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Re: NUCMC Search Question



The code for the cataloging institution is very useful, as long as the
cataloging was not done by another institution as part of a cooperative
project.

There are records in RLIN that are coded for the UofI that we cataloged
for others as part of a grant project. Figuring that out solved a number
of mysterious requests we had been receiving.

   ---Terry

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Terry Abraham   Special Collections, University of Idaho
<http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>


On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer wrote:

> I think this is a funtion of the way information is entered in a record, =
> not whether it is an OCLC or RLIN record. I just played with NUCMC, and =
> found some records in OCLC that did have a location field (search for the =
> name Daubenspeck, for example), and some in RLIN that didn't have a =
> location field (a letter by Robert Filmore, for example). With either =
> database, if there is no obvious location field,  the user has to =
> understand where to find the code of the cataloging institution (040 field =
> of the tagged display in OCLC--this is explained on the OCLC search =
> page--, first four letters of the control number in RLIN) and how to =
> translate it to a repository name.
>
>
> Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
> Special Collections Librarian/Archivist
>
> Culinary Institute of America
> 1946 Campus Drive
> Hyde Park, NY  12538
> (845) 451-1757
> c_crawfo@culinary.edu
> >>> "John C. Kelly" <jckelly2@UNO.EDU> 06/20/01 12:47PM >>>
> Greetings.
>
> I have tried using the NUCMC Z39.50 Gateway to OCLC MSS Records
> <http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html> but have noticed a curious
> thing:  The results do not show the name or location of the repository
> that has the collections retrieved.  I tried with several different
> searches, but the same thing happened.  The RLIN section does post
> location information.  I was able to get on WorldCat and find out that
> information, but not everyone has access to that.  Has anyone else
> experienced this problem?  Is it by design or a flaw?
> Thanks.
>

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