10_06_08ISBN OCLC Workflow

Suzanne’s notes from OCLC, Bowker, BHL call
October 6, 2008


I. Workflow as Bill (OCLC) sees it:
This is an OCLC “pilot” –
BHL needs to tell OCLC which ones will need to get ISBN assigned.

• Preferred OCLC number or
• Author / title.

List from BHL will pull appropriate metadata from WorldCat.
Create new record in WorldCat for BHL digital manifestation

• Question: Will BHL be the publisher in the 260?

Send to Bowker part of the MARC record

• Will look into ONIX. Definitely MARC or MARCXML
• Working with Econtent Synch and a standard schema
  • 260 data is a straight mapping to publisher
  • Question: Is this export synching possible to batch process that the data would indicate Publisher is BHL for the proper ISBN prefix assignment?

Bowker would assign ISBN and return to OCLC
OCLC puts the new ISBN in 020 of digital manifestation record
BHL’s record in OCLC will be a MASTER Record.

• If libraries provide a copy outside the BHL portal, OCLC would like to know and work towards creating institutional records for those versions

OCLC reports back to BHL the OCLC number for the digital manifestation and the ISBN


II. Action Item:
BHL identify some titles 20 titles:

• English Language
• Monographs
• Out of copyright
• BHL library owner of the book
• Public available digital

III. OCLC will need to send to Bowker
Note that the title is BHL
What Institutional Library had the book scanned
BHL URL

IV. Bowker will assign the prefix of the ISBN to BHL.

• BHL will be a publisher
• Potentially BHL with Library combined will be mapped to Publisher
• Other fields to work out include
• Imprint
• Supplier

V. Terms

• Publisher
  • Prefix of the ISBN is associated with the Publisher. BHL will have one prefix. But the Publisher data could potential have the BHL with Library name.

• Imprint
  • Potential place for Library name. Not sure how that this would map to MARC and in

• Supplier
  • Source for print on demand, etc. We are not providing this now but it would be BHL

VI. Action Item:
Bowker/BHL will explain to Bill exactly what data we are attempting to map to the Bowker fields and what is needed to be retained in the OCLC Master Record for the BHL Digital manifestation. Suzanne will work with BHL and Andrew to make sure this is done as best as possible.

VII. Action Item:
Bill sent the OCLC first mapping of MARC to the Bowker mandatory fields. Bowker and BHL will review and comment.

VIII. OCLC’s example plans for digital material:
Master Record for a Google scan title
Master Record for a IA scan title
Library scans with both companies would have institutional record under both master records.

BHL will have a master record
If a BHL Library provides a copy outside the BHL portal, that should be represented in OCLC as an institutional record under the BHL master record.