1、The Librarian as Plumber,April 1, 2008,Ian Fairclough Catalog Librarian Brenda Block Manager Quality Control Section OCLC, Inc,OCLC Cataloging,Over the course of its more than 35 year history, WorldCat has expanded far beyond a cataloging database to serve an increasingly varied set of “end users“:C
2、atalogersILL staffAcquisitions and selection staffPublic services staffLibrary Patrons WorldCat.org WorldCat Local,OCLC Cataloging continued,Each of these types of users approaches WorldCat with different expectations: Records cataloged according to different sets of cataloging rules. Records catalo
3、ged in different languages. Different definitions of quality - (cataloger may want a full and complete bibliographic record usable without any modification; an acquisitions searcher may need only the minimal information needed to order a title. A cataloger may need to make fine distinctions between
4、various versions of a publication while an end user may perceive the resulting records as a confusing set of duplicates),What is an Error?,Duplicate records Time consumingclutters up indexes Typographical Errors Records in the database are only good to use if you can find them Tagging Errors Puts da
5、ta in the wrong indexes making them “un-findable” Inconsistent entry of headings not finding all items by the same author making searching incomprehensive, etc. Missing data Makes it difficult to identify the item or prevents it from being useful (dependent on level of cataloging),Quality Control Se
6、ction (QCS)7 FTE staff,Make Corrections to bibliographic and the OCLC copy of the LC authority file records Includes reporting problems to LC Add missing data Includes reporting problems to LC Create new authority records Manual merging of duplicate records “Undo” bad merges (90 days), or, When bad
7、things happen to good records! Review documentation (BFAS, TBs, etc.) Support NACO Name Authority Cooperative Program (Library of Congress) Support the OCLC Enhance Program,Quality Control Statistics ,July 1st, 2007 through Feb 29, 2008 Received Change/Error reports including duplicate record report
8、s and authority record change requests 105,130 Authority records created/changed 70,989 Bibliographic records merged 73,679 Bibliographic records changed 1,565,550,245 00 Ohio, the Buckeye state $h microform : $b a brief history / $c by W.R. Collins et al.,Example Macro Correction,Desc=a, no 1xx fie
9、ld is present 245 11 ohio , the Buckeye state : $h Microfilm $b a brief history / By W. R. Collinset.al,DecentralizedDevelopment of Cooperative Programs,1974: CONSER Program 1984: Enhance Program 1993: CIP Enhance Program 1995: National Level Enhance Program 1995: PCC-Program for Cooperative Catalog
10、ing,Other Record Replace Programs,1985: Minimal Level Upgrade 1991: Database Enrichment limited number of fields 1992: Contents note (505 field added; 300 field on CIP records) 1996: Fields 006 and 007 By 2002: many 0XX, 5XX, & 6XX fields were made available to member libraries to add to the master
11、records,Why edit the master record were all so busy?,Purpose Process Payoff,Purpose,Saves time having the master record corrected once means other users of the record will not have to make the same correction Typos and other mistakes in records often cause duplicate records to be added to the databa
12、se causing frustration in searching, cluttering up the indexes and retrieving more than one record Consistent cataloging records in your own catalog Benefits for Interlibrary Loan The nature of working in a cooperative environment,WorldCat Record Editing,WorldCat record editing restrictions is based
13、 on the “level” of cataloging. Represented in the bibliographic record by codes in the Fixed Field element: ELvl: (Encoding Level)Based on Jan. 1, 2008 Cataloging File statistics there were approximately 97 million bibliographic records in the WorldCat database.,Encoding Level Distribution,52,377,46
14、6 records or 54% of WorldCat records, are encoding levels editable by OCLC member libraries that have a full-level or higher cataloging authorization (ELvls: 2, 3, 4 5, 7, K, M).Of the remaining 44,696,165 (46%), many are also eligible for additional changes and/or database enrichment data to be add
