Re: Cataloging EBSCO titles

["Diane Goodman" <dgoodman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We loaded EBSCO records about a year ago. EBSCO supplied the records on diskette. I found them to be good quality records. I used an existing load table to create bib. records only, but if I did it today, I would probably work with EBSCO and III to try to get order records as well. I do not have a procedure for deleting and updating records other than working with the subscription list each year on a title-by-title basis. As yet, we do not have any records for electronic periodicals, so that has not been a concern for us.

Diane L. Goodman
Technical Services Manager
Sarasota County Library System
Sarasota, Florida
dgoodman@xxxxxxxxxx 

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The University of Oregon Library is investigating whether and how we can
load records in our OPAC for the fulltext titles available in the EBSCO
databases.  EBSCO makes MARC records available for these titles on their
FTP site.  Are any other III libraries using these records?  

I would appreciate receiving comments, etc. about your experiences.  What
type of processing needs to be done to these records?  Can you use any of
your existing load tables?  Do you have a procedure for deleting these
records and periodically updating with new records from EBSCO?  We do not
want to merge the print and electronic records. Did you encounter any
unexpected problems? 

Thanks.

Sara Brownmiller			snb@xxxxxxxxxx 
Systems/Women's Studies Librarian	541/346-2368	
University of Oregon Library		541/346-3485 (fax)
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403-1299

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