Re: duplicate detection in Extended Approval Plan

[Michael Kreyche <mkreyche at kent dot edu>]

Richard Cotenas wrote:
> 	To answer the last question first, you want the series key checked
> because you may have a standing order for a series and you don't want people
> buying titles that will be coming on your standing order. 

True, but it seem like it ought to be trying to match only the standing 
order records, not dragging up all the monograph records. I'll have to 
talk to our acquisitions people some more.

> 	I think that your 30% possible duplicates is comparable to ours. In
> addition to series matches, you can have matches on later editions and
> similar titles. What concerns me more is the cases where there is no notice
> of possible duplication because of the format that YBP uses for its brief
> records. 

That's the next thing on my list!

Thanks,
Mike
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Michael Kreyche
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Kent State University Libraries and Media Services
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