[DCRM-L] Bad merges of Brown University records in OCLC

Mon Feb 3 08:01:00 MST 2014

In other words, the cataloger-devised 250 can be justified--outside the
scope of rare book rules that forbid it--as a system-specific work-around:
the the only reliable way to maintain the FRBR distinction of
manifestations (which really is the fundamental principle of descriptive
bibliography). As far as I'm concerned, that trumps any rule that would
frustrate that purpose.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
<Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Will Evans <evans at bostonathenaeum.org>wrote:

> I encountered a similar problem about six months ago. I was creating
> individual records for various states of bookplates (oddly enough). The 245
> fields contained the same text, but each of the 300 fields had different
> information as to ink color and size. Within a week or so I discovered
> several of the records had been merged. When I called-out OCLC, I was told
> to include a fabricated edition statement to prevent future merging! I
> instead opted to do what you folks have done, namely add other title
> information in brackets.
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> At the time, I thought the erroneous merging might have something to do
> with visual materials, but I guess not.
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Noble, Richard
> *Sent:* Friday, January 31, 2014 12:28 PM
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> *To:* DCRM Revision Group List
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Bad merges of Brown University records in OCLC
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> FYI -- It appears that the 300 field was entirely ignored.
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> Would this be the result of an ill-informed and equally ill-vetted
> request, or is there some automatic merge going on that would do this? In
> many cases our catalogers have added "[prospectus]" as other title
> information, which was probably a good idea, whether orthodox or not.
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> RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
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> BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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> <Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Mizer, Samuel Arnold* <samuel_mizer at brown.edu>
> Date: Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:14 AM
> Subject: Fwd: OER - Books - 910841 - 29014399
> To: Richard Noble <richard_noble at brown.edu>
> Cc: "Banush, David" <david_banush at brown.edu>
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> I've reported three equally bad merges in the past week or two.  ... and I
> haven't been looking for them.  This was Nancy Holloway's original
> (b20062710).
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> Sam
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <Samuel_Mizer at brown.edu>
> Date: Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:07 AM
> Subject: OER - Books - 910841 - 29014399
> To: bibchange at oclc.org
> Cc: Samuel_Mizer at brown.edu
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> RBN
> Samuel Mizer
> Samuel_Mizer at Brown.edu
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> The merger of 1321242 is inaccurate.  OCLC 1321242 describes a four-
> page prospectus for the larger work.  To verify see our institution record
> OCLC 134077363.  Please retore.
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> OCLC:  910841           Rec stat:     c
> Entered:        740607   Replaced:                  Used:
> Type:  a     ELvl:  I     Srce:        Audn:        Ctrl:        Lang:  eng
> BLvl:  m     Form:        Conf:  0     Biog:        MRec:        Ctry:  nyu
>              Cont:        GPub:        Fict:  0     Indx:  0
> Desc:        Ills:  a     Fest:  0     DtSt:  s     Dates: 1929,
>  1 001    910841¶
>  2 008    740607s1929    nyua          000 0 eng  ¶
>  3 010       29014399 ¶
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>  4 040    DLC ╪c TOL ╪d OCL ╪d SER ╪d OCLCQ ╪d OCLCG ╪d GZM ╪d CLU ╪d LGG ╪d NUI ╪d OCLCF ╪d RBN ╪d ARCBM ¶
>  5 019    1321242 ╪a 25263192 ¶
>  6 050 00 Z996 ╪b .K37 ¶
>  7 082  4 769.9 ¶
>  8 049    RBNN ¶
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>  9 100 1  Kent, Rockwell, (CorcAuthDB:409043) ╪d 1882-1971. (CorcAuthDB:409043) ¶
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> 10 245 14 The bookplates & marks of Rockwell Kent, ╪c with a preface by the artist. ¶
> 11 246 3  Bookplates and marks of Rockwell Kent ¶
> 12 260    New York, ╪b Made by Pynson Printers for Random House, ╪c 1929. ¶
> 13 300    ix numb. l., 1 l., 11-79 numb. l. ╪b illus. ╪c 19 cm. ¶
> 14 500    Printed on one side of leaf on opposite pages. ¶
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> 15 500    "Twelve hundred and fifty copies each one signed by the artist." ¶
> 16 650  0 Bookplates. (CorcAuthDB:2095648) ¶
> 17 650  7 Bookplates. ╪2 fast ╪0 (OCoLC)fst00836346 ¶
> 18 655  7 Broadsides ╪z New York ╪y 1929. ╪2 rbgenr ¶
> 19 655  7 Advertisements ╪x Books ╪z New York ╪y 1929. ╪2 rbgenr ¶
> 20 710 2  Pynson Printers. (CorcAuthDB:4552829) ¶
> 21 029 1  AU@ ╪b 000028210680 ¶
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