Re: Request to CONSER members re: OCLC #23980286 Ann Ercelawn 31 May 2005 19:14 UTC

Hi, I tried out the SFX link in our catalog and it worked correctly.
I can't speak for how SerialsSolutions handles the data, but I
wonder if they don't have the correct ISSN on their record.
Ann

Ann Ercelawn
Vanderbilt University Library
phone:615-343-2088
fax: 615-343-1292
ann.ercelawn@vanderbilt.edu

--On Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:20 AM -0700 Steve Shadle
<shadle@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> wrote:

> Konstantin -- As a CONSER member who formerly worked at the ISSN Center, I
> would suggest that this is correct use of 022|y (as it probably accurately
> reflects a publisher error that might affect physical receipt) and that
> instead you examine what specific fields and subfields you use in your
> link resolution.  We have discovered that including 022|y causes too many
> false drops and for the index we use to generate link resolver
> ISSN matching, we use 022|a|z and 776|x (to catch the E-ISSN/P-ISSN
> doubling).
> --Steve
>
>      Steve Shadle          shadle@u.washington.edu  *******
>      Serials Access Librarian                         *****
>      University of Washington Libraries, Box 352900    ***
>      Seattle, WA 98195               (206) 685-3983     *
>
> On Tue, 31 May 2005, Konstantin Gurevich wrote:
>
>>   Greetings!
>>   This record for Technical communication quarterly contains 022
>>   $y 1534-8431. Incorrect is most certainly true, since this
>> ISSN actually belongs to a totally different title, Journal of
>> Latinos and education. The two are not even related. Meanwhile,
>> the record goes from OCLC to SerialsSolutions and messes up link
>> resolvers, such as SFX. And since we have SerSol records
>> reloaded monthly, there is no point in fixing the record in our
>> catalog.
>>   Could some CONSER member kindly take a look at this record in
>>   OCLC and, if possible, remove the wrong ISSN? It would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Konstantin Gurevich
>> Head, Serials Cataloging
>> Rush Rhees Library
>> University of Rochester
>> Rochester, NY 14627-0055
>> Phone (585) 275-9452
>> E-mail: kgurevich@library.rochester.edu
>>