[PADG:1806] Re: MARC 583

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Gary - I can remember how Jan Merrill-Oldham tried to get one or more
fields put to use recording preservation actions, at an ALA committee
meeting around 1980; but nothing ever happened.  I think this must be a
tough problem.

Ellen McCrady


>The University of Washington Libraries is considering ways to record
>preservation actions/treatments in its integrated online system.  We are
>considering several methods of recording data, including using the MARC
>field 583 (action note) in bibliographic records. We have some questions
>for those of you who use MARC field 583 in bibliographic records to record
>preservation actions/treatments:
>
>Do you display field 583 in your local catalog or is this field suppressed
>from public display?
>
>If you display it, does your system just display the note as recorded in
>583 or does it provide any additional display text to make the note more
>understandable to the reader of the record?
>
>If you use field 583 in your bib. records do you include this field in
>records contributed to your national utility (e.g., OCLC or RLIN)?  In
>original records and/or in copy cataloging records?
>
>If OCLC, do you "lock" and "replace" master records from other
>contributors to add your institution's 583 field to the master record?
>
>If you are an OCLC user, can you provide us with the OCLC numbers of any
>records that you have contributed that carry the 583 field?
>
>Can you comment on your experiences using 583 in OCLC?  OCLC documentation
>indicates that records with a 583 field only display to the library that
>created the record and to other libraries only if they "lock" the record.
>This means that other libraries looking at OCLC records will not know that
>a 583 field is present unless they lock the record.  We are wondering what
>this means for sharing information about preservation actions and would
>like to hear from other libraries using OCLC and field 583 as to how
>useful they feel the current display practices are in the OCLC system for
>cooperative preservation.
>
>I realize these are fairly detailed questions, but we appreciate your
>responses. You can send your responses directly to me at
>menges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Thanks!
>
>Gary L.Menges Preservation Administrator Allen Library University of
>Washington Box 352900 Seattle, WA. 98195-2900 (206) 685-1589 FAX (206)
>685-8727 menges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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