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

Wed Mar 25 06:45:37 MDT 2015

Hello list:

This is not welcome news for us either.
We have been using IRs from the very beginning after RLIN died.
I always saw IR's as a concession to RLIN libraries and the "cluster 
system".

I printed out the LBD information to look at later when I, like Robert, 
can read it more carefully.
If there is a group letter or form of protest going around to OCLC, then 
the JCB would very much like to be part of that.
People who use special collections are very interested in seeing other 
data from local collections at other institutions.
This strikes me as very short sighted and a load of other words I really 
should not add here.

I would also like to know when and how this was decided without getting 
input from institutions which use the IRs.
It seems like this was a backroom decision.
Not good at all.

~Allison

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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
ESTC and NACO Coordinator

John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu

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> We would be very badly affected by this apparently unilateral action. 
> All of our holdings are on IRs. I haven’t read the explanation about 
> “local bibliographic data” carefully yet, but one thing that strikes 
> me right off the bat is the statement “Using local bibliographic data 
> (LBD), you can add local information to a bibliographic record that is 
> specific to your institution’s title; however, *other institutions 
> will not be able to see that information* in the WorldCat master 
> record and your users will only see your institution’s LBD.” This 
> strikes me as very bad, especially for special collections. As we all 
> know, users of special collections depend on the ability to see other 
> institutions’ local information for their research—e.g., to find out 
> who has books signed by Abraham Lincoln, or whose copy has a 
> particular woodcut that only some copies have.
>
> I am also surprised, if this was discussed at Big Heads, that not a 
> peep about this has surfaced until now. At least I certainly hadn’t 
> heard anything about it before reading the message you forwarded, 
> Oksana. Maybe I haven’t been paying attention.
>
> Bob
>
> Robert L. Maxwell
> Ancient Languages and Special Collections Cataloger
> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
> Brigham Young University
> Provo, UT 84602
> (801)422-5568
>
> "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine 
> ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. 
> Snow, 1842.
>
> *From:*dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] 
> *On Behalf Of *Oksana Linda
> *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2015 2:58 PM
> *To:* DCRM Revision Group List
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Discontinuation of OCLC's institutional records 
> program
>
> 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.
>
> --------------------
> Oksana K. Linda
> William L. Clements Library
> University of Michigan
> 909 South University
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
>
> www.clements.umich.edu <http://www.clements.umich.edu/>
>
> Temporary address:
>
> 1580 E. Ellsworth Road
>
> Ann Arbor, MI  48108-2417
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> *From:*Whitehair,David [mailto:whitehad at oclc.org 
> <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 <mailto: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 <tel:%2B1-614-764-6483> or 1-800-848-5878 
> <tel:1-800-848-5878>
>
> Fax -- +1-614-718-7292 <tel:%2B1-614-718-7292>
>
> Email -- whitehad at oclc.org <mailto:whitehad at oclc.org>
>

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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
ESTC and NACO Coordinator

John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu

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