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Subject: OCLC-MARC Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Formats
Update 2009
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:35:47 -0400
From: Weitz,Jay <[log in to unmask]>
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On Sunday, August 16, 2009, OCLC implemented the changes related to the
OCLC-MARC Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Formats Update 2009.
This includes MARC 21 Updates No. 8 (October 2007) and No. 9 (October
2008), MARC Code List changes since July 2008, and user and OCLC staff
suggestions. OCLC Technical Bulletin 257, which presents the details, is
available at
_http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/tb/257/default.htm_.
If you have read or printed a version of TB 257 before the
implementation, you may want to do so again, as there have been several
substantive corrections and changes. Among the points of interest:
o Defining Videorecording 007/04 (subfield $e) code "s" for
Blu-ray Discs.
o Linking ISSNs (ISSN-L) in bibliographic, authority, and
holdings fields 022.
o Changing field 041 to separately subfield subtitles/captions
for moving images (subfield $j).
o Validating codes for subfield $2 in field 047 (musical form)
and 048 (medium of performance) for the respective code
lists maintained by IAML (International Association of Music
Libraries).
o Implementing two new Dewey fields: 083 (Additional Dewey
Decimal Classification Number) and 085 (Synthesized
Classification Number Components).
o Implementing the repeatable 260 field.
o Making field 440 obsolete and converting appropriate 4XX/8XX
combinations.
o Defining new subfields in field 502 for dissertation details
(degree, school, date, etc.).
o Implementing new field 542 for Information Relating to
Copyright Status.
o Implementing subfield $0 (zero) for the Authority Record
Control Number in 28 bibliographic fields and three
authority fields.
Appropriate data conversions and re-indexing of WorldCat will begin
following the August installation.
All new searching and indexing capabilities; new fields, subfields, and
indicators; and new codes can now be used in both Connexion browser and
Connexion client.
*Connexion browser*:
o Connexion browser users have changes to the dropdown lists
for fixed field elements available for use immediately.
o The National Bibliography Number index ("nn:") will not
appear in the Connexion browser dropdown list until November
2009. In the meantime, it is available via the command line
in Connexion browser. All other new indexes and new or
changed language qualifiers appear in search screen dropdown
lists.
*Connexion client*:
o Beginning on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Connexion client
users will be prompted when they start the Connexion client
software to download a new file with changes to the dropdown
lists for fixed field elements. The window with the prompt
is labeled "New Components Available." You do not need
Administrative Privileges on your workstation to download
the file. Say "Yes" to download the file immediately. Say
"Remind me later" if you do not wish to download right away.
You will be prompted to download the file each time you open
Connexion client until you complete the download.
o In Connexion client, all new indexes and new or changed
language qualifiers do not appear in search screen dropdown
lists, but may be input manually via the command line. The
search screen dropdown lists of indexes and language
qualifiers will be updated in the next version of the
Connexion client.
Please see TB 257 for additional details.
Jay Weitz
Senior Consulting Database Specialist
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
MC 139
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395
Phone: 614-764-6156
Fax: 614-718-7195
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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