15、ed (ELvl: 4 records with no 042 fields, etc.),Process Replacing Records,A library can lock, edit, and replace: Records they input into WorldCat records that still has their holding symbol attached and no other institution has used the record for cataloging, in other words, no other holding symbol is
16、 attached to the record. Database Enrichment Correct errors or add data to certain fields Minimal-Level Upgrades,What fields can be added or corrected?,List of fields that can be added or corrected: See http:/www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/quality/default.shtm#databaseenrichment in Chapter 5 of:“OCLC Bi
17、bliographic Formats and Standards” Some examples: 006, 007, 020, 022, 024, 027, 028, 030, 041, 043, 052, 084, 088, 505, 506, 520, 526, 530, 538, 583, 856 Controlling headings to the authority record form (as long as the heading doesnt change),Non-Latin Data - 日本語,In the Connexion Client software, no
18、n-Latin data fields can be added to existing records. Non-Latin data fields “only” are now supported which means no Latin data fields required. Current character sets supported for cataloging are: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Tamil, and Thai
19、 scripts,Parallel Records,Parallel records represent the same manifestation, but are cataloged in a different language. What constitutes a record cataloged in a foreign language:040 $b language code of catalogingDesignations in the 300 field represented by the foreign language equivalent to pages, e
20、tc.Non-quoted notes are in a foreign language. When using an existing record for copy cataloging do not change the language of cataloging if upgrading the Master Record unless the language of cataloging coded in field 040 subfield $b does not accurately reflect the actual language of the cataloging
21、record.,French language cataloged record,40 NLC b fre c NLC 0410 freeng 049 OCLC 100 1 MacKillop, Barry. 245 10 Pour des lendemains plus surs, agissons des aujourdhui : b promouvoir un milieu plus sur et plus sain en investissant plus tot dans nos enfants / c par Barry MacKillop et Michelle Clarke.
22、260 Ottawa : b Conseil canadien de lenfance et de la jeunesse, c 1989. 300 ii, 16, 12, ii p. ; c 21 cm. 500 Texte en francais et en anglais. 500 Titre de la p. de t. addit., tete-beche: Safer tomorrows begin today. 504 Comprend des references bibliographiques.,Dutch language cataloged record,040 NLG
23、GC e fobidrtb b dut c NLGGC 100 1 Huiskens, Gino. 245 14 Een eeuw onderling verzekeren : b in 100 jaar van Het Noorden naar Anker Verzekeringen = A century of mutual insurance : the 100 years transition from Het Noorden to Anker Verzekeringen / c onderzoek en tekst: Gino Huiskens en Reinhilde van de
24、r Kroef en Histodata Groningen. 260 Groningen : b Historisch Onderzoeksbureau Histodata, c 2007. 300 132 p. : b ill. ; c 27 cm. 500 Titel en tekst in het Nederlands en Engels. 504 Met lit.opg.,Chinese language of cataloging,040 XXX b chi c XXX 100 1 辛廣偉. 100 1 Xin, Guangwei. 245 10 臺灣出版史 / c 辛廣偉著. 2
25、45 10 Taiwan chu ban shi / c Xin Guangwei zhu. 250 第1版. 250 Di 1 ban. 260 河北省石家庄市 : b 河北教育出版社, c 2000 民89 260 Hebei Sheng Shijiazhuang Shi : b He bei jiao yu chu ban she, c 2000 Min 89 300 8, 461面 : b 圖 ; c 23 公分. 300 8, 461 Mian : b Tu ; c 23 Gong fen. 500 原書題名著者及內容均以簡體字著錄. 500 Yuan shu ti ming zhu
26、 zhe ji nei rong jun yi jian ti zi zhu lu.,? language of cataloging,040 S3O b swe c S3O 245 04 The poetry of Michael Longley / c edited by Alan J. Peacock and Kathleen Devine. 260 Gerrards Cross : b Colin Smythe, c 2000. 300 xxi, 191 p., 8 p. of plates : b ports. ; c 23 cm. 440 0 Ulster editions and
27、 monographs series, x 0954-3392 ; v 10 500 Based on the 1996 Symposium held at the University of Ulster. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index.,Credits,Not all additions or changes to fields in the WorldCat record will result in a credit. The changed/edited record will carry the librarys
28、 OCLC symbol in d of the 040 of the editing library. If a user modifies a record in several ways that generate a credit, the user receives only one credit for the replace transaction. To receive a Minimal-level Upgrade credit, you must upgrade the encoding level of the record.,Minimal Level Upgrade,
29、Add or modify all editable fields of less-than-full-level records (Encoding Levels: K, M, 2, 3, 4 (no 042 pcc), 5, and 7) to upgrade them to full-level (Encoding Level I) or less-than-full (Encoding Level K) Encoding Level 4 records, you cannot add or modify editable fields of PCC-Program for Cooper
