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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yes, I do everything else as I did
before -- select the record, update or enhance as needed, submit
countless merge requests. WMS is accessed via a web browser, and
is rather clunky, so I still do most of this in Connexion. WMS
only has an online save file, not a local save file, so I prefer
being able to save in my local file as well, rather than clutter
up a shared space. Additionally, I have to do my NACO work in
Connexion, because there isn't a way to do that yet in WMS (of
which I am aware). The main difference in workflow is that
instead of exporting records, I attach holdings and bib data
directly to a master record. <br>
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On 5/15/2015 10:42 AM, Noble, Richard wrote:<br>
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style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">What control
do you have over the selection of a master record (given the <i>many</i> possibilities
in the WorldCat database) and are you able to edit/upgrade it
at the manifestation level? That is, do institutional
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font face="'courier new',
monospace">RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER ::
JOHN HAY LIBRARY</font>
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UNIVERSITY :: PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912 ::
401-863-1187</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 10:18 AM,
Jennifer MacDonald <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Dear colleagues, <br>
<br>
I have been silent on all of this, but I guess it's
time to chime in. University of Delaware became the
first "major" institution to adopt WorldShare
Management Services, and we migrated last summer. <br>
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WMS (which goes by many derogatory nicknames here,
like WMD) is the way OCLC takes over your ILS.
Circulation, reserves, cataloging, acquisitions,
everything. Not to put too fine a point on it,
hearing talk about going to check an institution's
local catalog makes me cringe, because WE NO LONGER
HAVE A LOCAL CATALOG. We have OCLC records with extra
things dangling from them. Whenever I explain it to
someone outside of our library, they ask if I'm
looking for another job (I'm not). The library spent
about 18 months working with OCLC on the system, then
another 12 months when it became clear that they
wouldn't be ready for the go live date, and there is
still continual communication and activity between UD
and OCLC.<br>
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When I search for a record in the metadata module of
WMS, it takes me to the master record, the Local Bib
Data (if there is one), and the Local Holdings Record
(if there is one). Local notes go into the LBD (natch,
but you never know with these things). Because I've
been in denial for the past year, I haven't checked
what our records look like on the other end, but I
figured now was the time, and I have had a friend at a
different institution take a look. <u>It is, in fact,
possible for others to see the LBD</u>. When the
holdings come up in WorldCat.org (I don't know about
FirstSearch, I didn't check that yet), if you click on
the holding library's name, the notes come up under
the "Details" section. This isn't a very exciting
record (the book happened to be on my desk because one
of the copies dropped out in the migration, which is a
story for another day), but if you want to take a
look, this is the record she checked:
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/entailed-hat-or-patty-cannons-times-a-romance/oclc/1875667&referer=brief_results"
target="_blank">http://www.worldcat.org/title/entailed-hat-or-patty-cannons-times-a-romance/oclc/1875667&referer=brief_results</a><br>
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Believe me, I'm not a fan of WMS, but at least for
now, I know people can see our local data. Or at least
she could ...<br>
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Jennifer MacDonald
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Jennifer MacDonald
Associate Librarian and Coordinator,
Special Collections Cataloging and Processing
Metadata Services Department
University of Delaware Library
Newark, DE 19717-5267
302-831-1512</pre>
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