UIAS Union Catalog Survey Questions

1. What local system are you using?

2. In your current local integrated system, is the OCLC number stored in the MARC field 001? YES NO

If "NO" respond to questions 3 & 4, if "YES" skip to question 5.

3. If your answer to question 2 is "NO", in what MARC field is the OCLC number stored in your local system

4. Indicate what data, if anything, is stored in MARC field 001 in your local system

5. In your local system does the OCLC number have a prefix? YES NO

If "YES", please attach a print-out of an example of an OCLC number with prefix as stored in your local system.

6. In your local system, do you store anything in MARC field 035? YES NO

If "YES," describe what is stored in that field and attach an example

7. What status messages are being used in your local catalog, e.g. "Not checked out," "missing," etc. Please list or attach all status messages you are currently using:

8. Are there any bibliographic records from your local system that should not be loaded into the UIAS? YES NO

If "YES," describe what records and how these records can be identified, e.g. personal copies on reserve

9. Where is your library storing serial summary holdings? Please describe in which type of record and in which field tag, e.g. in bibliographic record, field 850. Please print and attach example.

10. Have you stored the serial summary holdings in your local OPAC in more than one field? YES NO

If "YES," please list any other fields you have used in your local system to
store serial summary holdings.

11. Do you have serial holdings in the OCLC Union List that are not represented in your local OPAC? YES NO

If "YES," can you approximate how many titles are in the OCLC union list AND not in your local OPAC?

Can you characterize in any way what these titles are?

12. Have you purchased table of contents information from an outside vendor and loaded it into your local OPAC? YES NO

Survey Results