[84] in ad-lib
SerCat and Barton
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wpowers@MIT.EDU)
Fri Mar 3 13:24:38 1995
From: wpowers@MIT.EDU
To: ad-cat@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 13:24:19 EST
Sup? Eric asked me to formulate and promulgate a list of ways in which
the SerCat section uses Barton, to help with workflow deliberations,
etc. I have tried not to be over-granular, and, in fact, to hew the
fine line between a grain and a bolus.
Searching
The section searcher, in addition to searching OCLC for cataloging
copy, frequently searches Barton for titles linked to, possible
monographs to be converted with, and orders not reflected on, the
piece in hand, at her informed discretion.
Catalogers search Barton for linked records, to make subject
analysis and classification decisions, to look for cataloging
precedents, to solve problems, to determine form of entry, etc.
Record Creation
I believe that SerCat creates records directly in Barton only when we
are sending an item precat, and the item has been received in a
non-standard way (i.e. SERMS) so that no order record exists in the
database.
Editing
MRMS is used extensively for editing, both bibliographic (adding
access points, adding links, adding notes, retrospective
reconciliation of elements on linked records, etc.) and
holdings-oriented (changes and closure of summary holdings, some
location/transfer type changes, addition of local notes, etc.)
Record Deletion
Worn-out Faxon brief records, egregious unlinked on-order records,
some OCLC records (for example, those that have been 019-superseded)
and the concomitant non-item specific Circ records (and Circ records
for discards previously cat on OCLC, as well) to the foregoing are
deleted directly in Barton by SerCat.
Later, Walter
