Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Ordering bibliographic & item records from vendors

Hi Glen, We go through Baker & Taylor's Customized Library Service -- their catalogers are issued (limited) logins to our Evergreen system and they catalog directly in Evergreen according to our established cataloging policies. Since most of what B does for us is copy-cataloging, I do

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Ordering bibliographic & item records from vendors

Hi Glen, We don't order our bib & item records from a vendor. Instead we use JTacq freeware . First we use it to identify the cheapest source to purchase a title from. We then use it to batch pull permanent bib records from OCLC. JTacq is also used to generate

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Ordering bibliographic & item records from vendors

Hello, this is Glen at the Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan. We are not on Evergreen but are exploring it. I would appreciate advice from anyone who is purchasing new bibliographic / item record combinations from vendors such as Baker & Taylor. Two questions please: First, are you