Reports of Study: MARC Record Services Survey

["Kemp, Rebecca" <kempr@uncw.edu>]

*Cross-posted*

Dear colleagues,

Thank you very much to those who participated in my survey 
regarding how libraries are using MARC record services.  My study 
is now complete, and it is available for you to read at the 
following site:

http://tinyurl.com/2b9wva

I expect it to be published in _The Serials Librarian_, v.55, 
no.3 (2008).  Please let me know if you have any questions.  My 
original posting to request participants follows, for those who 
wish to know a little more about the study.

Thanks again,

Rebecca Kemp
Serials Coordinator Librarian
W.M. Randall Library
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28403
kempr<at>uncw<dot>edu


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Subject: Invitation to participate: MARC Record Services survey

*Cross-posted*

Dear colleagues,

Does your library use a MARC record service such as SFX's MARCit! 
or Serials Solutions' 360 MARC Updates?  If so, I invite you to 
participate in a brief, anonymous survey that is designed to 
provide information about how libraries are using different MARC 
record services.  The goals of the survey are to identify the 
benefits of using these services and areas in which the services 
could be improved, as well as to solicit general feedback about 
them.

Your participation in this study will provide valuable 
information about a major aspect of serials cataloging: 
outsourcing MARC records to vendors. Your responses will inform a 
formally published article, which I will share with the 
listserves once it is finished.

If anyone has any questions about this study, please feel free to 
contact me.

Thank you very much for considering,
Rebecca