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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:15:25 -0500
From: "Caplan,Ellen" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: 1st indicator changes in authority and bibliographic records
on O CLC
Sender: "Caplan,Ellen" <[log in to unmask]>


For those of you who catalog on OCLC and do not subscribe to Autocat, please
see the following message from one of my colleagues.  This information will
also be on OCLC's web site later this month.

For those of you who do not read Autocat, please see the following message
concerning the coding for multiple surnames and OCLC's plans.

January 1, 2000 LC implemented a change to the first indicator
value for personal name headings (fields 100, 400, 600, 700,
790, 800 in bibliographic records and fields 100, 400, 500 in
authority records). Value 1 (Surname) was redefined to be
used for headings with either single or multiple surnames.  Value
2 is now obsolete. OCLC PCC participants should follow Library
of Congress guidelines at
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/multsur.html> when entering
data. Authority records requiring changes have been identified
by OCLC and will be corrected over the next few months and
redistributed through LC. Changes to bibliographic records are
not yet implemented.

OCLC members should use 1st indicator value 1 for multiple
surnames on all new bibliographic records. Headings on existing
bibliographic records should be replaced as encountered and only
if the record is already being worked on. Authority and
bibliographic records may be out-of-sync for some time;
however, users should not report first indicator changes to OCLC.
Bibliographic records will be corrected through database scans.

Susan Westberg
Database Specialist
OCLC
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: 800-848-5878



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