B366RCS@UTARLVM1.BITNET (Bob Samson) (02/08/90)
Has anyone tried to make use of the Baker & Taylor approval program tapes?
It is my understanding that the records on these tapes are not full MARC
records, so I am wondering if it is worth the effort to load them if the
cataloging staff is going to be required to overlay with complete records
at a later time.
I would be interested in any comments regarding this product.
Thanks.
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B366RCS@UTARLVM1 ###### ## ## ##DTP622F@SMSVMA.BITNET (David Palmer) (02/10/90)
We have the tapes loaded into a separate institution & processing unit. Collection development & campus faculty like it and think it worth the effort because of the comparison of what they were doing before. we also have an email form they can pull up online and send back with a request for a certain title and their account number. but yes, while cataloging could derive a copy of the online record into their processing unit, they usually do not as it is easier to take OCLC copy than clean up the B&T record. David Palmer Southwest Missouri State U
MKREYCHE@KENTVM.BITNET (Michael Kreyche) (02/10/90)
We've been loading the B&T records for nearly two years, now, and they have worked well. We started out loading their LC MARC records, but this was not so satisfactory because we ended up with records for only about 70% of the titles, and this created a division in our workflow. I wrote a couple of programs to reformat the records and add some fields to improve access. For example, if we do the search T=KSU APP we get all current approval books in order by date. About a year ago we had B&T put the LC class into the record, so now the records can also be browsed by LC class. If we send the book back the record is deleted, and if we keep it an order record is created and the bibliographic record is eventually replaced (usually by OCLC overlay). Mike Kreyche Systems Librarian Kent State University Libraries 216-672-3024 FAX 216-672-2265 MKREYCHE@KENTVM.BITNET