forwarded email ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Update to OCLC's Response to the Library of Congress Series Decision Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:56:15 -0400 From: Patton,Glenn <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers list <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] The following is posted on behalf of Rich Greene. On July, 9, 2006, OCLC installed the last of the software changes announced to assist with the implementation of LC's decision on series. Specific changes OCLC has implemented are-- 1. Changes were made to the software used to load Library of Congress records into WorldCat so that, if the existing WorldCat record contains controlled series access (either field 440 or fields 490, first indicator '1,' and an 8XX field) and the incoming LC record contains only a series statement (field 490, first indicator '0'), the controlled series access will be retained. Implemented July 9, 2006. 2. Since, as part of the change in series practice, the Library of Congress has ceased to use the 042 code 'pcc' in records for monographs and integrating resources, OCLC has also adjusted the hierarchy that governs which record takes precedence when incoming records are compared with existing WorldCat records to insure that a PCC record is not bumped by a record not meeting PCC standards. Implemented June 11, 2006. 3. OCLC has changed existing Database Enrichment capabilities (http://www.oclc.org/support/tips/worldcat/tip7.htm <http://www.oclc.org/support/tips/worldcat/tip7.htm> ) so that fields 440, 490, and 8XX can be added, changed or deleted by any user with a full-level cataloging authorization. This allows cataloging users to, for example, change series treatment in LC records to match existing authority records. Users will receive a Database Enrichment credit for such changes. Implemented July 9, 2006. The memo at http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/announcement191.htm <http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/announcement191.htm> includes the full, updated OCLC response with additional commentary on steps that have been or will be undertaken. We will be update documentation in the next few months to reflect these changes. Rich Greene OCLC, Inc. 6565 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017 614-764-6154 email: [log in to unmask] -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._ Angie Cope American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] (414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624 (FAX) .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._