Task Name: OCLC Batch Matching

Task Description: These are 59,880 bibliographic records with UNCAT call numbers that were extracted from Orbis and sent to OCLC for upgrade to a higher-level of cataloging through a process called Batch Matching. This process returned 42,769 upgraded records which were loaded back to Orbis. A report of the updated records guides Cataloging staff to the physical items in the Frontlog which are brought up from the frontlog, assigned call numbers and sent to Preparations. A separate extract and load retained changes that were made to these records during the suspension.

ILTS Group(s):
Integrated Systems & Programming

Status: Done

Status Comment: Number of records: 42,769 Number of staff updates: 1,046 Test loaded all records on: 8/4/2005 Extracted staff updates on: 8/10/2005 Loaded OCLC records on: 8/15-22/2005 Loaded staff updates on: 8/23/2005

Initial Period of Activity: Summer 05

Initiative Type: Infrastructure

Primary Category: Record Loads

Primary Stakeholder: Cataloging

E-mail Contact: jennifer.nolte@yale.edu