<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">One gathers that IRs--which were pretty much a concession to RLIN emigrants--were never of much interest to OCLC, which was, after all, a purveyor of master records, succeeding the LC card program, not a research database. IRs never fit that model, and were and are presumably of little interest to the vast majority of libraries that never catalog at anything like our level of detail--that is, at our level of analysis of the identity and distinction of manifestations--in "general" information. It simply doesn't fit the OCLC business model as it developed in the 70s and 80s, to which RLIN was the economically non-viable alternative.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I feel safe in saying that he LBD option is about as far as OCLC is willing to go, beyond mere maintenance of IRs, and it conforms to the limits of model of WorldCat Local as marketed to libraries with special collections concerns--"We know you have all sorts of special local information, and as long as it you tag it that way, it will actually appear in your own WorldCat Local displays." From their point of view I'm sure that this is sufficient.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">IRs are a distraction as OCLC moves into position as an ILS vendor, in the evolution from WorldCat Local, a catalog resource, to WorldCat Discovery Services, an integrated search resource, with limited local customization of records for one's own materials to replace the institutional opac.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat-local.en.html">http://www.oclc.org/worldcat-local.en.html</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif">Of course, for us the loss involves the always basic difference between "regular" and "</font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">rare book</span><font face="georgia, serif">" cataloging: the one looks for similarities, the other for differences. OCLC is willing to accommodate item-level differences, but still has an overwhelming bias in favor of minimizing differences at the manifestation level, even to the point of indifference regarding manifestation so long as the right expression is presented. (It can be hard to persuade an ILL staffer that one wants a particular <i>edition</i>, let alone copy of a work--and ILL was, after all, what the Ohio College Library Consortium was all about.)</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif">I don't think the IR stakeholders have a lot of weight here, which is why it could be presented as a <i>fait accompli</i>. If you listen very closely you might hear a squeak or two in the underbrush (Hello!)--and that can include a library's internal underbrush. Administrators like to hear such things as</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif">"</font>WorldCat Local is a webscale discovery solution that delivers single-search-box access to more than <span name="Sprinkles:statistics/worldcat-local/total-items" class="">1.8 billion</span> items from your library and the world's library collections."</div><div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif">All that, and a huge reduction in maintenance costs, at the local level. It's a Cloud service, and given the size of the thing they want to keep it as simple as it can be and still be represented to customers as adequate for their purposes.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif">Our one backstop is the fencing off, so far, of DCRM(X) records from the dreaded 019. For the last several years I've been enhancing records to that level, knowing that it was a last--and perhaps ultimately futile--effort to preserve the kind of work I've been doing for the last 32 years. I think of Harvard's remarkable wealth of scholarly cataloging that was lost to the world in the recon for Hollis, which simply accepted OCLC records as they stood, essentially erasing decades of skilled work. (I don't actually know whether their "Bridge Catalog"--the deep freeze for the card catalog--is still extant. It was <i>that</i>, by the way, that Nicholson Baker was deploring in his 1991 article, beyond any sentimentality about the card sensorium.)</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="georgia, serif">This may be unduly pessimistic (there are those who would read it otherwise). It ought not to be beyond the ability of a brilliant IT company to accommodate a wide range of customers, but the choice between LBD and outright deletion of IRs is not encouraging.</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><font face="'courier new', monospace">RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY</font><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">BROWN UNIVERSITY :: PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912 :: 401-863-1187</font></div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><</span><a href="mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE@BROWN.EDU" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace" target="_blank">Richard_Noble@Br</a><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><a href="http://own.edu" target="_blank">own.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">></span></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Allison Rich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allison_rich@brown.edu" target="_blank">allison_rich@brown.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hello list:<br>
<br>
This is not welcome news for us either.<br>
We have been using IRs from the very beginning after RLIN died.<br>
I always saw IR's as a concession to RLIN libraries and the
"cluster system".<br>
<br>
I printed out the LBD information to look at later when I, like
Robert, can read it more carefully.<br>
If there is a group letter or form of protest going around to
OCLC, then the JCB would very much like to be part of that.<br>
People who use special collections are very interested in seeing
other data from local collections at other institutions.<br>
This strikes me as very short sighted and a load of other words I
really should not add here.<br>
<br>
I would also like to know when and how this was decided without
getting input from institutions which use the IRs.<br>
It seems like this was a backroom decision.<br>
Not good at all.<br>
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~Allison<br>
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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"
Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
ESTC and NACO Coordinator
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
<a href="mailto:Allison_Rich@brown.edu" target="_blank">Allison_Rich@brown.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We
