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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After Richard’s statements about WorldCat and DCRM(B), I have some thoughts to send into the DCRM ether…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Would it be worth trying to bring concerns about the loss of enhancements done under DCRM(B) in the duplicate detection and resolution process that OCLC runs on the WorldCat database to OCLC’s
attention? It seems to me that there is a decent possibility of good work being lost in that process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This brings to mind a wider issue… when I was in a previous workplace that was a part of RLIN, and now RLG, we added institutional records to the master record in WorldCat, which is a slight
improvement – but to my knowledge that institutional record is invisible to the person searching WorldCat outside the Connexion client. I’ve seen a myriad of institutional records in WorldCat that use DCRM(B). This speaks to Richard’s concerns in the second
and third paragraphs of his reply. I know one can click through the WorldCat interface and (assuming it links to the correct index) see the institution’s record, but would it be advantageous to have the institutional record exposed as well?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Look forward to your comments – thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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