Errors in Central Catalog bibliographic records can usually only be corrected by personnel from the institution that owns the record at Central. How to Tell Who Owns the Record at Central.
Each institution has a contact person who is charged both with receiving error reports about records that institution owns, and with sending error reports after determining the owning library. See the error reporting Contact List for these names and e-mail addresses.
In addition, these contact people are on a closed OhioLINK email list: errors@ohiolink.edu. This list is for exchanging information about problems that need to be corrected by many institutions. When you send a message to that list, it is helpful to include the 945 fields, because they list the contributing libraries. That signals who will need to take action.
In general, the sorts of problems that should be reported as errors are those that result in search and retrieval problems, such as:
The main exception to this rule for error reporting is Table of Contents (TOC) errors in 97x fields. The owning institutions cannot fix TOC problems. Reporting Blackwell Table of Contents Errors.
If you are in doubt about who should receive a report, or to report adds and changes to the list, contact Meg Spernoga, meg@ohiolink.edu.
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The owning library will need the following pieces of information in order to correct the problem. Use this form; or you may just report errors by e-mail, incorporating all the relevant information needed.
Central Site Record Number .b__________________
OCLC Number ________________________________
Owning Library _______________________________
Author
Title ___________________________________________
Description of the problem. Attach documentation if necessary.
Reported by:
Name _______________________________________
Institution ____________________________________
Email Address _________________________________
Phone Number ________________________________