[DCRM-L] ESTC and the revision of SCF

[Nickeson, Walter]

Since a 510 $u doesn’t link to full text (which is what I think a new user would expect on a first encounter), nor (necessarily) to a local copy of the work cited, nor even to a retrievable copy of the work, and since it may well prove to be an impermanent link as systems change and data migrates, I’m wondering if it’s worth it. Perhaps just giving more information in plain text is better.

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  Walter F. Nickeson, Catalog &
    Metadata Management Librarian
  Rush Rhees Library
  University of Rochester
  Rochester, NY  14627-0055
  wnickeson at library.rochester.edu 
  (585) 273-2326  fax: (585) 273-1032
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:52 PM
To: ElizRob at alum.emory.edu; DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] ESTC and the revision of SCF


Part of this afternoon, I've been reading the FAQ on the LCCN Permalink (see http://lccn.loc.gov/lccnperm-faq.html). While the 510$u's URL doesn't have to be the LCCN Permalink, I think it might be simpler to reference it since it should be stable. Notice that the permalink program searches both $a and $z of the 010.
 
You are right though, Nina, that there will be resources that even LC won't have (or won't have an online bib record for). The latter is very real. (No, we are not done with recon!) So in those cases, it would have to be some other institution's record.
 
I suppose the instruction for the 510$u could be left open ended, and those who chose to use the LCCN Permalink could, and those who chose to use their institution's (or another institution's) bib record of the resource could do that too. 
 
Can anyone think of any unforeseen problem with this?
 
Elizabeth
 
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