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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Below is the response I received from Rick pertaining to the removal of our holdings from OCLC as part of this project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mike <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Mike Hawthorne<br>Associate Director, Access Services<br>Wayne State University<br>Ph# 313-577-0373</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Lugg, Rick [mailto:luggr@oclc.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2015 8:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> M Hawthorne<br><b>Subject:</b> WorldCat holdings adjustments<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Mike,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good to hear your voice last week in Michigan. I looked into your question about the possibility of SCS submitting a library’s list of withdrawn items in order to remove holdings from WorldCat. We’ve actually been down this trail a couple of times with OCLC prior to being acquired, and the story remains basically the same. At present, there is no “agent interface” to WorldCat. WorldCat holdings can only be adjusted via the library’s own account, and there is no third-party access supported. So, unfortunately, right now there is just no way for us to do this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’ll be lobbying to change that, and I think it’s likely that some provision will be made for that, especially in conjunction with the inverse situation – batch registration of retention commitments. In both situations, we’re going to need a way to pass local information to WorldCat or vice versa. That function resides in another part of OCLC, but we’ll make sure this topic gets on their radar. I don’t think it’s likely to happen anytime soon, but we might have something in place by the time MI-SPI decides on its retention commitments and then begins another round of weeding.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wish I had a better answer, but that’s the situation for now. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Rick Lugg<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sustainable Collection Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><a href="mailto:luggr@oclc.org">luggr@oclc.org</a><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>