Greetings Everyone,
Thanks to all who participated in our recent survey on RDA
implementation. Among the results, 58% of respondents showed at least
some interest in an automated enrichment process for RDA. And more than
half of you noted that consistency in your catalog is an important
reason to move forward with this enrichment, when the time is right.
Many of our new customers, processing their authorities with Backstage
for the first time, are choosing to enrich their bibliographic records
with RDA elements as part of that process.
We also appreciate the loyalty and feedback of our existing customers.
RDA enrichment is already available for new records as part of your
Current Cataloging authority control.
Now, we're pleased to announce free retrospective RDA enrichment of your
catalog for all Backstage authority control customers.
To qualify for this service, the following conditions are in place:
* Clients must have already completed a Remaster or Basefile
processing with Backstage
* Clients must be current, meaning Notification services were
applied during the preceding year
* Clients need to alert us of their interest in this service by
June 30, 2014; and processing must be completed by December 31, 2014
We would also like to work with you on future press releases, quotes,
and co-presentation opportunities related to this service for your
catalog, as individual institutional policies permit.
Our online profile can be viewed at anytime, by logging in here:
http://ac.bslw.com/mars
The RDA enrichment profile is separate from our normal authority control
profile. We have also separated access points from descriptive changes
within the profile, all of which can be customized to your liking.
Our hope with this offering is that it helps simplify decisions on your
side regarding whether to apply RDA enrichment for your records. We
appreciate your patronage and for continuing to choose Backstage as your
Authority Control service provider.
Please let us know any questions you may have.
Thanks,
Nate
Nate Cothran | Vice President, Automation Services
Backstage Library Works | Provo, Utah & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
801.342.5697 | nate(a)bslw.com
<mailto:nate@bslw.com?subject=Automation%20Services%20-%20Inquiry> |
bslw.com <http://www.bslw.com/> | ac.bslw.com/mars
<http://ac.bslw.com/mars>
We have not sent our authorities out for control since OCLC started adding
"fast" headings to their records. Our library has decided that we currently
are NOT deleting these headings. We think they may come in handy sometime
down the road. However, a lot of new authority records have been created
for these heading fragments, and I fear our Backstage reports are going to
be filled with these headings. What are other libraries doing about these?
Thanks!
Jeanette Navia
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Jeanette Navia
Technical Services Professional
Williamsburg Regional Library
7770 Croaker Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188-7064
(757)259-7742 www.wrl.org
(757)259-7798 (fax) jnavia(a)wrl.org
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