OCLC Bibliographic

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OCLC Bibliographic Notification Service
Betsy Simpson University of Florida Libraries
Lets zoom in on UFs Implementation

• Profile set to receive upgraded book records
• Download files daily from OCLC Product Services
  Web
• Approx. 10-25 bib records per file
• Until GenLoad Enhancement to protect fields from
  overlay is available, a macro grabs OCLC from
  Bib Note report, searches Aleph for local bib,
  finds OCLC record, adds 599 with local bib, and
  overlays Aleph bib with upgraded record using
  alternate port (protected fields TKR, LKR, 0359
  , STA, CAT, 520, 590, 796, 797, 970, 5 FU, 856)
• Spot check after download
• Avg. 15 minutes/file

USF also subscribes to OCLC Bib Note to obtain
records with their holdings symbol that have
updated 505 fields.
Fill out this form to start the process
Whats in it for your library? More efficient
workflows and better quality metadata

• The lowdown direct from OCLC
• How it works
• You complete a profile, indicating the record
  options and upgrades your library would like to
  receive.
• Based on your profile options and the WorldCat
  records upgraded everyday, your library can
  receive upgraded records everyday.
• You can receive your upgraded records via EDX or
  from Product Services Web, for downloading to
  your local system.
• Options available
• As part of your Bibliographic Record Notification
  profile, you choose to receive one or both of
  these MARC record upgrades
• OCLC-MARC records that have been upgraded from
  minimal-level to full-level cataloging
• OCLC-MARC records in which the 505 field, Table
  of Contents, has been added, enhanced or deleted
  in WorldCat
• You can also
• Limit the type of records received by format,
  encoding level and publication date (for
  instance, receive only those records that are
  upgraded from Encoding Level 8 in Books (BKS)
  format from 1990 forward)
• Exclude delivery of records your library upgrades
• Have the call number field moved to another
  location in the MARC record to assure that the
  record does not overwrite your locally assigned
  call number
• Add a local note to your upgraded OCLC-MARC record

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