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You certainly have sparked a wide-ranging discussion. I've verified
that added authors in an IR record retrieve the master record and that
our 590 notes do as well. At least, it's a somewhat like RLIN in this
regard, and the effort does improve retrievability when it's not obvious
why the search was successful. (There's frustration in trying to guess
which IR was responsbible for the retrieval.)<br><br>
Enriching IR records does improve OCLC search retrieval. If you
don't have IR records, seems like they should be considered.<br><br>
My 2 cents, Dick<br><br>
At 10:37 AM 11/16/2009, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">My colleagues and I are
currently debating when to add copy-specific local notes and related
tracings to an OCLC master record, and when to simply leave them in our
local catalog only. <br>
<br>
At one end of the spectrum are notes that would definitely be of interest
to researchers searching in WorldCat (eg. “500 _ _ $a Wesleyan copy:
Heavily annotated and corrected by the author. $5 CtW”). <br>
<br>
At the other end of the spectrum are notes that would not be as useful to
those outside our institution (eg. “500 _ _ $a Wesleyan copy: From the
Kallir Family Collection, Given in Honor of Barbara Kallir (Class of
1983). $5 CtW”). <br>
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But what about cases in between? We’re trying to find a balance
point between providing useful information and avoiding cluttering up
OCLC records unnecessarily.<br>
<br>
Do you have parameters for when to add a copy-specific note to an OCLC
master record? If so, would you be willing to share those
guidelines? <br>
<br>
Thank you very much.<br>
<br>
Rebecca McCallum<br>
Cataloging Librarian<br>
Wesleyan University<br>
252 Church Street<br>
Middletown, CT 06459<br>
(860) 685-3839<br>
rmccallum@wesleyan.edu</blockquote>
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<font size=2>Dick R. Miller<br>
Director for Resource Management<br>
Lane Medical Library & Knowledge Management Center</font> <br>
<font size=2>Information Resources & Technology (IRT)<br>
Stanford University Medical Center</font> <br>
<font size=2>300 Pasteur Drive, L109, Stanford, CA 94305-5123<br>
</font>dick@stanford.edu<br>
650.725.4615 (phone) 650.725-7471 (fax)<br>
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