[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] LOC Z39.50 Search and ISBN numbers

[Deanna Frazee]

You are correct; LC does not own copies of all USA-published books.
This is particularly common when it comes to paperback fiction.

Many other libraries may have a record for the paperback edition,
though.  Our copy catalogers search a variety of libraries using Z39.50
searching, then download the most accurate record.  At the moment we
aren't downloading to Evergreen since it is still in testing, but we
will be in just a few more months.

Deanna Frazee
Killeen City Library System
(254) 501-8995
(254) 501-7704 (fax)
dfrazee at ci.killeen.tx.us
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-
> general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Don McMorris
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:12 PM
> To: evergreen at copelan.com; open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] LOC Z39.50 Search and ISBN numbers
> 
> Hi RobertC,
> 
> By Voyager, I assume you mean the Library of Congress Voyager database
> (one of the default targets in Evergreen).  Is this correct?
> 
> Now, I did a quick search on the LC (http://catalog.loc.gov) by that
> ISBN, and also did not get any results.  This leads me to believe that
> LC simply doesn't have a bibliographic record with this ISBN.  In this
> case, the publisher probably simply may've applied a new ISBN for the
> different format, and may not have submitted the alternate format to
> the LC.
> 
> In short, the LC Voyager database does /not/ include all USA-published
> books (and may even include some non-US published titles).
> 
> I'm sure there's a cataloger on-list that probably knows more than I
> about the LC process... If so, please share ;)
> 
> --Don
> 
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM,  <evergreen at copelan.com> wrote:
> > I have been using the Z38.50 (voyager) search to import bib records
into
> EG.  This is working well
> > and saving a ton of typing :-) but I have noticed one point that
seems a
> bit strange.
> >
> > Sometimes I don't find the exact ISBN number of a book.  I know that
the
> copy is being loaded has
> > been out for a while (since we acquired it several years ago).
> >
> > Example:
> > The Da Vinci Code   paperback ISBN 0-385-51322-4  Publisher:
Doubleday.
> The search yields nothing
> > for this ISBN
> >
> > When searching for Da Vinci  in the Title and Brown, Dan in the
Author
> there are 2 found:
> > ISBN 0385513755   Special Illustrated edition (my paperback has no
> pictures)
> > ISBN 0385504209    This is the hardcover edition.
> >
> > Neither of these 2 seem to be correct for the paperback I have in
hand.
> My assumption so far has
> > been that the Voyager search would find at lease all USA published
> books.  Is this incorrect?
> >
> > Thanks for any info.
> >
> > RobertC
> >
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