Our library just finished the batch loads of MARC records to
Our OPAC of our electronic resources through MARC record services
offered by Serials Solutions. But we will not add the institution's
holding symbol to OCLC records. Because our library has no control of
the accessibility of some of the titles which are available to our
library from the electronic resources (as Ebscohost, ProQuest, etc.) We
subscribe the databases, not the individual titles. And the publishers
who have agreement with those databases (or venders) can withdraw their
titles from the databases at their will. We just do not want to take the
trouble to add and then delete our LDRs from OCLC records for those
titles.
As for our individually subscribed titles (both online and print
version), we have all our LDRs in OCLC records and they are updated all
the time. (For example, we subscribe 15 individual journals form Emerald
and then we subscribe the Emerald Full text Database which consists of
more than 200 titles. In our OCLC records, we only put LDRs for those 15
titles, not the other more than 200 titles.)
Even though I believe that we can ILL all those 200 titles with full
texts online, I just do not feel comfortable to put the LDR in OCLC
records in case one of the titles dropped without my knowledge.
Tian X. Zhang
Serials Librarian
St. John's University Library
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Carmel Yurochko
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:08 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Holdings for e-resources in OPAC and in OCLC?
Hello,
The Gumberg Library at Duquesne University does a monthly batch download
of Marc records we get from ExLibris. I do this more frequently if
warranted.
I too am interested in the answer to the question about OCLC holdings
for electronic journals.
I just began adding our symbol to our Elsevier subscription titles, and
only to Elsevier subs for now. At this time, I am not adding holdings.
We decided to start slowly to see how it affects our ILL department.
Thanks,
Carmel Yurochko
Serials/E.R. Librarian
Duquesne University / Gumberg Library
600 Forbes Avenue / Pittsburgh, PA 15282
412.396-5233 / fax 412.396-5639
yurochko@library.duq.edu
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Conway
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:41 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Holdings for e-resources in OPAC and in OCLC?
I am also interested. Thank you, Cheryl Conway At 04:24 PM 1/20/2006,
you wrote:
>Please respond to the list, I am interested too.
>
>Helen
>
>Helen Heinrich
>Cataloging Coordinator
>California State University, Northridge
>18111 Nordhoff Street,
>Northridge, CA, 91330-8328
>Tel.: (818) 677-7830
>Fax: (818) 677-4928
>helen.heinrich@csun.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
>[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Birdie MacLennan
>Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:27 PM
>To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
>Subject: [SERIALST] Holdings for e-resources in OPAC and in OCLC?
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm writing to inquire if there are any academic libraries using
>monthly (or more frequent) automated batch loads of MARC records to
>describe in their OPAC their electronic resources (i.e., through MARC
>record services offered by EBSCO, SerialsSolutions, ExLibris or other)
>who are also adding (and/or deleting) their institution's holding
>symbol to OCLC records, with each monthly batch load of MARC records
>... primarily for ILL purposes?
>
>Likewise, are there libraries who are doing monthly MARC record batch
>loads who are not worrying about adding their holdings to OCLC records
>and just keeping holdings data in their OPAC?
>
>I am aware that OCLC was conducting a pilot project with various
>libraries and vendors. Is the pilot over? Any lessons learned?
>
>Feel free to respond to SERIALST or to me directly. If interest
>warrants, I'll be happy to summarize for the list.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
> -- Birdie
> Birdie MacLennan
> Bailey/Howe Library E-mail: Birdie.MacLennan@uvm.edu
> University of Vermont Phone: 802-656-2016
> Burlington, VT 05405, USA Fax: 802-656-4038
> Library Assoc. Prof. ; Coordinator, Serials & Cataloging, etc.
...
Cheryl
Cheryl L. Conway
Head of Cataloging Acquisitions Dept.
Room 214-C
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Ave.
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-4002
phone: 479-575-4812
fax: 479-575-4817
