[DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus Work?

[dooleyj]

Susan, that's great news. When we discussed it two years ago, staff in OCLC
Research determined that a couple of structural tweaks would be necessary
for successful conversion into MARC. We can pick that work up where it left
off.

Jackie

-- 
Jackie Dooley
Program Officer
OCLC Research

dooleyj at oclc.org
949.492.5060 (work/home) -- Pacific Time
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> From: "Westberg,Susan" <westbers at oclc.org>
> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:52:57 -0400
> To: OCLC Dooley <dooleyj at oclc.org>, DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>, John Attig
> <jxa16 at psu.edu>
> Cc: "Gabel,Linda" <gabell at oclc.org>, "Patton,Glenn" <pattong at oclc.org>,
> "Fons,Theodore" <fonst at oclc.org>
> Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus
> Work?
> 
> My apologies for the late response.
> 
> OCLC is still interested in adding the RBMS Thesaurus to the OCLC
> Terminologies Service.  When they are available -- they were being converted
> to MARC21 for authorities as I recall from our last discussion with RBMS 2
> years ago -- we would be happy to add them.
> 
> Susan
> 
> Susan Westberg
> Product Analyst
> OCLC
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dooley,Jackie
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:30 PM
> To: DCRM-L; 'John Attig'
> Cc: Gabel,Linda; Westberg,Susan; Patton,Glenn
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus
> Work?
> 
> Gack. I'm glad to see that my totally erroneous memory played a role in
> getting all this good information beyond the original question out in the
> open. How's that for a self-serving reaction to being wrong? :) I guess I
> optimistically wanted to believe that we had actually gotten somewhere with
> the conversations two years ago. Glad to hear that Ryan is interested in
> moving forward.
> 
> Best to all, Jackie
> 
> 
>> From: Ryan Hildebrand <ryan.hildebrand at mail.utexas.edu>
>> Reply-To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
>> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 16:31:31 -0500
>> To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>, 'John Attig' <jxa16 at psu.edu>
>> Cc: "'Gabel, Linda'" <gabell at oclc.org>, "'Westberg, Susan'"
>> <westbers at oclc.org>, "'Patton, Glenn'" <pattong at oclc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS
>> Thesaurus
>> Work?
>> 
>> We held off on the contribution of Genre Terms to the Terminologies project
>> because we wanted to complete the retrospective addition of scope notes to
>> terms which lacked them. We thought the project would be finished in a
>> rather short period of time, but that has certainly not been the case, in
>> part because its parameters have changed and we are now considering entire
>> term record and not just the scope note. I have as a topic on our agenda for
>> Annual to make a decision to send the terms as they stand, or hold off until
>> scope notes are completed. My hope is that the subcommittee will come up
>> with a position, which will be brought to BSC for a vote.
>> 
>> I'm glad this conversation is taking place beforehand. I'm happy to answer
>> further questions if I can. I am also happy to be enlightened by others if
>> I've misremembered anything.
>> 
>> -Ryan
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Ryan Hildebrand
>> Book Cataloging Dept. Head
>> Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Curator
>> Harry Ransom Center
>> University of Texas at Austin
>> P.O. Box 7219
>> Austin, TX 78713-7219
>> 512-232-1681
>> www.hrc.utexas.edu
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Whittaker, Beth M
>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:29 PM
>> To: DCRM Revision Group List; John Attig
>> Cc: Gabel, Linda; Westberg, Susan; Patton, Glenn
>> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS
>> Thesaurus Work?
>> 
>> Well, don't I feel silly, then?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
>> Behalf Of dooleyj
>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:31 PM
>> To: John Attig; DCRM-L
>> Cc: Gabel, Linda; Westberg, Susan; Patton, Glenn
>> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS
>> Thesaurus Work?
>> 
>> John, the RBMS terminologies (or at least Genre Terms) *are* in the
>> Terminologies Services--or at least they were last I knew. Copying Susan
>> Westberg, who manages that, so she can weigh in. -Jackie
>> 
>> --
>> Jackie Dooley
>> Program Officer
>> OCLC Research
>> 
>> dooleyj at oclc.org
>> 949.492.5060 (work/home) -- Pacific Time
>> 949.295.1529 (mobile)
>> 
>> 
>>> From: John Attig <jxa16 at psu.edu>
>>> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 15:20:13 -0400
>>> To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
>>> Cc: OCLC Dooley <dooleyj at oclc.org>, "Gabel,Linda" <gabell at oclc.org>,
>>> "Patton,Glenn" <pattong at oclc.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS
>>> Thesaurus Work?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I was looking for examples of genre/form terms in various thesauri,
>>> and one of the sources I consulted was the OCLC Terminologies Service.
>>> I was wondering why the Rare Books thesauri were not included.  Is
>>> this something worth pursuing -- particularly now that they are
>>> available in MARC 21 authority records?
>>> 
>>>          John Attig
>>>          Authority Control Librarian
>>>          Penn State University
>>>          jxa16 at psu.edu
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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