[DCRM-L] OCLC Connexion / WorldCat indexing of MARC 510 field

[Rich, Allison]

This would be very helpful.
It would have to be based on keywords though, I think.

If only for the reason that many older records (or non North American
records) will only use keywords, for example "Cioranescu" or "Sabin" or
"Palau" before the RBMS put their brilliant standard citation guide online.

Just my two cents,
Allison

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:21 AM Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all.
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> I had a brief but useful email exchange with Jay Weitz yesterday about the
> MARC 510 field. In its current setup (as confirmed by Jay), OCLC does not
> index the field
> <https://help.oclc.org/Librarian_Toolbox/Searching_WorldCat_Indexes/Fields_and_subfields/5xx_fields>,
> with a niche exception for SCIPIO
> <https://help.oclc.org/Librarian_Toolbox/Searching_WorldCat_Indexes/Indexes/Indexes_A_to_C/Citation_SCIPIO_specific>
> records.
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> It sounds like OCLC would be willing to consider a change. Jay says it
> would be useful to have a collective indication of interest from the RBMS
> community (perhaps endorsed by BSC), illustrated by use cases.
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> Would others support such a change in OCLC? If so, can you share sample
> use cases, for researchers or for staff?
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> I’ll start with my own use case: to facilitate aspects of cataloging
> activity, I’d like to find all records in OCLC that have a 510 citation to
> the J.R. Abbey catalogs <https://rbms.info/scf/?s=abbey+aquatint> and are
> associated with online resources (e.g. HathiTrust).
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> Keen to hear others.
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> Thanks,
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> Francis
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> Ps. This issue has appeared before on DCRM-L
> <https://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/2016-September/004890.html>
> (with a variation on *local *indexing here
> <https://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/2018-October/thread.html#5556>
> ).
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> *Senior Catalogue Librarian*
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> Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
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> Yale Center for British Art
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> 203-432-9672  ·  francis.lapka at yale.edu
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Allison Rich
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ESTC and NACO Coordinator

John Carter Brown Library
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