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Dear colleagues,<br><br>
I am very pleased to announce that all records sent by YUL staff to MARS
Authority Control (AC) processing via ExportQ since February 2005 <b>have
now been re-loaded to Orbis and released from the ExportQ</b>.<br><br>
Our weekly AC processing schedule was suspended in February when
Backstage purchased MARS from OCLC, who was its previous owner. Since
then, the list of records marked by ExportQ has been growing... and
growing... and growing.<br><br>
The number of ExportQ records that required Authority Control processing
from MARS reached <b>100,900 </b>by the time we loaded the last set of
records. We also loaded <b>48,677 </b>authority records that were
generated by MARS processing. The Production Systems Team, and Gail
Barnett and Bob Rice from ITS, all worked aggressively to make these
updated bib records and new authority records available to library staff.
<br><br>
We began processing the ExportQ backlog in October and are happy to
report that on December 1, we completed <i>8 1/2 months of work in 1 1/2
month's time.</i> The total number of records loaded for this backlog is
<b>149,577</b>.<br><br>
<b>BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS:<br>
Received<x-tab> </x-tab>
<br>
<u>from
MARS</u><x-tab> </x-tab><u>File
Name</u><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><u>#
Bibs</u><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><u>Loaded to
Orbis<br>
</u></b>10/19/2005
<x-tab> </x-tab>d051013.cc.bib
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>20,738
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>10/21/2005 <br>
10/28/2005 <x-tab> </x-tab>d051024.cc.bib
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>20,993
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>10/31/2005 <br>
11/4/2005
<x-tab> </x-tab>d051103.cc.bib
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>22,421
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>11/8/2005 <br>
11/14/2005 <x-tab> </x-tab>d051113.cc.bib
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>22,539
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>11/15/2005 <br>
11/29/2005 <x-tab> </x-tab>d051128.cc.bib
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>14,209
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>12/1/2005 <br>
<b>Total MARS Bib Records from ExQ</b>
<x-tab> </x-tab><b>100,900
<br><br>
AUTHORITY RECORDS:<br>
Received<br>
<u>from
MARS</u><x-tab> </x-tab><u>File
Name</u><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><u>#
Bibs</u><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><u>Loaded to
Orbis<br>
</u></b>10/19/2005
<x-tab> </x-tab>d051013.cc.auth
<x-tab> </x-tab>9,880
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>10/24/2005 <br>
10/28/2005 <x-tab> </x-tab>d051024.cc.auth
<x-tab> </x-tab>10,441
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>11/3/2005 <br>
11/4/2005
<x-tab> </x-tab>d051103.cc.auth
<x-tab> </x-tab>10,888
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>11/10/2005 <br>
11/14/2005 <x-tab> </x-tab>d051113.cc.auth
<x-tab> </x-tab>10,697
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>11/17/2005 <br>
11/29/2005 <x-tab> </x-tab>d051128.cc.auth
<x-tab> </x-tab>6,771
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>12/6/2005 <br>
<b>Total MARS Auth Records from
ExQ<x-tab> </x-tab>48,677
<br><br>
</b>We resumed our regular weekly MARS processing schedule this week, and
loaded the first file of updated bibs and new authority records yesterday
(12/8). The weekly process involves:<br><br>
1) Sending a file of approximately 2,500 bibliographic records from the
previous week marked in ExportQ by YUL staff to MARS for Authority
Control processing (these are the "red records" that flash red
when viewed with the ExportQ client). <br><br>
2) After processing them (this take about two to three days), MARS sends
our records back to us with updated headings, plus a file of new
authority records. Both files of records are then loaded to production
Orbis.<br><br>
3) A program runs through the "red records" to
"release" them from the ExportQ. MARS processing is done for
the week- now rinse and repeat!<br><br>
Many thanks to all who contributed to completing this project, and best
wishes for a great holiday season (and Voyager upgrade)!<br><br>
~Jenn Nolte<br>
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Orbis Support Specialist<br>
Integrated Library Technology Services<br>
Yale University Library<br>
130 Wall Street<br>
New Haven, CT 06520<br>
203 432-4878<br>
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