Hi, everyone. It's true that it would take manually checking the local holdings records, but don't forget that there are often multiple records for the exact same journal title.

Sincerely,

Barbara M. Pope, MALS

Periodicals/Reference Librarian

Axe Library

Pittsburg State University

1701 S. Broadway

Pittsburg KS 66762

620-235-4884

bpope@pittstate.edu

From: "Martha Gunnarson" <mg@WPI.EDU>
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:00:17 PM
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Checking collection against OCLC holdings

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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