RE: Capturing records via Z39.50

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Title: RE: Capturing records via Z39.50

Let me clarify, we do not intend on using FirstSearch for Cataloging.  We are an OCLC library and have an interactive interface to OCLC.  We primarily want to use it to create order records, which will be overlayed by full cataloging after receipt.

I know that our INNOPAC is getting lots Z39.50 hits from other libraries, and I've been told by staff from those institutions that they are capturing our catalog records for use in their systems.  It seems a pretty slippery slope to me.

Fred McIlvain
Support Systems Analyst, Senior
Library Instruction, Systems and Technology (LIST)
ASU Libraries, Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
fred.mcilvain@xxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Duncan [mailto:duncanr@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:30 AM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Capturing records via Z39.50


At 09:09 AM 3/11/2003 -0600, someone wrote:
>I bring in the records from OCLC FirstSearch via Z39.50.  I do all my
>editing before I save the record and it seems to come into the system
>pretty much intact.  The call number is present in the record if it was
>present on OCLC.

I don't mean to rain on anyone's cataloging parade, but the following
statement from OCLC may be of interest to those who see z39.50 access to
FirstSearch as a viable cataloging option:

>OCLC staff occasionally hears from librarians who are unaware of the
>FirstSearch service terms and attempt to use Z39.50 access to the WorldCat
>database on the OCLC FirstSearch service for cataloging purposes. While
>use of FirstSearch for cataloging is not permitted, OCLC does provide an
>extensive range of cataloging services for libraries.

<http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documentation/z3950/worldcat.htm> (See the
copyright statement at the bottom of the page.)

Bob Duncan


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Robert E. Duncan
Systems Librarian
David Bishop Skillman Library
Lafayette College
Easton, PA  18042
duncanr@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.library.lafayette.edu/

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