Forwarded on behalf of David Church

Hello everyone,

I am wanting to find out what workflow process you use when cataloguing items from scratch.

Do you originally catalogue an item:

A- First in your institutional catalogue and then have that new record transferred to WorldCat via DataSync (daily batch mode)

B – First in WorldCat with Record Manager and then transfer (either item by item or a bulk process) to your institutional catalogue?

Our current workflow is A but I am interested in your experience with either.

We started with DataSync on 13 October 2016 and transfer of records was completely successful until 23 February 2017. Since then we have had a success rate of 70%. Plus 50 records added to our institutional catalogue before the implementation of DataSync are not yet transferred.

So how has your own institution's experience been with either workflow – where have you been happy with it and where do you think it could be improved? If you are using Workflow A – would you consider switching?

Any replies please send direct to me at:

dchurch@unitec.ac.nz

Many thanks,

David

David Church
Resources Specialist (Metadata) and Research Bank Administrator
Tari Whakararangi Matatiki
Unitec Institute of Technology Library
139 Carrington Rd
Mt Albert 1025
Auckland New Zealand
New Zealand

Private Bag 92025
email: dchurch@unitec.ac.nz

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