Number: BPWG1

Use of LStools for Columbia 

Description: Apply LStools for test use to load records (Herta Berengeur) directly into Columbia's CLIO

Date proposed: 20140116 - 201403** ; Planning meeting 20140313

Responsibility: Batch Processing Working Group 

Documentation: Meeting notes of 20140313 meeting

Conclusion: TBD

Cost/Benefit: Alleviate LITO workload ; Reduce TS dependency on external departments

Assessment: Underway

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Number: BPWG2

MARC21 Repertoire.cfg

Description: Share updates and modification of Voyager client file MARC21 Repertoire.cfg ; 

Date proposed: 201312**

Responsibility: Batch Processing Working Group 

Documentation: 
###Added the following ranges:
#Bengali (character range U+0980 to U+09FF)
#Devanagari (character range U+0900 to U+097F)
#Tamil (character range U+0B80 to U+0BFF)
#Thai (character range U+0E00 to U+0E7F)
###pm66 Cornell - Batch Processing 2013-12-23
#Left to right display character (U+200F)
#Armenian (character range U+0530 to U+058F)
###mw18 Columbia - MPS 2013-12-27

Conclusion: Success ; more updates to follow (Ethiopic and Syriac)

Cost/Benefit: Redundancy of tasks eliminated ; shared expertise 

Assessment: One time and ongoing benefit until next system migration ; system improvement 

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Number: BPWG3

Shared email address for MARC file deposits

Description: Provide vendors with email address to send MARC files for 2CUL

Date proposed: 20140116

Responsibility: Batch Processing Working Group

Documentation: vendor-marc@libraries.cul.columbia.edu

Conclusion: Email alias created ; implementation and Assessment ongoing.

Cost/Benefit: Build toward single MARC depository for 2CUL Batch Processing Units

Assessment: Ongoing

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Number: BPWG4

Strawn tool VGerselet & LStools

Description: Use of STRAWN tools (VGER Select) to harvest ISBN's from Precat/Offprecat Chronological segments for onsite/remote batch searching and processing/enhancement ; possible role for LStools in loading/upgrading batch file.

Date proposed: 20140131

Responsibility: Batch Processing Working Group

Documentation: forthcoming

Conclusion: TBD

Cost/Benefit: Lessen dependency on OCLC batch process that has proven limitations ; share resources and expertise to reduce backlogs and enhance discovery

Assessment: TBD

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