RE: [IUG] Exporting 18x auth recs (free floats) from OCLC

["Chittenden, Lloyd" <CHITTENDEN_L at fortlewis dot edu>]

Jean Harden wrote:
>When we were having this problem, III not only didn't index them
>routinely but couldn't index them and also couldn't imagine why anybody
>would want to index them.

For what it's worth, Sirsi Unicorn not only indexes them, but actually
uses them to validate headings.  So you can use them in records and the
system sees those as valid headings.  That is why you want them in the
system, Innovative.

Lloyd Chittenden
Visiting Technical Services Librarian
John F. Reed Library
Fort Lewis College
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, CO 81301
970/247-7266
chittenden_l at fortlewis dot edu

The views expressed here are solely my own and
do not necessarily reflect the opinion, views,
or policies of The John F. Reed Library, Fort
Lewis College, or the State of Colorado.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Jean Harden
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:41 AM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: Re: [IUG] Exporting 18x auth recs (free floats) from OCLC

John -

I think that's the same problem we ran into. The difficulty is that III
doesn't index 18x headings at all. You can download them into your
system, but you can't find them again, because they aren't in any index.


It's been a while, so that could have changed.
If so, I'd love to know it, because sometimes those records have
information that would be very useful to us, including cross-references
from old to new forms of the subdivision.

Jean


Jean Harden, Music Catalog Librarian
Libraries
University of North Texas
PO Box 305190
Denton, TX  76203-5190
(940) 565-2860
jharden at library dot unt dot edu