[DCRM-L] DCRM(B) and WorldCat

[Allison Jai O'Dell]

You're right, Joe, I'd completely blocked WMS out of my mind.  That may be
an option for some libraries.

But what conversation do we want to have?  Access to copy-specific
information in general, on the Web?  Or access to copy-specific information
in WorldCat?


Allison


On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Joe Springer <joeas at goshen.edu> wrote:

> Correct on the main counts.  Note, however, that OCLC has begun storing
> and providing access to copy-specific information for libraries using their
> WorldShare Management Services.  WMS libraries can add notes and additional
> access points as "local bibliographic data." Content in these fields is
> *searchable* only within the context of the particular library's
> "instance" (fka "library's own catalog").  However for anyone doing a
> general worldcat.org search the local bibliographic data of a WMS library
> does display *if* one clicks on that particular library's holdings.  That
> is a step removed from the display Allison was describing (copy-specific
> details displayed alongside the holdings info), but not a very big one.
> Perhaps now that OCLC has begun providing search access to such data within
> "catalogs" the idea of access to such data across "catalogs" is not as far
> removed as it was when OCLC wasn't in the business of providing more than
> rudimentary access to anyone's holdings.
>
> Joe Springer, Curator
> Mennonite Historical Library
> Goshen College
> 1700 S Main St
> Goshen, IN 46526
>
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