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>> 'OCLC would be required to work with the Library of Congress as the producer
of the NAF data before OCLC could create the NAF notification service' <<
Greetings Karen,
Per Roy's statement at the top, I have received several questions and
forward them to you. Provided that NACO contributors from participating
libraries produce (create or modify) most of the name authority records
listed in the NAF updates. They do that during their work hours at their
respective institutions, work hours paid for by those respective
institutions. The Library of Congress has evidently a role in promulgating
these records in the NAF updates, however:
1. Why do libraries interested in NAF updates have to pay for these
updates?
2. Why isn't the work of NACO contributors recompensed by allowing them to
access, at the least, a notification of NAF of which they have contributed?
3. What is the role of OCLC in these processes?
4. Does OCLC pay for NAF? if not, could CODE4LIB obtain NAF and NAF updates
on a similar basis?
Kind thanks for your attention and forthcoming replies,
Ya'aqov Ziso
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> 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
> Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services
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