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Wednesday’s Word: Policy
Posted by Jennifer on 5 November, 2008 in OCLC, WorldCat, wednesday's word
Today’s word is policy and specifically, OCLC Policy. OCLC has updated 1987’s Guidelines for Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records. To understand more about the policy please read Karen Calhoun’s blog post, Notes on OCLC’s Updated Record Use Policy
from November 4, 2008 located at (http://community.oclc.org/metalogue/archives/2008/11/notes-on-oclcs-updated-record.html). It explains the policy and why OCLC changed the policy.
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OCLC to provide libraries with expanded service
Posted by Jennifer on 23 September, 2008 in OCLC
DUBLIN, Ohio, September 24, 2008-OCLC senior management staff and
members of the United States Regional OCLC Network Directors Advisory
Committee (RONDAC) met September 9 to begin the rollout of a new service
model that will provide OCLC members in the U.S. with an expanded set of
product and service options.The new service program is the result of more than [...]
MARC catalogers- new documentation is here!
Posted by Jennifer on 17 September, 2008 in Cataloging, OCLC
-Bibliographic Formats and Standards fourth print edition is now available!
This guide to cataloging using OCLC’s WorldCat database provides you with essential information on creating and using bibliogra-phic records in WorldCat, including:
· Input standards and guidelines for catalogers
· Tagging conventions
· Links to sources of related cataloging information
The fourth edition of Bibliographic Formats and Standards is the [...]
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing has updated documentation
Posted by Jennifer on 3 September, 2008 in ILL, OCLC
The WorldCat Resource Sharing User Guide is now available online. This document is your complete resource for information on all aspects of resource sharing and interlibrary loan procedures through OCLC’s WorldCat Resource Sharing system.
Some sample topics:
The Basic Interlibrary Loan Cycle
Access and Authorizations
Additional Loan Cycles
OCLC Policies Directory
OCLC ILL Fee Management Service
Creating ILL Requests
Choosing Lenders
Completing a Loan [...]
Maintaining, enhancing records in WorldCat
Posted by Jennifer on 9 July, 2008 in Cataloging, Educational Services, OCLC, Upcoming Classes, WorldCat
Another important part of the maintenance and improvement of WorldCat is the activity by member libraries in adding call numbers and subjects, tables of contents, etc., upgrading minimal-level records and enhancing full records. During the fiscal year 2008 just completed, member libraries did the following:
Database enrichment: 157,787 records (a 21% increase from FY2007)
Minimal-level [...]
New technical bulletin available from OCLC
Posted by Jennifer on 27 May, 2008 in Cataloging, OCLC
A new technical bulletin is available. Technical Bulletin 255, “OCLC-MARC Format Update 2008,” describes the changes to OCLC-MARC records based on:
-MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data Update 7
-MARC 21 Format for Authority Data Update 7
-MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data Update 7
-MARC Code List Technical Notices
-Comments and requests from OCLC users and staff
-Changes derived [...]
New features in Worldcat.org
Posted by Jennifer on 22 May, 2008 in OCLC, WorldCat
Full-featured ratings and reviews are now available on WorldCat.org. Web users who use WorldCat to find materials in libraries near them and around the world can:
-Quickly rate items on a five-star scale
-Create and save drafts of review
-Write a review in their preferred language.
Users viewing their WorldCat.org profile (My WorldCat > My Profile) now [...]
How to find AV lenders on the web?
Posted by Jennifer on 16 May, 2008 in Educational Services, ILL, OCLC
Russell Palmer, Educational Services Resource Sharing instructor, offers a few ways to search for AV lenders for interlibrary loans. Using OCLC Policies Directory, if you choose advanced searcch, the “AV” limit on the PD simply leads you to institutions that have a policy, for or against, lending AV. So here is Rusty’s advice…
Members can generate [...]
Siga Adelante!
Posted by Max on 10 February, 2008 in OCLC, WebJunction
Learn about Oklahoma’s successful Siga Adelante (Moving Forward) Program
developed by six Oklahoma public libraries in partnership with their state library and WebJunction.
The six libraries throughout Oklahoma have provided free workshops on family literacy, health, and citizenship to their local Spanish-speaking communities and made all the workshop resources available on WebJunction. Pat Williams, the project [...]
Not in WorldCat?
Posted by Max on 28 January, 2008 in Blogging, OCLC, WorldCat
We all know that WorldCat is the largest bibliographic database (ugh, I hate that word!) in the world. Are there items that are NOT in the largest network of library content? This blog: Not in WorldCat shows rare and/or unusual items not found in WorldCat. There are some very obscure items out there [...]