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George A.Smathers Libraries Resource Service Department

          

           LMS MIGRATION PROJECTS 11/20/2001
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  BIB RECORDS              
  How will  9xx records   9xx prov records   9xx tags aren't MARC;   Used by CM, acq &   No clue as to     All staff creating  
     migrate? Must         encl=9      encl=9;      catg staff;      number and        prov. records  
     these be coverted        used for EO record      original catalogers      how long some        (CM, RS, Docts,  
     to MARC tags        (electronic orders &      indicate it takes more      have been in        Spec Coll, Pres)  
     before migration?        other temp. records      time to covert to      database      
     Beware of records        before title is catgd;        MARC when data is        
     with mixed prov. &        map fields to MARC      all caps        
     MARC tags; ask        when possible          
     FCLA to rerun mixed              
     tag reports just              
     before migration?              
               
  These 9xx records   QZ records for    (AER7119 is QZ test     (jt=qz)  232     Monographs,  
     should migrate in      orders      record); approx. 232        records        serials  
     the same manner          LUIS records have     (jx=qz) 234      
     as other 9xx        titles beginning  with        records      
     tagged records &        QZ followed by the          
     Acq. has no plans        name of an associa-          
     to eliminate these        tion or … & are used          
     until they see  how        to pay for multiple          
     a LMS can meet        titles from the assoc-          
     the need        iation…          
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  FCLA has produced     Firm field records   See AJS7235 (ltuf),     2450     Monographs and  
     report of firm field      with 9xx fields      AJZ08558 (ltuf), &            CM technical,  
     records containing      and vice versa      AKN2181 (lthb) with            serials, Copy,  
     9xx fields; valid        909; records for some            G&E, CC  
     9xx fields have been        NTIS fiche;serial          
     identified and others        retention decision          
     eliminated/retagged        fields; monograph          
     Have requested a         arrearage fields;          
     report of prov. records        AGRICOLA fields          
     (encl=9) contain-              
     ing firm fields; should              
     be available this week              
     ask FCLA to rerun              
     these reports just              
     before migration?              
               
  Will NOIS/NOIS like   NOIS/NOIS like   Bib records with DT/1   Misleading display   324 records     RS catg, authority  
     records migrat as      records with      between 9/26/86      in OPAC; challenge      between        & maintenance  
     they are or do these      extra spaces and      and 2/16/87 confirm-      to process globals      aeh0001 &      
     need to be cleaned      other punct./      ed; some        aeh2029;      
     up before migration?      diacritic      have 035 field for        this is probably      
      035 (Source) info      irregularities in      NOIS however        the tip of the      
     now indexed in LUIS      fixed and variable      some appear to have        iceberg      
       fields      had the NOIS 035          
         field removed;           
         multiple spaces           
         before and after          
         subfield marks;          
         significant percentage          
         display brackets          
         fixed field values          
         incorrectly; these          
         records should          
         migrate to new LMS          
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  Should these be   Template records   Templates for LUIS bib     (jx=template)      RS, Docts/Map,  
     migrated?  New        records were created        114 records         
     LMS should have        to facilitate efficient        jt=xxx   550       
     a mechanism for        & accurate input of        Delete xxx      
     meeting this need        temp. bib records;         as initial char-      
         determine which are         acters in fields      
         currently used &         when record      
         delete others; will these        wasn't used      
         be needed in new LMS;        for cataloging      
         suppress records in        & make      
         which xxx was insert-        D/S=S      
         ed as initial characters          
         in field of records not          
         used as catalog record          
               
  Should these be   Test records now   Test records were     (jt=test record)     Systems, FCLA  
     migrated?  FCLA      in LUIS;      created to test        31 records;      
     is working on this      created to test      system functionality;        there are      
       new versions of      determine if these        probably others      
       NOTIS implemented      will be needed in new          
       in the past      LMS          
                             
  Will obsolete tags be   Obsolete MARC   1st & 2nd indicators in     Get estimate     CC and CBS  
     validated or loaded      info., esp.      1xx fields (add 6xx);          
     as are during migra-      indicators      in 6xx fields is more          
     tion; which ones can        complex; identify &          
     be corrected locally         change globally?          
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  Some words are split   Diacritics/Special   Some diactritics are   \cent sign is NOT OK   francais=     RS, FCLA  
    preventing retrieval;      characters      translated correctly     because this repre-   OE=      
    some are  displaying        and display correctly      sents a null char-   Others?      
    incorrectly in Web-        in WEBLUIS; some      acter rather than a   Can these be      
    LUIS; Gerald S. will        diacritics, such as the       legitimate diacritic      changed      
    try to have all nulls        cedilla and OE        globally      
    display as cent; he        translated incorrect-          
    will try to have these        ly; some words have          
    index as fmt=null;        gaps where diacritics          
    FCLA will convert        once were and these          
    script l to standard        cannot be searched          
    lower case l on bib        correctly; some          
    and hldgs; OPS        words have had the          
    staff are assisting        diacritic(s) removed          
    in identifying & clean-        completely; goal          
    ing up problems with        should be to have          
    diacritics; FCLA will        all words in all lang-          
    include 260 |a in        uages be spelled &          
    keyword index        displayed accurately          
         in our database          
  FIELDS ON BIBS              
  How will these ???   Question marks in   Can these be identified     Get #?      
     migrate? As fill     fixed fields in       & corrected before          
     characters      records for      migration?          
       sound recordings            
       (and others?)            
               
