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Recommendation
It is recommended that campuses carefully review which kinds of materials they are receiving on various GOBI subaccounts, and apply the new UC’s Systemwide Cataloging Services (GOBI’s OCLC Plus) only on those subaccounts they feel are most beneficial. Campuses should be aware that usage/nonusage of this contract can have impacts on our negotiating position as it impacts volume of records received, and they should make sure these decisions include the relevant AULs, especially those involved with SCLG. It also impacts the setting of holdings in OCLC.
Impact
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Reasoning
For many, especially smaller campuses, paying to import the fifth (or more) coy of a record for a popular title is an expensive contradiction to the systemwide benefits SILS is trying to achieve. We hope to determine where the UCs are paying multiple time for the same data, and how we can eliminate such duplication.
Background
Many smaller campuses are struggling with expenses associated with the new GOBI OCLC Plus contract. It’s also been observed that in many cases the records feel redundant or overpriced for the data received, especially with the new WorldCat Daily Updates subscription.
While testing the GOBI API for the Brief Order Records in the NZ/IZ decision page, UCI also managed to generate a sample set of records where we could determine a general ratio of titles which already had full OCLC records available, and which needed GOBI enhancement. Ratios appeared consistent between physical and electronic titles. Roughly 20-25% of titles needed GOBI intervention, and the rest had existing fully cataloged OCLC records.
For electronic resources, the option of linking to CZ records is a possibility that may not have been well understood during the initial contract negotiations and Alma configuration. Analysis of OCLC records compared to CZ records indicates… ???
Options Considered [remove if not needed]
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Questions to consider
The OCLC Plus service also updates holdings in OCLC, which impacts which records are involved in the WorldCat Daily Updates. This may introduce another report/job that staff will need to run if the OCLC Plus service is discontinued for a given GOBI subaccount.
Action Log
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