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

[Jennifer MacDonald]

Hi Francis,

Indexing the 510 in OCLC is definitely something for Bib Standards
to pursue. It will be on the agenda for the next BSC meeting (the date and
time will be announced soon), and we can determine what concrete steps to
take.

Thanks,

Jennifer & Honor (BSC Co-Chair)

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 11:09 AM Oksana K. Linda <olinda at umich.edu> wrote:

> Hi Francis,
> It would be extremely useful, especially when variant states are noted.
> I hope browsing and keyword searching would be permitted.
>
> Thank you for having this discussion.
> /Oksana.
>
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> Oksana K. Linda
> Rare Books Cataloger
> William L. Clements Library
> University of Michigan
> 909 South University
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
> www.clements.umich.edu
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:21 AM Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Would others support such a change in OCLC? If so, can you share sample
>> use cases, for researchers or for staff?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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).
>>
>>
>>
>> Keen to hear others.
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>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> 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*
>>
>> Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
>>
>> Yale Center for British Art
>>
>> 203-432-9672  ·  francis.lapka at yale.edu
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>

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Jennifer MacDonald MA, PhD, MSLIS (she/her/hers)

Associate Librarian and Coordinator, Special Collections Cataloging Unit

Cataloging and Metadata Department

University of Delaware
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