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So, what OCLC does with CONTENTdm really isn't something that I could guess.  Could this work lead to enhancements that they could use within the CONTENTdm project -- maybe, maybe not.  At one time, I had a plugin that worked with CONTENTdm for use with MarcEdit that would allow you to edit CDM collections globally.  We used it for certain types of authority control -- I'm just not sure if it still would work with CDM5.  I suppose if it did, I could resurrect it for general use -- but other than that -- I'm not sure what OCLC has planned for CDM.

--TR

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From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of D. Brooking
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:29 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] OCLC Terminology Services update in MarcEdit

Will this work with non-MARC data? I see mention on OCLC's web site of MARC XML, HTML, and some others I don't recognize.

Specifically I am wondering about Dublin Core and our Contentdm collections. We have no automated means for authority control right now. 
Is this something the proposed enhancements to MARCEdit could help with?




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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Reese, Terry wrote:

> 
> Thanks Doug.  I?m thinking that as I build this, we will be pushing some of the limits of what Terminology
> services provide.  However, there are some advantages too.  For example, these services would allow
> validation or both LCSH and Mesh headings (because both vocabularies are available).  Likewise, OCLC has
> giving me some instructions on how to do validation on names.  I?m not certain how or if there is support for
> Series authorities ? but this is the kind of information that I need from you folks because it gives me a
> better idea for the kinds of enhancements I might want to push for when talking to OCLC?s research group ?
> because they are really keen to see their stuff being utilized and become more mainstream. 
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> Thanks,
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> --TR
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> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Doug Rippey
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] OCLC Terminology Services update in MarcEdit
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> Wow, Terry!
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> The workflow point at which I would find this most useful is preventive maintenance:  automated authority
> verification/translation on incoming OCLC- and vendor-supplied record sets.
> 
> We get records with uncontrolled names  and series titles.  We get records with topical and genre headings
> from a variety of thesauri.
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> We would love to be able to run incoming sets through authority control before loading into our catalog. 
> Desirable features would include:
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> Series authorities:  check unqualified titles in 830 to see if there are multiple SARs; if so select and
> update to the correct one based on best match with 260 $a, $b and 710 data.
> 
>                 If that cannot be identified automatically, leave 830 as found and report out the 001, 830
> and record number.
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> Topic and Genre authorities:  Our cataloging language is English and our primary vocabulary is LCSH, but we
> keep MeSH headings as our records are contributed to the Prospector union catalog. 
> 
> We want to keep supplied foreign language headings ONLY if they are in the language of the manifestation
> cataloged.
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> 
> Any of these types of pre-load cleanup would help:
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> verify/correct/update existing LCSH and MeSH (LC/NAF too, or course)
> 
> delete Dutch, French and German topical headings on Springer books in English (checking 008 Lang and 041
> against 650 second indicator and $2)
> 
> translate 690 Bowker subject headings into LCSH 650s, changing to LCSH style capitalization, parsing $z $y
> and $v from $x, and checking for revisions like the update in LCSH from
> 
>                 ?Cellular telephone industry? to ?Cell phone industry?
> 
> translate 692 BISAC heading strings into LCSH 650 strings.
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> translate other specialized thesauri from ERIC, Dept. of Energy, CIS, et al. into LCSH 650s
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> Doug Rippey
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> Cataloging Technician IV
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> Penrose Library Serials Dept.
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> 303.668.7669 (mobile)
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> library.du.edu
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> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Reese, Terry
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] OCLC Terminology Services update in MarcEdit
> 
>  
> 
> Well, well ? it appears that working on the OCLC?s Classify service has perked the interest of the Research
> department and I?ve been encouraged to build a validation tool against their terminology services.  So, I?m
> looking for some help putting together specificiations.  Here?s kind of what I?m envisioning ? at this point,
> libraries that do authority control have to send their data out to vendors for heading verification.  Using
> the terminology services ? there?s a pretty good chance that we can recreate some of that work ? so that
> either you could
> 
> 1)      Send out items that have been preselected as being records that need work on ? so the MarcEdit tool
> would primarily be used to identify headings that need updated or changed
> 
> 2)      MarcEdit could potentially provide some automatic heading correction with lists for further work
> 
> 3)      Etc.
> 
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> It?s really up in the air right now.  OCLC?s research group has offered to consider updates to their services
> to provide more information or different information if needed, so I think that there is an opportunity for
> the MarcEdit community to help shape the development of the service OCLC offers as well as maybe get
> something that a few folks may find useful. 
> 
>  
> 
> If anyone would like to talk about this and start throwing out some ideas ? please do either on the list or
> to me privately.  I have working code ? but I?d like to get a clearer idea of what people may or may not want
> out of something like this. 
> 
>  
> 
> --TR
> 
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> ***************************
> Terry Reese, Associate Professor
> Gray Family Chair for
> Innovative Library Services
> 121 Valley Library
> Corvallis, OR 97331
> tel: 541.737.6384
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