On February 8, 2024, OCLC expects to install changes to WorldCat Validation, including the following new features and enhancements:
- OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced September 12-December 05, 2023
- MARC 21 Bibliographic Update No. 37 (Announced December 2023)
- MARC 21 Authority Update No. 37 (Announced December 2023) to the Validation Rule Set that Includes All Valid Elements of MARC 21 Authority Format.
These changes apply only to the OCLC-MARC Authority validation rule set that includes all valid elements of MARC 21 Authority Format. Name Authority Cooperative (NACO) participants cannot use these authority format changes in the LC/NACO Authority File
at this time. The Library of Congress and OCLC will announce the implementation of these elements for use in name and subject authority records in the LC/NACO Authority File at a future date.
- MARC 21 Holdings Update No. 37 (Announced December 2023)
- Edit Change to Encoding Level (Elvl) 8 Bibliographic Records
The following bug fixes will also be included:
- Correction to drop-down for Subfield $2 in Holdings Field 506
- Correction of MARC relator code dcg to dgc
These features and enhancements are the result of announcements of new MARC elements and codes by the Library of Congress as well as feedback and requests from members of the OCLC cooperative.
See the
WorldCat Validation Release Notes, February 2024 at
oc.lc/validation-release-notes for more details of the changes that we hope to install on February 8, 2024
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Kate
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