Sorry,
I was just looking through records for another reason and saw a note to
myself that OCLC does NOT offer the "first url" option for the set
Springer Computer Science. I guess it might apply to all of Springer?
No wonder there are so many woes.
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Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389
Cataloging Librarian (206) 685-8782 fax
Suzzallo Library [log in to unmask]
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, D. Brooking wrote:
> I do the same thing.
>
> OCLC also offers an option where you can just get urls that come from the
> Springer domain. The way they phrase it is the "first url that comes from the
> vendor domain" or something like that. But in fact, if there are 2 urls for
> v. 1 and v.2 for example, OCLC will give more than just the "first" url with
> the vendor domain.
>
> The only problem is you lose some other urls like table of contents or
> publisher description that are open access but don't come from the vendor.
> I've decided that the labor involved in cleaning up the non-vendor urls by
> hand is too much, so I am willing to sacrifice some of the open access urls.
> This option is available only for sets supplied by OCLC though.
>
>
>
>
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> Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389
> Cataloging Librarian (206) 685-8782 fax
> Suzzallo Library [log in to unmask]
> University of Washington
> Box 352900
> Seattle WA 98195-2900
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Kelley, Marian wrote:
>
>> Although perhaps not the most savvy technological solution for finding
>> non-Springer URLs, in MarcEdit I do a Find All search for the phrase =856.
>> Then I eyeball the search results for non-Springer URLs. When I find one I
>> use a distinct phrase found in the non-Springer URL and do a global Delete
>> field routine using that phrase. For instance: Delete 856 field with
>> ebrary.com in subfield u. Or you can just jump to the record from the
>> search results and manually delete the offending URL.
>>
>> Marian Kelley
>> Library Coordinator, Bibliographic Management
>> Robert W. Woodruff Library
>> Emory University
>> 404-727-5710
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Springer also offers OCLC MARC record sets for these ebooks. I
>> recently downloaded those and discovered major problems. The OCLC
>> sets include links to other publisher's versions of these books.
>> Since our library doesn't pay for access through the other
>> e-publishers, it will be frustrating for patrons if I load these
>> records without first cleaning up the extra links, and there are
>> hundreds and hundreds of them.
>>
>> --
>> Stacy Pober
>> Information Alchemist
>> Manhattan College Library
>> Riverdale, NY 10471
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