[Evergreen-catalogers] Anyone using OCLC gateway export for downloading records directly into Evergreen?

[Elaine Hardy]

I absolutely missed that piece of development. Can you point me to any
documentation for it?

We are very fortunate that we are able to provide a statewide contract for
OCLC services to all our public library systems

J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 5:42 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org> wrote:

> Hi Elaine,
>
> I really like your documentation. We have done little documentation for
> Z39.50 because only the central site and libraries with an OCLC membership
> use it. We have been using this also since day one.
>
> The gateway I meant was searching in Connexion and then instead of
> exporting the record to a file, exporting it directly to Evergreen through
> an OCLC gateway.  Systems does the setup in the database and the imports
> use the same Vandelay profiles we use when batch loading. Libby McLean from
> KCLS said they are using this and love it.
>
>
> Janet
>
>
> Janet Schrader
>
> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>
> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
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>
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:39 AM Elaine Hardy via Evergreen-catalogers <
> evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Janet,
>>
>> PINES uses the embedded gateway for OCLC WorldCat imports, exclusively.
>> We only batch import acq records, which must be replaced by a matching OCLC
>> record when the item is in hand, manually overlaying them. We import
>> records one at a time and have since day one.
>>
>> Overall we are happy with the Z30.50 gateway, especially since it is now
>> easier to search by  028 and 024. I do occasionally need to search directly
>> in the COnnexion client since there are more filters and indexes than in
>> the gateway.
>>
>> We do not search the local catalog in the gateway since it is easy to add
>> duplicated records if you accidentally "import" a record already in the
>> local database.
>>
>> I have instructions  here --
>> https://pines.georgialibraries.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=cat:z3950_interface
>> and for overlaying here --
>> https://pines.georgialibraries.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=cat:overlaying_bibliographic_records
>> in case you want to see them.
>>
>> We maintain the OCLC TCN as our TCN and use that as the way to stop
>> duplicate records at import. That is a library setting but I am not
>> positive where it is. Chris handles that setup and the setup for the Z39.50
>> gateway.
>>
>> I will be happy to answer any other questions.
>>
>>
>> J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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>>
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>>
>> 2872 Woodcock Blvd., Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30341
>>
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>>
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>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 3:30 PM Janet Schrader via Evergreen-catalogers <
>> evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> We are planning on testing the OCLC gateway export to download records
>>> directly into the database.  After some confusion as to how this process
>>> works, I believe we understand it now and will be testing it on our
>>> training server soon. I'm curious as to whether any other Evergreen library
>>> is doing this. If you are, do you have any suggestions as to using it? Do
>>> you like it?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Janet
>>>
>>>
>>> Janet Schrader
>>>
>>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>>>
>>> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>>>
>>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
>>>
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