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

[Robert Maxwell]

Thanks, Nina, for pointing us to this FAQ page.

The logic is rather circular in the answer to the first question:
Why is OCLC migrating Institution Records to Local Bibliographic Data (LBD)<http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/support/documentation/cataloging/Working_with_LBDs.pdf>?
IRs don’t take advantage of cooperatively-managed master record data or linked data initiatives. For example, if headings in a bibliographic record are linked to authority records, the bibliographic record is automatically updated if the linked authority record changes. IRs don’t have this type of functionality, and we know this is an important step in cataloging workflows.

They don’t have this type of functionality because OCLC didn’t program it in, not because they’re naturally incapable of having this type of functionality.

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 Schneider, Nina
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 10:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Discontinuation of OCLC's institutional records program

I’ve been in touch with Jackie Dooley who has offered to have an OCLC rep be available to us during ALA Annual in June. I can schedule a period for discussion about this during the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee meeting, since I think the Technical Services Discussion Group is on hiatus this year.

For those of you who would like to know more, there is an FAQ page.

http://www.oclc.org/connexion/resources.en.html#questions


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Nina M. Schneider
Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee

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