[DCRM-L] MARC 856 and links to electronic reproductions

[Kate Moriarty]

Francis,

For us, the answer to 1 and 2 is yes and to 3 is no.

Our reasoning is that the benefits of providing openly available electronic
access outweigh the fact that the e-version does not represent our copy.
But now that you mention it, the language we use doesn't specify that the
e-version is not based on our copy. From our procedures:

856 in OCLC record (HathiTrust used as example):
856 41 $u [URL of online resource] $z Available at the HathiTrust Digital
Library

856 in local catalog record (in all cases; the text follows the
automatically generated caption "Connect to" in the OPAC):
856 41 $u [URL of online resource] $z Freely available online version

I'm interested to hear what you and others do.
~Kate



On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> A brief exchange with a colleague about MARC field 856 has me wondering
> about community practice.
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> 1.       If OCLC copy for a resource includes an 856 link to an openly
> available electronic reproduction of the same manifestation (but an
> electronic version *not* generated from the copy at your library), do you
> keep the link?
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> 2.      For original cataloging, or when editing an OCLC master
> record, do you add an 856 field to link to an electronic reproduction, if
> you know of one?
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> 3.      Should links to openly available electronic reproductions (in an
> 856 field) be avoided altogether, if the link is to a reproduction other
> than your own? If so, why?
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>  Francis
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> Francis Lapka  ·  Catalog Librarian
>
> Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts
>
> Yale Center for British Art
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> 203.432.9672  ·  francis.lapka at yale.edu
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