[DCRM-L] DCRM(B) and WorldCat

[Noble, Richard]

Nina is quite right about the fence currently set around dcrm records
(representing a policy decision). That certainly helps, a lot--and is an
encouragement to use dcrm rules well beyond the old traditional "hand-press
period" confines, if you think your work is worth preserving; and anyway,
post-1800/1820 books have plenty of tricks to play, often even subtler than
those of their predecessors.

In Connexion one can see IRs simply by going to Cataloging/Show/All
Institution Records *or* My Institution Records *or* Institution Records
for ... . But that's a small subset of the records represented by the
holdings. First Search provides links to individual catalogs by way of the
"Libraries worldwide that own item", which can make for an hour's possibly
instructive tedium. Even so, this doesn't address the problem of minimally
judged records (so to call them) and newly discovered entity distinctions.

The problem is that of producing something that is at once sturdy and
discoverable, and that has some slight chance of remaining so through the
exuberant proliferation of discovery systems that seek to simplify, and
perhaps oversimplify, the complexities inherent in complex phenomena
(stones on the path behind, not crumbs: those birds are hungry).

Peroration: Our business is that of sorting out the pathways to the most
favorable signal-to-noise ratio in cultural transmissions--it's
unglamorous, like bridge maintenance.

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, Feb 27, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Schneider, Nina <
nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu> wrote:

>  Others can correct me if I’ve been working under false pretenses, but
> I’m under the impression that OCLC won’t touch a record if it’s coded dcrmX
> (X being whichever module is used: books, serials, graphics) in the 040 $e.
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> For those working in Connexion, I believe there is a way to search through
> GLIMIR clusters to see IR’s (see Client Help>GLIMIR>What is in the index).
> As to the possibility of displaying IR’s, RBMS would likely have to start a
> conversation with OCLC. There are likely costs involved.
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Jason W. Dean
> *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2015 9:03 AM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] DCRM(B) and WorldCat
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> After Richard’s statements about WorldCat and DCRM(B), I have some
> thoughts to send into the DCRM ether…
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> Would it be worth trying to bring concerns about the loss of enhancements
> done under DCRM(B) in the duplicate detection and resolution process that
> OCLC runs on the WorldCat database to OCLC’s attention? It seems to me that
> there is a decent possibility of good work being lost in that process.
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> This brings to mind a wider issue… when I was in a previous workplace that
> was a part of RLIN, and now RLG, we added institutional records to the
> master record in WorldCat, which is a slight improvement – but to my
> knowledge that institutional record is invisible to the person searching
> WorldCat outside the Connexion client. I’ve seen a myriad of institutional
> records in WorldCat that use DCRM(B). This speaks to Richard’s concerns in
> the second and third paragraphs of his reply. I know one can click through
> the WorldCat interface and (assuming it links to the correct index) see the
> institution’s record, but would it be advantageous to have the
> institutional record exposed as well?
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> Look forward to your comments – thank you.
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