X Authority Control X Organization strategic direction for new products & services X Importance of utility for statewide or campus cooperative ventures X Hit rate for copy cataloging Equal Equal Customer support Equal Equal CJK cataloging Equal Equal Number of Law Library members X Quality of Law Library members Equal Equal Supplementary services X Catalog Interface options X Hours of Service X 4/1/2002
DATE EVENT (S) LIBRARY ACTION (S) BIB UTILITY IN USE
April- May Develop CatMe workflows, policies & procedures
! Head of Bibliographic Access investigated
CatMe interface for the library and developed draft procedures. RLIN April- May Load OCLC software
! CatMe software loaded on library staff
computers RLIN May 25 Establish OCLC account parameters
! Criteria:
RLIN May 25 Fill out OCLC paperwork
! EDX paperwork completed ! Batchload paperwork completed
RLIN May 25 Reduce RLIN ports
! RLIN ports reduced from five to one beginning
July 1 RLIN June 7 & 8 Train Technical Services staff on OCLC CatMe
! Training agenda set up with OCLC
RLIN Project calendar, page 1 Project calendar, page 1 4/1/2002
DATE EVENT (S) LIBRARY ACTION (S) BIB UTILITY IN USE
June 14 Set up temporary project MARC
! Use output parameters:
- Output entire MARC record with no
attachments
- Map III bib number to 944 field with “.b”
preceding number RLIN June 21 Train East Asian Law Dept. on CJK interface
! Training agenda set up with OCLC
RLIN Jun 22 Create one file of bibliographic records for OCLC processing
! Bib freeze established for III database—no
MARC field edits or deletions RLIN Project calendar page 2 Project calendar page 2 4/1/2002 DATE EVENT (S) LIBRARY ACTION (S) BIB UTILITY IN USE June 22 Send bibliographic file to OCLC for Vendor ID processing
! Criteria for OCLC VID Processing:
- Replace all existing 001 fields with
OCLC numbers
- For match points in processing, OCLC
will use WLN RID (001), LCCN (010$a), WLN internal sequence number (035$a), ISBN (020$a), ISSN (022$a) RLIN June 23- 24 Delete OCLC holdings
! Law Library holdings deleted from OCLC
Worldcat Bib Freeze June 25 Set up daily production OCLC MARC load table
! Load table set up with parameters for
bibliographic records
! Download path from OCLC file server to III set
up.
Project calendar page 3 Project calendar page 3
