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

[Auyong, Dorothy]

Richard, this confirms my and my rare book team’s desire to clutch onto our Institution Records with every ounce of strength in our cold repetitive-stress damaged hands.

(I was going to say “cold dead” but we’re not *quite* dead yet…)


Dorothy Auyong
Principal Rare Book Cataloger
Henry E. Huntington Library
dauyong at huntington.org


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 9:28 AM
To: DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: [DCRM-L] Bad merges of Brown University records in OCLC

FYI -- It appears that the 300 field was entirely ignored.

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.

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

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From: Mizer, Samuel Arnold <samuel_mizer at brown.edu<mailto: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<mailto:richard_noble at brown.edu>>
Cc: "Banush, David" <david_banush at brown.edu<mailto:david_banush at brown.edu>>

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).

Sam

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Date: Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:07 AM
Subject: OER - Books - 910841 - 29014399
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RBN
Samuel Mizer
Samuel_Mizer at Brown.edu

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.

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 ¶
 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 ¶
 9 100 1  Kent, Rockwell, (CorcAuthDB:409043) ╪d 1882-1971. (CorcAuthDB:409043) ¶
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. ¶
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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Samuel A. Mizer
Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services
Brown University Library
Providence, RI 02912
E-Mail: Samuel_Mizer at Brown.edu
Phone: 401-863-3640<tel:401-863-3640>  Fax: 401-863-1272<tel:401-863-1272>

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