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

[Christine DeZelar-Tiedman]

Adding another use case: as the holder of the world's largest collection of
Sherlock Holmes related materials, our users regularly cite and search by
"De Waal number" (i.e. The Universal Sherlock Holmes bibliography by Robert
De Waal). Being able to target the search to a specific field helps avoid
wading through false hits based on general keyword search only.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 11:06 AM Gina Solares <gsolares at usfca.edu> wrote:

> Hi Francis,
>
> Thanks for having that conversation with Jay! I've emailed OCLC Support
> about this issue in the past and have often watched the conversations on
> this topic here on DCRM-L.
>
> Here at USF, we'd love to see this field indexed in OCLC. We are a Jesuit
> institution and have done a variety of projects to enhance our records for
> Jesuitica, relying heavily on Backer-Sommervogel, Carayon, and others as
> references. It has been useful for internal collection development &
> tracking, as well as demonstrating value to our parent organization.
>
> Additionally, like many others, we have a variety of fine press materials
> in our special collections. Our design faculty are often interested in
> aspects of production, illustration, and contribution not tracked in common
> bibliographic records. We've found that bibliographies of individual
> printers, illustrators, or designers have been useful in surfacing this
> material in our collections. If this field was indexed in OCLC, it would be
> a very useful service to our librarians and patrons.
>
> Best regards,
> Gina
>
> --
> Gina Solares (she/hers)
> Head of Cataloging and Metadata Management
> Gleeson Library | Geschke Center, University of San Francisco
> (415) 422-5361 | http://www.usfca.edu/library/
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 6:21 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://help.oclc.org/Librarian_Toolbox/Searching_WorldCat_Indexes/Fields_and_subfields/5xx_fields__;!!CaiJqKM!xMnqh8MpCaKfm-YITaA5jwoxvr1CRLIkhxGGdcOpYBtGT-HVBlxCedEAdHle4666$>,
>> with a niche exception for SCIPIO
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://help.oclc.org/Librarian_Toolbox/Searching_WorldCat_Indexes/Indexes/Indexes_A_to_C/Citation_SCIPIO_specific__;!!CaiJqKM!xMnqh8MpCaKfm-YITaA5jwoxvr1CRLIkhxGGdcOpYBtGT-HVBlxCedEAdG5gK5zV$>
>> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rbms.info/scf/?s=abbey*aquatint__;Kw!!CaiJqKM!xMnqh8MpCaKfm-YITaA5jwoxvr1CRLIkhxGGdcOpYBtGT-HVBlxCedEAdMCoQG7e$>
>> and are associated with online resources (e.g. HathiTrust).
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>> Keen to hear others.
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>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Francis
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>> Ps. This issue has appeared before on DCRM-L
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/2016-September/004890.html__;!!CaiJqKM!xMnqh8MpCaKfm-YITaA5jwoxvr1CRLIkhxGGdcOpYBtGT-HVBlxCedEAdM_uCWUr$>
>> (with a variation on *local *indexing here
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/2018-October/thread.html*5556__;Iw!!CaiJqKM!xMnqh8MpCaKfm-YITaA5jwoxvr1CRLIkhxGGdcOpYBtGT-HVBlxCedEAdObYVS66$>
>> ).
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>> *Senior Catalogue Librarian*
>>
>> Department 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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>

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Christine DeZelar-Tiedman
Metadata and Emerging Technologies Librarian | University of Minnesota
Libraries
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