OCLC Union List Users Group [OULUG] Minutes LINSLEY, LAURIE 03 Aug 1995 18:37 UTC
OCLC Union List Users Group [OULUG] Minutes American Library Association Annual Meeting Monday, June 26, 1995, 4:30-6pm McCormick Place, Room E253C I. Laurie S. Linsley, Chair, called the meeting to order and greeted attendees. Approximately 28 people were present. Each person introduced herself/himself and indicated involvement with union lists. II. Selection of 1996 OULUG Vice-Chair (1997 Chair). Linsley asked for a volunteer and indicated that it is a good way to get more involved at a national level. If you are currently participating in union listing either at a union listing library or as an agent, and are interested in chairing the OULUG, please contact 1996 OULUG Chair David Iversen (iversen@genius.rider.edu). III. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Use of Union List Data, by Margaret Ellingson, Interlibrary Services Coordinator, Emory University. Ellingson stated that union lists are a critical part of the ILL process. Unfortunately, not all libraries do union listing, and this hurts the ILL process. It takes quite a bit of time for a potential lender to determine that the item cannot be supplied. We will have reached REAL resource-sharing when we know what everyone owns. It is important to keep union list information up-to-date as the demand for information increases. The impact of not participating in union listing has a direct negative impact on document delivery, ILL fill rates, and turnaround time. Ellingson suggested that OCLC investigate arranging union list information in customized groups. IV. Z39.71 Update, by Ellen Rappaport, Technical Services Librarian, Albany Law School. Rappaport is co-chair of the NISO Subcommittee AL, which is working on NISO Z39.71-199x. The committee has met twice this spring. Rappaport reported that the need for standards is increasing. NISO standards aim toward consensus; 100% approval is needed from all NISO members for a standard to pass. Interoperability, the ability of systems to talk to one another, is a current issue. Information will be put on listserves for feedback. Please participate, because this will affect you every day in union listing. V. Update on OCLC's investigation into automated updating of Local Data Records, by Collette Mak, Product Planing/Library Resources and Management Division, OCLC. Mak stated that automated updating is top priority with OCLC. It is a complex problem because of the different output capabilities of local systems and, the variety of library practices, e.g. all copies on a single bibliographic record or a separate record for each copy. Mak distributed a one page questionnaire and asked all present to complete it (time was allowed for this). Attendees were invited to participate in a longer survey. VI. Serials Union List Offline Products (SULOP) update, by Myrtle Myers, Product Manager, Library Resources and Management Division, OCLC. Myers discussed enhancements to the offline products. Priority one is order system problems and these have been completed. Priority two is filing errors; these are now being corrected. o Apostrophe prints as a space and will be ignored in the future. o US and USA will both read as United State of America, and will be restricted to fields 110, 111, 710, and 711. o Filing indicators: second indicator will be used. E.g., "The Journal" files as "Journal." Foreign titles could present problems. o GMD (general material designation) will be ignored in filing. o Ampersand will be translated to "and" and used in filing. Future enhancements under investigation: 4 character code; different bibliographic formats, such as monographs and audiovisuals; limited bibliographic information. User input is desired by OCLC: Who uses the current products? What changes do you see over the next 5 years? What product changes are needed to meet new demands and uses? How would you simplify the order form. Send comments and suggestions to Myrtle Myers (myrtle_myers@oclc.org). VII. General Discussion: Some libraries want to catalog serials titles that are found in full-text databases such as InfoTrac. Discussion followed of why a library would want to create Local Data Records (LDRs) for these titles. The reason is for resource-sharing and collection development purposes. If a library wishes to create LDRs for these titles, it is recommended that a note be added: Library Use Only or In-house Use Only. Licensing generally forbids copying for ILL purposes from these databases. Serials in this format could be identified as CD-ROM or as Infotrac in the LDR. Many thanks to Dave Iversen for taking notes at this meeting. Laurie S. Linsley David Iversen 1995 OULUG Chair 1996 OULUG Chair Seminole Comm. Coll., FL Rider University, NJ LLINSLEY@ipo.seminole.cc.fl.us iversen@genius.rider.edu Collette Mak OULUG Liaison collette_mak@oclc.org