[DCRM-L] OCLC's IR webinar (May 13)

[Jennifer MacDonald]

Yes, I do everything else as I did before -- select the record, update 
or enhance as needed, submit countless merge requests. WMS is accessed 
via a web browser, and is rather clunky, so I still do most of this in 
Connexion. WMS only has an online save file, not a local save file, so I 
prefer being able to save in my local file as well, rather than clutter 
up a shared space.  Additionally, I have to do my NACO work in 
Connexion, because there isn't a way to do that yet in WMS (of which I 
am aware).  The main difference in workflow is that instead of exporting 
records, I attach holdings and bib data directly to a master record.

On 5/15/2015 10:42 AM, Noble, Richard wrote:
> This may be turning into too much of a thread variant, but...
>
> What control do you have over the selection of a master record (given 
> the /many/ possibilities in the WorldCat database) and are you able to 
> edit/upgrade it at the manifestation level? That is, do institutional 
> catalogers retain "enhance" status?
>
> RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
> BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
> <Richard_Noble at Br <mailto:RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu 
> <http://own.edu>>
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Jennifer MacDonald 
> <jsmacdon at udel.edu <mailto:jsmacdon at udel.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear colleagues,
>
>     I have been silent on all of this, but I guess it's time to chime
>     in. University of Delaware became the first "major" institution to
>     adopt WorldShare Management Services, and we migrated last summer.
>
>     WMS (which goes by many derogatory nicknames here, like WMD) is
>     the way OCLC takes over your ILS. Circulation, reserves,
>     cataloging, acquisitions, everything.  Not to put too fine a point
>     on it, hearing talk about going to check an institution's local
>     catalog makes me cringe, because WE NO LONGER HAVE A LOCAL
>     CATALOG. We have OCLC records with extra things dangling from
>     them. Whenever I explain it to someone outside of our library,
>     they ask if I'm looking for another job (I'm not). The library
>     spent about 18 months working with OCLC on the system, then
>     another 12 months when it became clear that they wouldn't be ready
>     for the go live date, and there is still continual communication
>     and activity between UD and OCLC.
>
>     When I search for a record in the metadata module of WMS, it takes
>     me to the master record, the Local Bib Data (if there is one), and
>     the Local Holdings Record (if there is one). Local notes go into
>     the LBD (natch, but you never know with these things). Because
>     I've been in denial for the past year, I haven't checked what our
>     records look like on the other end, but I figured now was the
>     time, and I have had a friend at a different institution take a
>     look. _It is, in fact, possible for others to see the LBD_. When
>     the holdings come up in WorldCat.org (I don't know about
>     FirstSearch, I didn't check that yet), if you click on the holding
>     library's name, the notes come up under the "Details" section. 
>     This isn't a very exciting record (the book happened to be on my
>     desk because one of the copies dropped out in the migration, which
>     is a story for another day), but if you want to take a look, this
>     is the record she checked:
>     http://www.worldcat.org/title/entailed-hat-or-patty-cannons-times-a-romance/oclc/1875667&referer=brief_results
>
>     Believe me, I'm not a fan of WMS, but at least for now, I know
>     people can see our local data. Or at least she could ...
>
>     Jennifer MacDonald
>


-- 
Jennifer MacDonald
Associate Librarian and Coordinator,
Special Collections Cataloging and Processing
Metadata Services Department
University of Delaware Library
Newark, DE 19717-5267

302-831-1512

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