30、ativeCataloging) records (field 042 contains pcc) or CONSER-authenticated serial records (field 042 contains a CONSER authentication code) Non-authenticated serials with ten or fewer holdings are editable.,How? In Connexion ,Lock the master record (Browser) Client users do not have to enter an expli
31、cit lock command) Action menu choose: Lock the master record Make edits in the record Action menu choose either: Replace record, or, Replace and update holdings,Payoff same as Purpose,Saves time having the master record corrected once means other users of the record will not have to make the same co
32、rrection Typos and other mistakes in records often cause duplicate records to be added causing frustration in searching and retrieving more than one record Consistent cataloging records in your own catalog Benefits for Interlibrary Loan The nature of working in a cooperative environment,What if the
33、library cant correct the record?,They can report the error to the OCLC Quality Control Section bibchangeoclc.org or authfileoclc.org or U.S. toll-free FAX 1-866-709-6252,Why report errors?,Purpose Process Payoff,Purpose,Almost every OCLC product relies on the bibliographic data in the WorldCat recor
34、ds You may not be able to find the records because of “ERRORS” You may have too many of the same records that clutter the indexes (Duplicates). You may not find all the records for your favorite author using one author search. Reporting errors is one way to contribute to working in a cooperative env
35、ironment.,Process How to Report Errors,Paper change requests U.S. Toll-free FAX number Electronic error reporting E-mail Web Forms Online error reporting (Connexion Client/Browser),Paper Change Requests (USPS) or U.S. Toll-Free FAX,Changes/additions requiring photocopies (proof): Descriptive field c
36、hanges (245-4XX) Addition or changes to some note fields (504) Addition of some 0XX fields (028, etc.) Collapse/close-out of a serial record or integrating resource Miscellaneous changes that require seeing the item,Proof (Photocopies),Title page Title page verso Cover, spine, etc., if change involv
37、es these areas Publication information pages Other pages from the item depending on the request, e.g. bibliography pages differ on the item from what is on the bibliographic record,Paper Change Requests Requiring proof,Forms for Bibliographic & Authority Records can be found in Chapter 5 “Quality As
38、surance” of OCLC Bibliographic Formats and StandardsU.S. Toll-Free FAX 1-866-709-6252U.S.P.S. can be mailed to: OCLCQuality Control SectionMail Code 1396565 Kilgour Place Dublin, OH 43017-3395,Changes/additions that do not require pr f:,incorrect tags, indicators, and subfield codes incorrect coding
39、 for non-filing indicators headings not in sync with the Authority file incorrect forms of subject headings most duplicates do not require proof (some may),Electronic error reporting,Duplicates or changes that do NOT require pr f: U.S. Toll-Free FAX 1-866-709-6252 Or, via email, attachments accepted
40、: Bibliographic records: bibchangeoclc.org Authority records: authfileoclc.org,Online error reporting,Report directly on the bibliographic record Connexion ClientConnexion Browser,Connexion Browser and Client,Click on the Action drop down menu Choose Report Error Fill out pop-up box as shown on next
41、 slide Click on the Report Error button You have an option to receive a copy of the error report for your records QC receives an email message along with a copy of the bibliographic record and the text of your message,Upcoming Projects,Currently working with the Office of Research to “control” perso
42、nal name headings in WorldCat Working on the reimplementation of the Duplicate Detection and Resolution (DDR) Software which automatically merges duplicate records the reimplementation is to include other formats beside “books” Work on more timely scans for MARC Updates,Wall of Shame Records,Wall of
43、 Shame Records,100 1 Bechmann, Friedemann. CHECK HEADING 245 00 . 245 00 Spelling & puctuation 500 Accompanied by user guide, compiled by ? 650 0 Second subject heading. 650 0 Qiality control $x Congresses. 650 0 Includes bibliographical references 245 00 Lost in space : $b where is save/1 ?,What questions can I answer for you ?,
