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On 10/10/08 10/10/08 • 2:57 PM, "Calhoun,Karen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Ya'aqov Ziso,
>
> Your email request/proposal of 4 October 2008 to Roy Tennant ("My proposal to
> you is that OCLC will start offering a NEW service to its members/subscribers.
> That service will be a simple listing of the 010 fields for Name authority
> records that have been CHANGED that week in the OCLC NAF, and 010 for the new
> Name authority records for that have been ADDED to NAF.") has been referred by
> OCLC Research to the OCLC Metadata Services product group for consideration.
>
> We are pleased to receive your suggestion for a new service. We will add this
> suggestion to our list of potential new services and enhancements for
> consideration in our next round of planning for development in fiscal year
> 2010.
>
> Thank you for sharing your ideas with us.
>
> Karen
>
> Karen Calhoun
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On 10/4/08 10/4/08 • 2:02 PM, "Ya'aqov Ziso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The following message has been posted also in ACAT
> ===============================
> Roy,
>
> Kindest thanks for providing language in-between systems engineers such
> as CODE4LIB and bibliographic control librarians such as ACAT
> ( http://techessence.info/tech/ ). The premise of my appeal to you was that
> you also represent OCLC Programs & Research when contributing to CODE4LIB
> and ACAT.
>
> 1. CODE4LIB expressed interest in obtaining a copy of LCSH and NAF and their
> weekly updates (see the first eMail in the thread you're pointing at
> http://serials.infomotions.com/code4lib/archive/2008/200809/subject.html
> from Andrew Nagy, then 2 follow ups from Andrew and myself).
>
> 2. At a later point in the thread, the focus was placed on the UPDATES for
> NAF. OCLC are receiving weekly updates for NAF, updating and making these
> files current for OCLC subscribers/members.
>
> 3. My proposal to you is that OCLC will start offering a NEW service to its
> members/subscribers. That service will be a simple listing of the 010 fields
> for Name authority records that have been CHANGED that week in the OCLC NAF,
> and 010 for the new Name authority records for that have been ADDED to NAF.
>
> 4. Such service will assist system staff in planning their authority work
> and sufficient also for CODE4LIB's current purposes.
>
> If you wish to explore this opportunity for collaboration some more, I will
> be glad to follow up offline. Kindest thanks,
>
> Ya'aqov Ziso, Rowan University
>
> =================================
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Ya'aqov, I'm afraid I don't have any idea to what you are referring.
>> > Although I had posted one message on an authorities thread in Code4Lib, it
>> > wasn't this at all. Anyone who wants to see this thread can do so at:
>> >
>> > http://serials.infomotions.com/code4lib/archive/2008/200809/subject.html
>> >
>> > Look for "LOC Authority Data". Thanks,
>> > Roy
>> >
>> >
>> > On 10/1/08 10/1/08 € 9:56 AM, "Ya'aqov Ziso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>>> >> The following request from OCLC/Roy Tennant (in another list) may be of
>>> >> interest also here:
>>> >>
>>> >> Can OCLC provide a service to its members with a list of 010 (only the
>>> 010)
>>> >> for the NAME authority records for the specific weekly update of each >>>
week
>>> >> OCLC receive from NACO/LC?
>>> >>
>>> >> This is a simple grep from the NAF weekly update, listing additions and
>>> >> changes to NAF for that week. That seems to be no infringement of any >>>
copy
>>> >> rights, just pointers to records that can be reviewed by system staff for
>>> >> planning their authority work. A most useful service from OCLC. Kindest
>>> >> thanks,
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>
>
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