[DCRM-L] DCRM(B) cataloging in OCLC

[Randal Brandt]

Deborah,

Do you mean that you lock and replace a lower level (K, M, L) record, 
upgrading it to I, then want to lock and replace it again to fix something? 
If so, you will need enhance status to upgrade that I-level record.

Unless ... you have created the I-level record yourself and there are no 
other holdings on that record. Then you can lock and replace the record. 
But, once someone adds their holdings to that record, you have to have 
enhance privileges, even for your own records.

Randy

At 02:10 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote:
>That is what we've been doing, but it's frustrating to find a little
>mistake or something left out in our replacement record, but not be able
>to update it. Or are we missing something?
>
>__________________________
>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
>Head of Cataloging
>Folger Shakespeare Library
>201 East Capitol St., S.E.
>Washington, D.C. 20003
>202.675-0369
>djleslie at folger.edu | http://www.folger.edu
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
>Behalf Of Sarah Fisher
>Sent: Wednesday, 12 September, 2007 16:28
>To: DCRM Revision Group List
>Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] DCRM(B) cataloging in OCLC
>
>I'll just chime in as someone who was formerly at an institution that
>was not an enhance library, as such you can upgrade both K and M
>records. Just fyi, for those who aren't enhance libraries.
>
>My two cents,
>Sarah F.
>
>At 04:15 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote:
> >I agree with Jain and Randal.  I believe we do not need any more
> >duplicate records in OCLC, but enhancing records is a great help to us
>all.
> >
> >Elizabeth J.
> >
> >Quoting Randal Brandt <rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu>:
> >
> >>I agree with Jain (and others who have responded in the time it has
> >>taken me to draft this message). Do not create a new record if you
> >>are sure that the existing OCLC record is for the same item. OCLC has
> >>too many unnecessary duplicates as it is.
> >>
> >>This also brings up another very good point, and one that I made
> >>during the MARC for Special Collections meeting at ALA, which is that
> >>rare books catalogers should strive to attain enhance capabilities in
> >>OCLC. If the existing record in OCLC is a low-level record (i.e.
> >>coded K in ELvl) or has come from a batchload (L or M in ELvl), you
> >>can probably lock and replace the master record, even if you don't
> >>have enhance status. But, lots of sub-standard records exist at full
> >>level in OCLC and it would be a great benefit to the rest of the rare
> >>books community if the work to upgrade them could be saved for the
> >>rest of us. Of course, another answer is institutional records, but
> >>it is still unclear how many libraries will be allowed to create
> >>institutional records (at this point, only former RLG libraries) and
> >>which libraries will be able to utilize them.
> >>
> >>Here is a list of the institutions that have enhance status:
> >>http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/quality/enhance/default.htm (Univ. of
> >>Missouri-Columbia is on the list!)
> >>
> >>
> >>Randal Brandt
> >>Principal Cataloger
> >>The Bancroft Library
> >>University of California, Berkeley
> >>rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
> >
>
>Sarah S. Fisher
>Head, Printed Acquisitions
>Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
>Yale University
>P.O. Box 208240
>New Haven, CT 06520-8240
>email: sarah.fisher at yale.edu
>phone: (203) 432-2975

__________________________
Randal Brandt
Principal Cataloger
The Bancroft Library
(510) 643-2275
rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
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