Aleph Update: Revisions to Standing Search

Please note that changes to the Standing Search process in Aleph will take effect this Thursday. The Standing Search process upgrades provisionally cataloged records in HVD01 with records supplied by the Library of Congress. Only records that do NOT contain a "c" in subfield a of the H08 in the holdings are considered for this process. If there are multiple holdings, and at least one has "c," the record will not be eligible for upgrade.

The primary change to the process is that records in HVD01 no longer require both an LCCN and ISBN in order to be eligible for upgrade. Either is sufficient. Also, records dating back to 1997 are eligible. These changes will increase the number of eligible records by as many as ten times. More details about the Standing Search process may be found in this document in the Aleph Documentation Center:
http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/systems/aleph/docs/standing_search.pdf

Please send any comments or questions via the Aleph Support Center using the category Cataloging/Authorities/Holdings at:
http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/systems/aleph/forms/f-supp-cat.html

For those Print Operators regularly printing Standing Search reports, please be aware that this week's reports will be significantly larger.

Thank you,

Corinna Baksik
Harvard University Library
Office for Information Systems
90 Mt. Auburn St
Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: 617-495-3724
Fax: 617-496-5600