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

[Will Evans]

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.



At the time, I thought the erroneous merging might have something to do
with visual materials, but I guess not.





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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 <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>



---------- 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>

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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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


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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