Hi Diane,

Serials are difficult because you need to compare the full holdings. The only way I know of to do this is manually - by searching the Local Holdings Records (LHRs) in the Connexion browser. And not all holding libraries have Local Holdings Records. If there is a better/quicker/easier way I’d love to know about it!

martha

Martha Gunnarson

Gordon Library

Electronic Resources Librarian

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280

508-831-6038

mg@wpi.edu

www.wpi.edu/+library

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Diane Netting Paldan
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:32 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Checking collection against OCLC holdings

Good morning,

I currently have several projects that need checking of our ILS holdings against OCLC. We need to determine how many libraries own the titles without a manual check of WorldCat.

Is there a simple way to do this? Is OCLC collection evaluation service the only option?

We need to do this first on for serials so I thought I would start question here.

Thanks

Diane

Diane Paldan

Database Integrity/Preservation

Wayne State University Libraries

Detroit, Michigan 48202

(313) 577-0222

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