so many records - so little time. ul library’s experience of outsourcing catalogue clean-up -...
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So many records, so little time …
UL Library’s experience of outsourcing catalogue clean-up
Justine BennettLibrarian, Cataloguing & Metadata
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• We wanted to upload our records to OCLC
• Authority control
• Resource Description & Access (RDA) enrichment
• Satisfaction from cleaning
Why do a ‘clean-up’?
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• National Library of Ireland recommendation
• Customisation options provided
• Resource Description & Access (RDA) programme offered
• Relationship existed between UL & Backstage
Why this supplier?
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• Create our online profile
• Determine our RDA requirements http://ac.bslw.com/mars/guide/
• Decide reports schedule and requirements
Agreeing terms for the project
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• Sooooo many reports
• Loading back 300,000 records
– Did 5,000 a day – Took us 3 months
Implementation
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Our challenges
1. Scarriff, Co. Clare becomes Colorado . . . 2. Provenance field (561) duplicating on OPAC
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Improvements and benefits• Records ready for OCLC upload
• Consistent formatting and updated catalogue records
• Display of correct headings in user searches
• Elimination of manual, cumbersome processes
• Future discovery capabilities based on RDA fields
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Justine BennettLibrarian, Cataloguing & Metadata
Acknowledgments
Cutlery ‘before’ http://tinyurl.com/omas3ta
Cutlery ‘after’ http://tinyurl.com/nqpa64x
With special thanks for their help on this project - Gerardine Ahern, Judy Carmody and Caleb Derven.