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Librarians with the guidance and assistance of DASite and INFOhio staff will:

• Identify item and bib problems
• Decide on Bank (District) cleanup strategies
• Generate reports to identify problems to be corrected in a timely manner
• Identify and correct problems now that will reduce problems at time of migration

Librarians will be provided reports and instructions for Phase 1a Item cleanup and Phase 1b Bib cleanup.  Please Note: Duplicate records will be addressed in a later Phase using automated processes.

Phase 2 : Winter 2002 / Fall 2003  (Library/DASite/INFOhio staff)

Librarians will identify their unique cataloging practices regarding:

• MARC tags with data unique to specific bank/branch

• Tags entered for searching purposes in MultiLIS

• Other

DASite staff, with INFOhio, will identify items that can be adjusted programmatically, such as:

• Prefixes/suffixes included in shelf numbers

• Bibs without items

• Target audience information

• Reading program information

• Award information

• Funding information

• Other

Librarians, DASite staff or INFOhio may identify other issues that need to be addressed.

Phase 3 : On-going 2002 - 2003  (DASite/INFOhio Staff)

INFOhio, with DASite assistance, and library consultation will programmatically adjust database records):

• Standardize 521 tags, 526 tags, etc.

• Initial deduping of DASite records

Please Note: Adjustments will be made only with the knowledge and approval of the library staff.

Phase 4 : On-going 2002 - 2004  (DASite/INFOhio Staff)

INFOhio, with DASite assistance, and library consultation will determine and adjust MultiLIS fields appropriately for the Sirsi Unicorn product.

• Unique MultiLIS document types into MARC tags

• Unique Keywords into appropriate MARC tags or Unicorn fields

• Final deduping of DASite records
   

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