--- Begin Forwarded Message --- 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]> To: 'Maps-l' <[log in to unmask]>, 'EXLIBRIS' <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "Caplan,Ellen" <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> 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]) ================ 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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.oclc.org/ http://innerart.com/performancespace/index.html --- End Forwarded Message ---