would be very badly affected by this apparently unilateral
action. All of our holdings are on IRs. I haven’t read the
explanation about “local bibliographic data” carefully yet,
but one thing that strikes me right off the bat is the
statement “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Using
local bibliographic data (LBD), you can add local
information to a bibliographic record that is specific to
your institution’s title; however, <b>other institutions
will not be able to see that information</b> in the
WorldCat master record and your users will only see your
institution’s LBD.” This strikes me as very bad, especially
for special collections. As we all know, users of special
collections depend on the ability to see other institutions’
local information for their research—e.g., to find out who
has books signed by Abraham Lincoln, or whose copy has a
particular woodcut that only some copies have. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I
am also surprised, if this was discussed at Big Heads, that
not a peep about this has surfaced until now. At least I
certainly hadn’t heard anything about it before reading the
message you forwarded, Oksana. Maybe I haven’t been paying
attention.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bob<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Robert
L. Maxwell<br>
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Cataloger<br>
6728 Harold B. Lee Library<br>
Brigham Young University<br>
Provo, UT 84602<br>
<a href="tel:%28801%29422-5568" value="+18014225568" target="_blank">(801)422-5568</a> <br>
<br>
"We should set an example for all the world, rather than
confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore
pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>
[<a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Oksana Linda<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2015 2:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Discontinuation of OCLC's
institutional records program<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hello:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">I was
very disappointed to learn about the discontinuation of
OCLC's institutional records program. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clements Library uses IRs heavily, so
I'm curious how many peer institutions will be affected by
this action. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to ask: h<span style="font-size:9.5pt">ow other rare material
libraries </span>maintain and preserve local data?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oksana.<u></u><u></u></p>
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Oksana K. Linda<br>
William L. Clements Library<br>
University of Michigan<br>
909 South University<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.clements.umich.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">www.clements.umich.edu</span></a> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Temporary address:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1580 E. Ellsworth Road<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2417<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">
Whitehair,David [mailto:<a href="mailto:whitehad@oclc.org" target="_blank">whitehad@oclc.org</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 16,
2015 5:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marill, Jennifer
(NIH/NLM) [E]<br>
<b>Subject:</b> OCLC Institution
Records update for Big Heads</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi
Jennifer,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Could
you please distribute this information
to the Big Heads group? I wanted to
share an update to our discussion in
Chicago.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OCLC
will begin the announcements about
Institution Records this week. There
has been one change from what we
discussed at ALA. We will now change to
a two phased approach. Batchloading new
IRs will be discontinued in December
2015, and creation/display of IRs in
Connexion will be discontinued in June
2016.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We
will take a mixed approach of calling
some libraries and emailing some.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Announcements
will include the following information:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
alternative to IRs is
<a href="http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/support/documentation/cataloging/Working_with_LBDs.pdf" target="_blank">
Local Bibliographic Data</a> (LBD),
which enables master record data to be
cooperatively managed by thousands of
experts and OCLC staff while providing
library-specific information for
discovery applications. Also, LBDs
support future linked data initiatives
and entities-based cataloging
workflows. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
ability to create IRs via batchload
will conclude in December 2015.
Connexion will support creation of IRs
until June 2016, when support for IRs
will end. We will offer institutions
two options:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Delete
existing IRs</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Create
LBDs from existing IRs or from local
system records</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An FAQ
is available on the OCLC web site and
will be shared with libraries:
</span><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.oclc.org/connexion/resources.en.html#questions" target="_blank">http://www.oclc.org/connexion/resources.en.html#questions</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I will
be presenting at the upcoming OCLC CJK
Users Group meeting in Chicago next
week on March 24, and I will include
information about this in my
presentation.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If
anyone from the Big Heads group have any
questions, feel free to contact Sandi
Jones
<span style="color:#1f497d">(<a href="mailto:joness@oclc.org" target="_blank">joness@oclc.org</a>)
</span>who is overseeing this effort, or
me.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks
much,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">David
Whitehair</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Metadata Management</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Kilgour Place</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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OH 43017-3395 USA</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"
Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
ESTC and NACO Coordinator
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
<a href="mailto:Allison_Rich@brown.edu" target="_blank">Allison_Rich@brown.edu</a>
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