ACQNET: Cataloging needs regarding vendor produced OCLC records

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:02:26 -0400 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:10:11 -0400
From:  Brigida Campos  <bcampos_at_cityofpasadena.net>
Subject: Cataloging needs regarding vendor produced OCLC records

Hello:
I have seen this topic [level 3, vendor produced OCLC records] addressed 
in the Catalogers listservs...

I would like to hear from Acquisitions/Tech. Services managers.

Are there concerns about the brief OCLC records that are being produced 
by vendors and populated into WorldCat.
How does your library work with these records?
Are you satisfied with how you use these records?
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Does the vendor add them to your ILS on your behalf?
Does the vendor add your OCLC holdings on your behalf?
Does your staff work on the records before using them in your ILS?
Which staff level and when in the process does this happen?
Are you satisfied with that level of intervention?

Thank you for your time,

Brigida
Brigida Campos, Librarian III
Collection and Database Management
City of Pasadena Public Library
285 E. Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-744-4037

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