[DCRM-L] ESTC available on BL web site

[Juliet McLaren]

Dear All ~ 

The STAR reference is confusing, but don't let it
throw you. The ESTC record is exactly the same,
regardless of the BL addition to the number.  Just
use ESTC as the reference, and the ESTC ID as the
identifier.  We are expecting to talk to the BL
about the confusion this creates, but trust me, it
means nothing in practice.  The BL site is a copy of
the ESTC, updated daily, and perforce using an
additional number assigned by their IT system, but
the ESTC records haven't changed--except as they
always do, since the ESTC is a real-time work in
progress.

Best,

Juliet Mclaren, Assistant Director, ESTC/North
America

---- Original message ----

  Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:43:53 -0700
  From: "Barry E. Hinman" <bhinman at stanford.edu>
  Subject: [DCRM-L] ESTC available on BL web site
  To: DCRM Revision Group List <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>

  >I just tried the British Library web site and I
  found out that public
  >access to ESTC is now available:
  > http://estc.bl.uk
  >
  >The item I am cataloguing is, in RLIN
  > ESTCW28314
  >
  >On the British Library web site the number is
  given as:
  > STAR id W28314
  >
  >So it looks as though we we need to decide both
  how to refer to the site
  >and how to transcribe the id number
  > ESTC (BL),|cW28314
  > ESTC (BL),|cSTAR id W28314
  > ESTC,|cW28314
  >etc.
  >
  >--
  >Barry E. Hinman
  >Special Collections Librarian for Cataloging
  >Department of Special Collections and University
  Archives
  >Green Library (Bing Wing 408)
  >557 Escondido Mall
  >Stanford, California 94305-6004
  >bhinman at stanford.edu
  >
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