[Conntech] OCLC records

[Pat Kiser]

Carolyn,

We at Library Connection have been aware of this 
problem since August. Baker & Taylor gave OCLC 
copies of all their Title Source records in order 
to get OCLC control numbers on the bib records. I 
don't know who made the decision to load the 
records into WordCat but OCLC has throughly 
polluted their database with these awful records.

Baker & Taylor created these records before they 
had the titles in their warehouse. B&T told OCLC 
that they would send them a fuller record once 
the title has arrived. There is no commitment to 
a time frame for getting a fuller record.

In the meantime, OCLC is expecting their members 
to voluntarily go into WorldCat and upgrade these 
records. Who has the time?

OCLC offered to upgrade the records through their 
Bib notification service. This meant that OCLC 
was charging us for bib records that B&T was 
providing for free AND charging us for an 
upgraded record.

After much persistence, OCLC has agreed to give 
CatExpress libraries free upgrades of these Level 
3 records.

Pat




>For about the last month or so, we at the Wilton 
>Library have seen a large increase in the number 
>of “brief records” (i.e, MARC records with no 
>subject headings, author, contents, etc.) that 
>we have imported into our catalog from OCLC. Of 
>course, this requires extra steps to search for 
>and bring over the complete record once the book 
>arrives.
>
>Has anyone else seen this problem in their library? 
>
>Thanks in advance for any information,
>
>
>
>
>Carolyn Benjamin
>Head, Technical Services
>Reference Librarian
>Wilton Library Association
>137 Old Ridgefield Road
>Wilton, CT 06824
>(203) 762-3950
>
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Patricia Kiser
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