Yes, I admit it - it hit me right after hitting "send".  I was suffering
from "serials on the brain" when I wrote that response.

That said, I do wonder what the distinction is in this case of treating
e-serials and electronic integrating resources differently.  The issues
seem the same -- you have one publication (information source) available
through multiple vendors (platforms).  If it's an electronic serial, use
of aggregator-neutral records is established.  What issues have kept the
adoption of aggregator-neutral records as policy for electronic
integrating resources?  I'm certainly open to hearing the
issues/opinions involved, but at this point it seems to me on this front
the issues for each are similar and they should be treated the same.

This of course may stem from "bureaucracy" (sorry, can't think of
another term for it right now - nothing negative intended) where CONSER
decisions apply specifically to serials and since integrating resources
are not technically serials, that caused the cataloging distinction.

Part of my confusion comes from something Chris Blackman noticed: it
seems that some have taking the decision regarding e-serials and applied
it to integrating resources.  For example, check out this record for
Medline (#39093945).  (I am assuming Medline is an electronic resource
and not a serial...)  It is a merged record for two aggregator-specific
records; #39093945 at one time was for Medline (Online : SilverPlatter)
and #41475228 was for Medline (Online : OCLC).  The only institutions
listed in the 040 for this merged record are NLM and OCLC.  There is
also a record still existing in OCLC for MEDLINE (Online : EBSCO
Publishing (Firm)) [#52753814].

Chris Brady
Serials/E-Resources Catalog Librarian
Baylor University Libraries
One Bear Place #97151
Waco, TX 76710-7151
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 Steven C Shadle
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 7:24 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Again: Aggregator Neutral Records for Updating
Databases?

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.

Steve Shadle/Serials Access Librarian  *****  shadle@u.washington.edu
University of Washington Libraries      ***     Phone: (206) 685-3983
Seattle, WA 98195-2900                   *        Fax: (206) 543-0854

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
>>
>