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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 07:02:38 -0400
From: "Caplan,Ellen" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Type Code Editing Capability on OCLC
Sender: "Caplan,Ellen" <[log in to unmask]>
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I am posting this announcement for a colleague who does not subscribe to
this list. This may be of some interest to those of you who edit
records on OCLC. Thanks. Ellen Caplan ([log in to unmask])
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The following announcement from OCLC's Database Management Department
has been posted to various lists. Please excuse any duplication.
Type Code Editing Capability
The "Type of Record" code (USMARC Leader/06) is the one-character
alphabetic code that helps differentiate most records for the various
bibliographic formats. When a record has been entered into WorldCat,
the OCLC Online Union Catalog, with an incorrect Type Code, searches
qualified by format will not yield accurate results.
Recent changes in USMARC due to format integration, reflecting the shift
toward coding bibliographic record Type Codes for record content rather
than physical carrier, have resulted in an increased need for libraries
to edit Type Codes. Until now, the OCLC system has limited users'
ability to change Type Codes within a given bibliographic format (for
instance, i/j or g/k/r/o) only. All Type Code changes between
bibliographic formats and all Type Code changes to WorldCat master
records had to be reported to OCLC, where they would be done within 24
hours of receipt.
Beginning immediately, OCLC Passport software users with any
authorization level Limited and above, will be able to change the Type
Code on all unlocked or locally edited bibliographic records to any
other valid Type Code value. This will allow users to continue work on
such records without serious disruption of workflow. OCLC encourages
users to continue reporting Type Code changes as before (by phone,
electronically, or on paper), so that master records in WorldCat can be
corrected.
A Type Code change is accomplished by overtyping the incorrect Type Code
with the correct one, then pressing <F11>. The record will redisplay
with the fixed-field mnemonics of the new Type of Record. Further
editing of the redisplayed fixed field (and possibly other elements in
the record) will be necessary before the record will pass validation.
This enhancement will be included in OCLC CatME for Windows software
version 1.10 and CJK software version 3.0. OCLC expects to release
these new versions of workstation software in early 1999.
Jay Weitz
Consulting Database Specialist
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
MC 141
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017-3395
Phone: 614-764-6156
Fax: 614-718-7195
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WWW: http://www.oclc.org/
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