[198] in ad-lib
Enc level and descriptive codes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sarah Mitchell)
Wed Mar 22 09:56:21 1995
To: m.ridgeway@geac.com
Cc: ad-cat@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 09:55:57 EST
From: Sarah Mitchell <smitchel@MIT.EDU>
You've listed a couple of Encoding values that I don't recognize: 0,3
What are these? They're not in the USMARC format or OCLC
bibliographic format and standards.
In the USMARC standard there is a 'u' Encoding level that is defined
when the USMARC encoding level cannot be determined. This code is
used by an agency receiving or sending data to replace a local code
when the appropriate USMARC encoding level code cannot be determined.
From your message, I gather we will also lose all of the OCLC specific
I, K, L,M,E J encoding levels.
Does the program that would supply the Encoding level smart enough to
040 and set the encoding level Blank if the 040 is DLC and I if the
Enc. level is other than DLC?
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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 95 11:26 EST
From: m.ridgeway%34@gem.geac.com
To: gyoung@MIT.EDU, smitchel@MIT.EDU, ganderso@MIT.EDU
Subject: PROBEL REPORT 00009 - LEADER NOT MIGRATING CORRECTLY
The way the leader is stored on the 8000 causes some problems in the
migration. The solution appended below has worked for other sites.
Please advise if this is acceptable.
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Michel Ridgeway, Project Manager, Libraries m.ridgeway@geac.com
923 West King Road, Malvern, PA 19355
voice (610) 644-4071 fax (610) 644-0907
Due to the way leader information was stored on the GLIS 8000 system,
certain leader values are not translating correctly. According to our
8000 set up, any value other than the following would not set a
correct value:
Encoding level: "01358"
Descriptive Cataloging Form: " ipr"
Thus the most common encoding level " " (blank for full MARC) was not
set and the most common DCF, "a" for AACR2, was also not set.
However, the other values should have been set correctly.
For the live conversion Geac proposes:
that when setting the encoding level, if a value is not found in
the above table, that it be set to "blank".
that when setting the DCF, if a value is not found in the above
table, that it be set to "a"
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