<HTML><BODY><P>Dear All ~ </P>
<P>The STAR reference is confusing, but don't let it throw you. The ESTC record is exactly the same, regardless of the BL addition to the number. Just use ESTC as the reference, and the ESTC ID as the identifier. We are expecting to talk to the BL about the confusion this creates, but trust me, it means nothing in practice. The BL site is a copy of the ESTC, updated daily, and perforce using an additional number assigned by their IT system, but the ESTC records haven't changed--except as they always do, since the ESTC is a real-time work in progress.</P>
<P>Best, </P>
<P>Juliet Mclaren, Assistant Director, ESTC/North America<br>
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<B>From:</B> "Barry E. Hinman" <bhinman@stanford.edu><br>
<B>Subject:</B> [DCRM-L] ESTC available on BL web site<br>
<B>To:</B> DCRM Revision Group List <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
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>I just tried the British Library web site and I found out that public <br>
>access to ESTC is now available:<br>
> http://estc.bl.uk<br>
><br>
>The item I am cataloguing is, in RLIN<br>
> ESTCW28314<br>
><br>
>On the British Library web site the number is given as:<br>
> STAR id W28314<br>
><br>
>So it looks as though we we need to decide both how to refer to the site <br>
>and how to transcribe the id number<br>
> ESTC (BL),|cW28314<br>
> ESTC (BL),|cSTAR id W28314<br>
> ESTC,|cW28314<br>
>etc.<br>
><br>
>-- <br>
>Barry E. Hinman <br>
>Special Collections Librarian for Cataloging<br>
>Department of Special Collections and University Archives<br>
>Green Library (Bing Wing 408)<br>
>557 Escondido Mall<br>
>Stanford, California 94305-6004<br>
>bhinman@stanford.edu<br>
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