[DCRM-L] OCLC and Rare Materials cataloging

[Laurence S. Creider]

Thank you, Nina, Ashleigh, and Allison (and Jackie) for picking up on an
excellent idea.  I look forward to hearing more about this.

Larry
-- 
Laurence S. Creider
Head, Archives and Special Collections Dept.
University Library
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
Work: 575-646-4756
Fax: 575-646-7477
lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu

On Fri, July 17, 2015 5:44 pm, Schneider, Nina wrote:
> 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
>
> +---------------
> 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/
>
>