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LM-Netters,
Last week I posted a message to the group about CD-ROM programs compatible
with Winnebago Circ/Cat. Here are some of the responses I received.
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From: sharon Murray <MURRAYS@DOVER.k12.ar.us>
Subject: Re: Retrospective Conversion Programs
I used BRODARTs Percision One about 2 years ago to do this. We (all 3
schools in our district k-12) purchased just the retrospective
collection. That made it very cost effective. The hit rate was
good. Sorry I didn't keep exact percentages. But I was happy with the
product. I hasve Winnabago.
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From: s_lochhead@mentor.unh.edu
Subject: RE: Retrospective Conversion Programs
I had WLN (1-800-dial-wln) do my recon, and they were great.
They have a cd product for do-it yourselfers, both mac and dos versions,
which is compatible with winnebago. Call 'em up!
Shelley
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Shelley Lochhead, Librarian ____/| 603-746-4167 x230
Hopkinton High School \ o.O| S_Lochhead@mentor.unh.edu
297 Park Avenue =(_)= htbo@lilac.nhsl.lib.nh.us
Contoocook, NH 03229 U AOL: SLochhead
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From: Melissa Davis <mbdavis@tenet.edu>
Subject: Re: Retrospective Conversion Programs
> We use Winnebago 5.1 Circ/Cat in our library. We do not have complete
> MARC records for many of our books. Has anyone out there used a CD-ROM
> product with the Winnebago program that automatically converts records
> to MARC format? ... similar to Alliance Plus for Follett catalogs?
>
We also use Winnebago 5.1 Circ/Cat - we started with (I think 3.2?) about
3 yrs ago. We did our own retro for the entire book collection (8800 vols)
in about 6 weeks using Gaylord's SuperCat. It is similar to Alliance Plus
in that it is a series of 5 CDs full of MARC records. I chose SuperCat
because the bi-annual school subscription price was less than it's
competitors (Bibliofile, etc.) while the number of MARC records available
was comparable. I seem to remember something like a 93% hit rate on a
relatively _old_ book collection. AV is a whole other story. It has some
(mostly video) but the vast majority of my AV collection is still MARC-less.
Conversion is not "automatic" but is easily accomplished. There are a
couple of tricks but by talking to Winnebago & Gaylord we got it worked
out fairly quickly and is now working seamlessly.
SuperCat allows you to search by LCCN, ISBN, Title, or Author.
Another possibility is to send your "short records" to a service company
like Marcive or Amigos for conversion to full MARC. Advantages to this
method:
1. TIME - you don't have to spend yours doing it.
2. ACCURACY - that's one of the things they get paid for
3. UNIFORMITY - once you decide what field tags to use for local info
and a couple of other choices you need to make - every
record will be treated the same way
Since you already have short records, I think I'd recommend this method
over doing it yourself.
If you have specific questions, just ask. If you'd like to phone that's
ok too.
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Melissa Davis Librarian
Splendora Middle School Splendora I.S.D.
P O Box 168 Splendora, TX 77372
Internet: mbdavis@tenet.edu PHONE: (713)689-2853
CompuServe: 75146,771
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From: "Marianne Haase, Librarian" <HAASE_M@HCCA.OHIO.GOV>
Subject: Re: Retrospective Conversion Programs
Good Morning Maria Elena, We have successfully used Precision One cd
program from Bro Dart in loading our full MARC records into Winnebago.
It has been amazing in doing the retro (on one disc) and the new comes
out quarterly or monthly, depending on what you want to pay. We found
that the quarterly kept up with our needs for the new ones. If you put
in a brief record, the POne record can be added to overide in Winnie.
Last year I started putting in title records as I ordered -- really
helped when watching for dups. BTW, have you loaded the upgrade from
June? Are you noticing problems in the automatic number assignments.
If so, write to <conlon_j@hcca.ohio.gov> She is collecting stats on
this problem, which is pretty bad if you are not aware ... Her name is
Julie.
One more comment, almost anyone can be trained to download from POne
and load into the system (ie., a volunteer). It is only in checking
the cataloging before running barcodes that we often get bogged down --
we changed to LC headings and have to get rid of the juvie lit sub-head
and things like FIC being in as 813, 823, or 92 instead of the B which
we use. Also, the 300 tag is often not entered since the book was
cataloged in draft form.
For items you can't find, Mitinet is a good program for "fill in the
blanks for a person who does not know the tags". Of course Winnebago's
record for entry is nice too.
Good Luck. PH:(Bro Dart) 800-233-8467/ext 640)
You have my permission to post this to LM_NET if you think your query
may become a target. Have a great day!
<haase_m@hcca.ohio.gov>
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