[DCRM-L] OCLC cataloging subscription

[Christine DeZelar-Tiedman]

I'm pretty sure this has been submitted through the enhancement process
(the only way to get new features, unless you are a new customer with $$$
that they are trying to sign on), but it has never gotten enough votes to
make it through.

Incidentally, a couple of years ago the University of Minnesota was a
development partner for the discontinued MetaDoor project (the source of
the lawsuit between OCLC and Clarivate) and I was very frank with the
ExLibris staff about why we don't use Alma for original cataloging. They
seemed receptive to listening, but they really didn't fully understand as
they were not catalogers; for example, they seemed to think that
"templates" were a suitable alternative to macros.

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 4:16 PM Karen Attar <Karen.Attar at sl.nsw.gov.au>
wrote:

> Going off on a bit of a tangent, as this is about Alma and not the OCLC
> subscription: can anybody persuade Alma to include a keyboard with
> diacritics and amend other deficiencies? If large American libraries can’t
> sway a large LMS provider, nobody can … you are the hope of the world!
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Christine
> DeZelar-Tiedman via DCRM-L
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 11:58 PM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Cc:* Christine DeZelar-Tiedman <dezel002 at umn.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] OCLC cataloging subscription
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> I answered more generally on the Alma list, but in terms of special
> collections cataloging, I can't imagine trying to do that in Alma. In
> particular, searching for records with Alma's very limited external search
> options would be a nightmare. The availability of macros, and the
> methodology for entering special characters and diacritics, is also much
> more robust and efficient in OCLC Connexion.
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> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 10:07 AM MacDonald, Jennifer via DCRM-L <
> dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues,
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> Like many institutions, we are going through budget cuts. My
> administration is considering cancelling our OCLC cataloging subscription.
> Is anyone at an institution that did this, or contemplated doing it? Was
> your subscription kept or not, and what was the reasoning behind the
> decision? What tools or platforms did you use, or consider using, instead
> of OCLC? Were the needs of special collections cataloging taken into
> account? If it was cancelled, what kind of fallout did your institution
> experience? I'm particularly interested in outcomes for special collections
> cataloging, but general cataloging would help as well.  On- or off-list
> responses are welcome.
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> Thanks,
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> Jennifer
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> *Jennifer MacDonald*
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> *Librarian and Head, Cataloging and Metadata Department*
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> UD Library, Museums and Press
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> Christine DeZelar-Tiedman
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> Cataloging Policies and Practices Librarian | Cataloging, Metadata, &
> Digitization Services | University of Minnesota Libraries
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> [image: State Library of NSW] <https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/>
> *Karen Attar*
> Senior Librarian, Rare Books
> Karen.Attar at sl.nsw.gov.au
> +61 2 9273 1640
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> 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
> www.sl.nsw.gov.au
>
> We acknowledge the Gadigal people, the First Peoples and custodians of the
> land on which the Library stands and whose skies and waters surround us. We
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Christine DeZelar-Tiedman
Cataloging Policies and Practices Librarian | Cataloging, Metadata, &
Digitization Services | University of Minnesota Libraries
160 Wilson Library | 309 19th Ave. S. | Minneapolis, MN 55455
dezel002 at umn.edu
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