Chris Brady (Not to be confused with Chris Blackman...I can't even say Chris B.) -- Chris Blackman's question was about applying the aggregator-neutral record approach to an updating *database*.  CONSER practice is specifically limited to serials.  CONSER/BIBCO will be having their Operation Committee meetings at the end of the month and the application of aggregator-neutral approach to integrating resources is on the agenda of that meeting.

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On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Brady, Chris wrote:

> Chris:
>
> Check out this information from the CONSER website:
>
> http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/agg-neutral-recs.html
>
> The OCLC merger was no freak accident.  Since 2003, CONSER practice has
> been to create aggregator-neutral records that focus on the content of
> the title and not the details of any particular aggregator.  There are
> some records that have not been collapsed together yet (particularly
> with MedLine and ERIC), but the conversion process is still in process
> as a mix of automated and manual work is involved.
>
> Chris Brady
> Serials/E-Resources Catalog Librarian
> Baylor University Libraries
> One Bear Place #97151
> Waco, TX 76798-7151
> Tel: (254) 710-6680
> Fax: (254) 710-3116
> E-mail: C_Brady@baylor.edu (Note underscore: C_Brady)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Blackman
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 2:13 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] Again: Aggregator Neutral Records for Updating
> Databases?
>
> Does anyone have information on this? Or should I assume that the OCLC
> merger was a freak accident?
>
> Chris
>
> Christine W. Blackman
> Catalog Librarian
> Williams College Libraries
> Williamstown, MA  01267
> 413-597-4403
> cblackma@williams.edu
>
>
>
> Chris Blackman wrote:
>
>> Have aggregator [provider] neutral records been approved for updating
>> databases?
>> I was just about to create a new record in OCLC for Avery Index via
>> EBSCO (believe it or not there wasn't already one -- oodles of the RLG
>
>> version though), and found that another original record that I had
>> created for EBSCO's version of ABSEES had been merged into what
>> appears to be an aggregator neutral record (LCCN  2001562575, OCLC
>> 47990419).
>>
>> Chris
>>
>