[DCRM-L] FW: Controlling More Headings in WorldCat
dooleyj
dooleyj at oclc.org
Wed Dec 14 13:05:49 MST 2011
I, of all people, should have known! Did think of it in this context. :)
I¹ve inquired of Glenn Patton and will report back.
--Jackie
From: Dorothy Auyong <dauyong at huntington.org>
Reply-To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:08 -0800
To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: Controlling More Headings in WorldCat
Jackie Dooley asked me off-list what an ³IR² was and I realized I should
clarify:
IR = ³Institutional Record². A hold-overs from the RLIN merger where we get
to hang individual records off the Master. They aren¹t in the default
search for Connexion/First Search so you have to set your settings to see
them. They do index/search in WORLDCAT but don¹t display as individual
records. Which can get confusing if you ³hit² a tracing that¹s not on the
Master Record.
They can be useful in parsing out copy-specific variations or occasionally
in finding a more fleshed out cataloged record.
They are excluded from OCLC controlled headings which is a mixed blessing.
My catalogers can¹t take advantage of the functionality of checking for
authorized headings, but we¹re also protected from any bad automated heading
flips.
Dorothy Auyong
Principal Rare Book Cataloger
Huntington Library
dauyong at huntington.org <mailto:dauyong at huntington.org>
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