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  Not a migration   710s &/or 500s on   If not already on     Hawaiiana=467     Spec Coll, RS  
     issue? See section      records for      records, add 710 for     Hausenstein=1360      
     regarding um: notes      Special Collections;      Hawaiiana, Hausen-     MacDonald=1308      
     in copy holdings      Hawaiiana,      stein, MacDonald;     Goza=826      
       Hausenstein,      add 500 & 710 for     Red Barber=402      
       MacDonald,      Goza & Red Barber;     Fortune=1720      
       Autographed,      Phek will check with     Autograph+=688      
       UMI Photocopy,      P. Malanchuk &     UMI Photo.=14      
       Goza, Fortune,      Dan Reboussin for          
       Red Barber      Fortune; Jeffrey will          
        modify for Autograph-          
         ed & Tatiana          
         will modify for UMI          
         photocopies          
               
  How will these records   Records coded D/S    Some of the bib records     Get #?     RS  
     be treated? New      S for suppressing      coded for suppress-          
     LMS should have      public display      ion from OPAC          
     mechanism for        have order records,          
     meeting this need        historical info.; deter-          
         mine which must be          
         retained          
               
  Don't migrate if DT/1   Status D records   Status D for delete;          
     is earlier than     (bib, mfhl)      determine which          
     [set date]? 1996?        records can be          
         completely deleted          
               
  Will these fixed   007 fixed fields with   ? Origin; will this be a          
     fields migrate      blanks      migration problem?;          
     with same value?        identify and correct          
               
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  Not a migration   Remarc (OCcLC)   Records have an 035   Will eventually conflict   FCLA resources   ??   FCLA and  
     problem but working      9xxxxxxx      field for what appears      with valid OCLC      to enhance          DMU  
     with FCLA to have        to be an OCLC      numbers.      Catalyst's      
     the CATALYST        number. (035::|a           global capabil-      
     global function        (OCcLC)9xxxxxxx);        ity in order      
     enhanced to give us        these aren't valid        for our staff to      
     the capability of        OCLC numbers and        change the      
     processing these        will present a problem        035 (OCcLC)      
     locally        when OCLC reaches        9xxxxxx      
         these numbers in        numbers to      
         their numbering; try        035::(FU)CARP      
         to have these globally        xxxxxxxx      
         identified & changed          
         to 035:: |a (FU)CARP          
         2001xxxx to avoid          
         conflict with real OCLC          
         #s in the future          
               
  What 035 information   035 info   G&E uses for UF pubs          
     must be migrated?         & exhibition catalogs          
     NOT CRITICAL        received on exchange;          
     ISSUE        info must be migrated          
               
    035:: c… Caribbean   This information intend-     Get #     Special Collections  
       code      ed to collate titles            /LAC; RS  
         about Caribbean          
         area hasn't been          
         consistently applied          
               
    035:: (FU) ZYBP   Used to track YBP     1996=3,144     Copy Catgg  
       earlier than [set      receipts; are the     1997=4.995      
       date]?      older ones needed?     1998=5.074      
               
  Priority and Rationale   Project Title   Description/Goal   Inter-relationships   Resources Required Time Required   Functional Unit  
  This might be more a   043 for series   043 field is defined for     (fi no=c) 291      
     cleanup need than      treatment      geographic area        pulls up class      
     migration ?.  Serials        code; can this        seps      
     Cat has begun creat-        information be        Several thou-      
     ing 035 fields to bring        moved to another        sand 043 fields      
     together records        field or to authority        have been      
     with series treatment        control; how can        changed to 035      
     in 043 fields prelim-        we identify the records        (FU)…      
     inary to moving the        on which the 043 field          
     treatment info. from        has been used to          
     043 fields; FCLA        record series treatment          
     will produce a report;              
     Several thousand              
     have been changed              
     to 035::(FU)…              
               
  Should this info be   049 information   Information in 049          
     migrated?        field was used for          
     NOT CRITICAL        card production,          
     ISSUE        for creating item          
         records & for ?          
         determine if this info          
         is still needed in          
         new LMS