Mitch,

  Nice to talk with you on the phone.  We have cleaned up about 4,000 local records which had url on the print records, this number also includes the deletion of " electronic only" records which did not have a print counterpart.

  We currently have a total of 31,119 Serials solutions records in Millennium.

  Prior to the use of "hosted url" option, the "changed record" file was between 1500 to 3500 per month. now they range from 20-45 per month, drastically cut down the record load time.  With the exception of initial load, record loading only takes about 15-30 minutes.  even less now with a small changed file.

  p.s.  we are only loading change, deletion, and new, and brief record each month, not replacing the entire database.

  Since you have already used their A-Z list, you must have set up the Client center knowledgebase,   using the MARC records would be simple now.

  Batch loading records will work the best if you use the separate record approach, Please let me know if you want to know how we clean up our url links from the print records.  Feel free to call if you have any other questions.

  Julie Su
  619-594-0904

Mitch Turitz <turitz@SFSU.EDU> wrote:
  I apologize in advance for duplicates of this message, as I am
sending this out to several discussion groups (lists).

San Francisco State University subscribes to over 20,000 electronic
serials. We are considering purchasing MARC records for these
serials. Our OPAC is Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

I am asking:

1.) Who has used a vendor with good quality MARC records/good prices.
We estimate we will need approximately 22,000 serial bib records.

2.) How useful were those records?

3.) How much additional work (including cleanup) was needed to be done?

4.) Any other comments.

Please send your replies directly to me:

Mitch Turitz

Thanks in advance,

Mitch
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