[DCRM-L] Discontinuation of OCLC's institutional records program

[Oksana Linda]

Hello:
I was very disappointed to learn about the discontinuation of OCLC's
institutional records program.
Clements Library uses IRs heavily, so I'm curious how many peer
institutions will be affected by this action.
I would like to ask: how other rare material libraries maintain and
preserve local data?

Thank you,
Oksana.


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Oksana K. Linda
William L. Clements Library
University of Michigan
909 South University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
www.clements.umich.edu

Temporary address:
1580 E. Ellsworth Road
Ann Arbor, MI  48108-2417

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 *From:* Whitehair,David [mailto:whitehad at oclc.org]
*Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2015 5:49 PM
*To:* Marill, Jennifer (NIH/NLM) [E]
*Subject:* OCLC Institution Records update for Big Heads



Hi Jennifer,



Could you please distribute this information to the Big Heads group?  I
wanted to share an update to our discussion in Chicago.



OCLC will begin the announcements about Institution Records this week.
There has been one change from what we discussed at ALA.  We will now
change to a two phased approach.  Batchloading new IRs will be discontinued
in December 2015, and creation/display of IRs in Connexion will be
discontinued in June 2016.



We will take a mixed approach of calling some libraries and emailing some.



Announcements will include the following information:



The alternative to IRs is Local Bibliographic Data
<http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/support/documentation/cataloging/Working_with_LBDs.pdf>
(LBD), which enables master record data to be cooperatively managed by
thousands of experts and OCLC staff while providing library-specific
information for discovery applications. Also, LBDs support future linked
data initiatives and entities-based cataloging workflows.



The ability to create IRs via batchload will conclude in December 2015.
Connexion will support creation of IRs until June 2016, when support for
IRs will end. We will offer institutions two options:

1.     Delete existing IRs

2.     Create LBDs from existing IRs or from local system records

An FAQ is available on the OCLC web site and will be shared with
libraries:  http://www.oclc.org/connexion/resources.en.html#questions.



I will be presenting at the upcoming OCLC CJK Users Group meeting in
Chicago next week on March 24, and I will include information about this in
my presentation.



If anyone from the Big Heads group have any questions, feel free to contact
Sandi Jones (joness at oclc.org) who is overseeing this effort, or me.



Thanks much,

David





David Whitehair

Director, Metadata Management

OCLC

6565 Kilgour Place

Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA

Voice -- +1-614-764-6483 or 1-800-848-5878

Fax -- +1-614-718-7292

Email -- whitehad at oclc.org
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