Re: CORC and Innopac

[Nancy MacKay <mackay@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ruth, we are just coming up on Innovative, and in our demo (and our
contract), they said they could accept Dublin Core records. However,
that might mean they convert them to MARC>

I will be interested in your answers, as we too are getting ready to
catalog in CORC.

All the best,
		Nancy

Ruth Helwig wrote:
> 
> We are beginning to participate in OCLC's CORC cataloging
> program.  We have made the following assumptions based on
> our reading and observations.  We would appreciate any
> information you can provide on whether these assumptions are
> accurate.
> 
> Assumption #1 - CORC records must be downloaded to a
> computer via a browser, transferred to a server (or the
> computer must be running server software), and then loaded
> into INNOPAC through a load program.  There is no direct way
> to download the records from the CORC program into INNOPAC.
> (Note: We do know that CORC records are transferred to
> WorldCat and can be exported via OCLC's Passport software,
> but we are looking for an easy way to immediately get
> originally catalogued records into INNOPAC.)
> 
> Assumption #2 - CORC records must be created or downloaded
> in MARC format in order to be compatible with INNOPAC.  The
> Dublin Core standard is not recognized by INNOPAC and can
> not be loaded directly into INNOPAC.
> 
> Question - Does anyone know whether Innovative will ever be
> able to accept Dublin Core records?
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