Baker & Taylor Records Now Being Added to WorldCat

Hi folks!
This was in on my OCLC-CAT list this morning. Thought you'd be interested in knowing about it, as you will likely be coming across these skimpy records! They have funny caps, no subject headings, incorrect tagging for the author added entries, etc. On the records that I've seen, just about the only things right are the ISBN (so you'll get a direct hit), the title, and the publisher name and date of publication. It's just a very, very brief bib. (These will need to ultimately be upgraded by a cataloger.)

Hope this helps!
Julie

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Baker & Taylor, a leading supplier of materials to public libraries, is
now adding records to WorldCat.

Baker & Taylor, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, provides
books, music, DVDs, and video games as well as supporting collection
management and technical services to libraries around the world. The
titles are being added as part of the agreement between Baker & Taylor
and OCLC to partner in providing bibliographic records and expanded
technical services to schools and public libraries. See the press
release about this partnership at:
http://www.btol.com/viewnews.cfm?press_id=161&typ=c
And, you may access Baker & Taylor's website at: http://www.btol.com

Baker & Taylor records loaded into WorldCat are from two sources: 1)
Baker & Taylor's cataloging file, containing full and CIP cataloging
MARC records from Library of Congress as well as full cataloging MARC
records, produced by Baker & Taylor's MLS Catalogers when there was no
LOC record, and 2) Baker & Taylor's product file, containing brief
non-MARC records used in B&T's Order Processing System. These records
are converted to MARC by an OCLC mapping process. Both types of records
are then matched against WorldCat records through a batch process. When
a record is matched, BTCTA is added to field 040 subfield d. This
indicates that field 938 has been added to the matching record and
contains Baker & Taylor product data (Baker & Taylor unique identifier,
i.e., book number). No other editing of records occurs as part of this
process. When no matching record is identified through the batch
process, OCLC adds the Baker & Taylor record as a new record to
WorldCat. This record contains the symbol BTCTA in field 040 subfields a
and c.
Examples:
Cataloging file matches: #77573121, #77589800, #75390371
Cataloging file adds: #123119571, #123119328, #123118608
Product file matches: #70712452, #77553985
Product file adds: #144216551, #144216552, #144216553

Added product file records are very brief and are coded as abbreviated
records (Encoding Level 3). They are not created by or examined by a
cataloger. This provides customers using the new Baker& Taylor/OCLC
Cataloging Plus service with access to the OCLC number early in the
acquisitions workflow. For more information on these services go to
http://www.btol.com

OCLC encourages member libraries who acquire one of these titles to
upgrade and replace the record and receive credit on your OCLC bill for
upgrading that record. As Baker & Taylor catalogers are performing
cataloging services for customers, they will also be upgrading these
records. This is an important and key feature of the Baker & Taylor /
OCLC agreement.

In both cases of original records and matches, a 938 field is added to
the MARC record that contains the vendor code BTCP. This code is
indexed; vendor records are searchable using the vendor information
keyword index. For a list of all partners contributing records through
the Vendor Record Contribution Program, see:
http://www.oclc.org/partnerships/material/contribution/technical/default
.htm
(2007 06 20)

Chris Grabenstatter
Global Product Manager, Online Cataloging
OCLC Cataloging Products & Services
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, OH 43017
614-764-6181
800-848-5878 ext: 6181
fax: 614-718-7249
grabenst@oclc.org