[DCRM-L] OCLC cataloging subscription

[Karen Attar]

Going off on a bit of a tangent, as this is about Alma and not the OCLC subscription: can anybody persuade Alma to include a keyboard with diacritics and amend other deficiencies? If large American libraries can’t sway a large LMS provider, nobody can … you are the hope of the world!

Karen


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From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Christine DeZelar-Tiedman via DCRM-L
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] OCLC cataloging subscription

I answered more generally on the Alma list, but in terms of special collections cataloging, I can't imagine trying to do that in Alma. In particular, searching for records with Alma's very limited external search options would be a nightmare. The availability of macros, and the methodology for entering special characters and diacritics, is also much more robust and efficient in OCLC Connexion.

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 10:07 AM MacDonald, Jennifer via DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>> wrote:
Dear colleagues,

Like many institutions, we are going through budget cuts. My administration is considering cancelling our OCLC cataloging subscription. Is anyone at an institution that did this, or contemplated doing it? Was your subscription kept or not, and what was the reasoning behind the decision? What tools or platforms did you use, or consider using, instead of OCLC? Were the needs of special collections cataloging taken into account? If it was cancelled, what kind of fallout did your institution experience? I'm particularly interested in outcomes for special collections cataloging, but general cataloging would help as well.  On- or off-list responses are welcome.

Thanks,

Jennifer

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Jennifer MacDonald

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UD Library, Museums and Press

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University of Delaware
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[State Library of NSW]<https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/>
Karen Attar
Senior Librarian, Rare Books
Karen.Attar at sl.nsw.gov.au<mailto:Karen.Attar at sl.nsw.gov.au>
+61 2 9273 1640

1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
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