[DCRM-L] OCLC and Rare Materials cataloging

[Schneider, Nina]

Colleagues,

As some of you know, Jackie Dooley and John Chapman of OCLC organized a meeting during ALA in June, to discuss changes and updates of the way OCLC accepts and displays bibliographic data. During the meeting Jackie suggested that the RBMS community create a forum of some sort to document specific problems with the master record concept and automatic de-duping of records. Specifically, OCLC needs documentation and a record of issues and concerns in order to better meet the needs of the rare materials community. They asked us to document what both catalogers and library users want in their records. 

Asheleigh Perry (Georgetown University) and Allison Rich (Brown University) have kindly volunteered to explore these ideas on behalf of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee.  They may need some help and suggestions, and that's where you come in. Please stay tuned for requests from them and please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Nina

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Nina M. Schneider
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee

Rare Books Librarian
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA  90018
(323) 731-8529

nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/