Greetings, all, Some years ago (in 1988), NUCMC staff (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections) converted descriptions we had submitted for the printed NUCMC catalog to MARC format and loaded them into their database (without our knowledge, but we were happy to have the MARC records available). These were then loaded into OCLC WorldCat, and we have been enhancing (locking and replacing) the records as needed ever since (the records do describe our unique archival collections, which change with time). We've never experienced any problems with this until recently, when the enhancements we'd made over the years were all overlaid with the original records from 1988. So all of the enhancements we've made, including recataloging of many collections, making records DACS compliant, etc., have been lost. Has anyone else experienced this? Have any records created in connection with NUCMC that you have later enhanced in OCLC been overwritten with old records in WorldCat? I'd very much appreciate hearing from you if so. Many thanks. Marsha Maguire Manuscripts and Special Collections Cataloging Librarian University of Washington Libraries P.O. Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8407 fax: (206) 685-8782 [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>