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Subject: [Enhance] Technical Bulletin 264: OCLC-MARC Bibliographic Format Update 2014, Phase Two
OCLC-MARC Update 2014, Phase Two will be installed later in August 2014. OCLC previously implemented changes related to the OCLC-MARC Bibliographic Format Update 2014,
Phase One in May 2014. This included parts of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Update No. 16, dated April 2013, code list additions, and other suggestions from WorldCat users and OCLC staff. Details of Phase One are available in OCLC Technical Bulletin 263 (http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/tb/263.en.html).
Phase Two will include the remainders of the MARC 21 Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Updates No. 16, 17, and 18, as well as all MARC codes announced by LC between April and June 2014. Highlights include:
Details of Phase Two are now available in OCLC Technical Bulletin 264 (http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/tb/264.en.html).
OCLC will announce the installation later this month. Note that the implementation of some Authority elements must be coordinated with the Library of Congress and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging and should not be used until LC, PCC, and OCLC announce
that PCC testing of the new elements has been completed.
Jay Weitz
Senior Consulting Database Specialist
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
MC 139
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395
Phone: +1-614-764-6156
Fax: +1-614-718-7195
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