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<div>I'm sending this on behalf of Sandi Jones, who is managing the IR-to-LBD transition for OCLC. </div>
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<div>Best wishes, Jackie</div>
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<div>Jackie Dooley</div>
<div>Program Officer, OCLC Research</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thank you for your comments and questions about OCLC’s approach to Institution Records (IRs). We understand that many of
you are concerned about the loss of IRs, and we appreciate your feedback. Libraries that are using IRs were notified by OCLC, but we did not make a more public announcement so I would like to take this opportunity to share some additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Institution Records were implemented in 2007 to support libraries migrating from RLG to OCLC. The purpose of an IR is to
store a copy of the bibliographic record along with local data, but IRs don’t take advantage of cooperatively-managed master record data or future linked data initiatives. The alternative to IRs is <a href="http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/support/documentation/cataloging/Working_with_LBDs.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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. OCLC is offering these options to help libraries transition information in IRs to LBDs:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Delete
existing IRs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Create
LBDs from existing IRs or from local system records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For more information, please see the <a href="http://www.oclc.org/connexion/resources.en.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); ">FAQ</a> or
send a message to <a href="mailto:IRInfo@oclc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); ">IRInfo@oclc.org</a>. In the coming days, we will do our best to address all of the comments and questions you’ve shared and we will update the FAQ with some additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Rage Italic'; ">Sandi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Sandi Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Product Manager, OCLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Voice: 614.764.6082<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">E-mail: <a href="mailto:joness@oclc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); "><span style="color: blue; ">joness@oclc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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