Re: OCLC (World Cat)

[Norman Kane <nkane@KANEBOOKS.COM>]

As I recall, the preliminary listing shows one holding and the
detailed listing does not.  As to the reason , both explanations you
offer are quite logical.  Thanks.  Norman


At 12:06 PM 11/20/2007, you wrote:
> When I tried to duplicate the search, the record you cite shows no
> libraries holding:
> http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/MoreLikeThis?searchtype=morelikethese:sessionid=fsapp11-45633-f98nf6lm-jab2mk:entitypagenum=59:0
>
> Not sure what you mean by seeing one library holdiong the Darton &
> Harvey edition.
>
> As for the larger issue, I believe that not all institutions open
> their holdings to worldcat search despite having contributed catalog
> records which explains the "no library holding" situation.  That
> and, unfortunately, deaccessioning.
>
> JWB
>
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> OCLC (WorldCat) will occasionally list an item as having one location
> but the detailed entry does not list any copy, as for instance
> http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=fsapp11-45633-f98nf6lm-jab2mk:entitypagenum=11:0:recno=22:resultset=4:format=FI:next=html/record.html:bad=error/badfetch.html:entitytoprecno=22:entitycurrecno=22:numrecs=1
>
> Any explanation ?   Thanks,    Norman