OCLC has made available a new quick reference guide for catalogers, the OCLC Authorities Format Tag Chart. A PDF version of this new guide to the fields (and their valid subfields) used in authority records is available.
For free printed copies please send an e-mail request to orders@oclc.org. Please ask for product code REF 1115 and provide your OCLC symbol, if you are an OCLC member.
OCLC CatExpress subscribers who also have contracted for the OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Partners (WCCP) service, will notice a change in their monthly CatExpress activity reports.
The CatExpress reports have been redesigned to show activity under both services. If a library subscribes to both, it will see one line for each service on its monthly CatExpress report, one line labeled with a CatExpress product code and another with a WCCP code for WorldCat Cataloging Partners. The total activity line will be immediately below these.
If a library's activity is entirely CatExpress or Cataloging Partners, only one line for the appropriate product code will be listed.
For administrators of CatExpress groups, your CatExpress group activity report will also report activity under both services, as applicable, for any library in your group utilizing both CatExpress and Cataloging Partners.
Please contact Linda Gonzalez at BCR with any questions or concerns.
The H.W. Wilson Company has just announced the addition of some 62,000 images to its acclaimed Art Museum Image Gallery database, a popular art image reference source on the WilsonWeb database service. Drawn from more than 1,800 sources, the new images include material from among the world's most respected museums: Muse du Louvre, Paris; Museum der Stadt, Vienna; Bibliothque des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris; Muse du Chteau de Versailles; Museo del Prado, Madrid; National Anthropological Museum, Mexico; British Museum; Archaeological Museum, Istanbul; Archaeological Museum, Lima; Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg; Bardo Museum, Tunis; and others. Full bibliographic records accompany every image, and all images are rights-cleared for educational use.
Acquired through The Art Archive of the Picture Desk, Inc. (a leading art, civilization and history image library), the new images build on Art Museum Image Gallery's coverage of ancient civilizations, American and European history, Medieval history, world religions and icons from the history of art and architecture. The new content brings the total number of images on Art Museum Image Gallery to more than 155,000, spanning works from 3000 BC to the 20th century.
Hailed by Library Journal as "essential," Art Museum Image Gallery offers support for curricula in art history, studio art and design, as well as cultural studies, area studies, archaeology, classics, history, religion, literature and related subject areas. Teachers can use high-resolution images in class lectures, assignments, academic presentations, and password-protected course web sites. Students can use Art Museum Image Gallery works in papers and classroom assignments. Museums can provide patron access to the Art Museum Image Gallery from computer kiosks, and use images for public lectures or scholarly presentations.
For a full list of the new museums represented on Art Museum Image Gallery, visit www.hwwilson.com/art/ArtMuseumList.pdf. Free 30-day trial subscriptions are available. Contact BCR's Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org).If your library's OCLC numbers are indexed in your OPAC with the ocm prefix, please read this important information.
OCLC numbers are growing and soon will reach nine digits. (See OCLC Technical Bulletin 253 - ISBN and OCLC Number Changes.) OCLC will start exporting records with a prefix that changes depending on OCLC number size. An OCLC number with one-to-eight digits will have a prefix of ocm, and a nine-digit OCLC number will have a prefix of ocn.
If a library is indexing the OCLC number with the prefix exported by OCLC and has set up FirstSearch for deep linking by OCLC number, the library will need to update the administrative module for a new option to handle this type of indexing with deep linking.
To correctly update the admin module, select the appropriate radio button on the Administrative Module Linking>Web Library Catalogs screen to describe how OCLC numbers are indexed in your library. The options are:
Until you start seeing the new OCLC numbers, you will not have a problem using the current indexing method. At that time, if you currently index with ocm, you may need to make the change.
.Do your users know they can Find in a Library from major Web search engines, WorldCat.org and the freely distributed WorldCat search box? They can — when your library uses the free promotional materials available on the OCLC Web site at www.oclc.org/worldcat/promote/.
Newly added to materials for public library users of WorldCat are eight toolkits focused on common subjects of WorldCat research:
Each toolkit includes several themed print pieces — a flyer, shelf hangers and bookmarks — that you can distribute throughout your library. The kits also contain a short article you can customize and place on your library's Web site or in your print or e-mail newsletters. Each piece gives your users ideas and instruction on locating resources in WorldCat.
Also available are a variety of updated print pieces and other tools that explain how your library's content and services can be discovered on the open Web through sites such as Google, Yahoo! and WorldCat.org. These materials, some of which are customizable, are geared to the different audiences to whom you must communicate value:
OCLC recently completed installation of a number of enhancements to WorldCat Resource Sharing. They include:
Search Box on all Request Manager Screens — Users now have an improvement to their workflow with the addition of the Search Box to additional places in the Request Manger. The search box now also appears at the top of a complete category of requests and when an action has been completed. Additional LHR data on lender printouts — Lenders that have loaded their local holding information also will experience improved workflow. They now can see complete LHR data on screen and their full-request printouts in WorldCat Resource Sharing. These fields will only appear in WorldCat Resource Sharing for now. OCLC is working to add this improvement to ILLiad. Electronic Delivery address on work forms — Users of WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad now have an appropriate field in which they can note their electronic delivery addresses for Odyssey, Ariel FTP and Ariel e-mail. On staff work forms users have to manually type their electronic delivery address.
In the coming two-to-four months, these fields will be added to Constant Data, allowing users to further automate the process of using electronic delivery fields.
Several ILLiad beta sites had this functionality available in mid-October, and all users of ILLiad 7.2 will have these additional fields when it’s fully released in December.
OCLC completed installation of several Connexion enhancements on November 12. Complete details about the changes that impact the Connexion browser, Connexion client 1.60, CatExpress and WebDewey interfaces can be found on the OCLC Web site at www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/browser/enhancements/.
The following is a brief overview.
WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey are updated quarterly. Both services contain the latest version of the schedules, tables, Manual and Relative Index entries from their respective enhanced DDC databases. This release consists of updates to the DDC 22 and Abridged 14 databases in WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey respectively and include the latest changes to the DDC. A comprehensive list of changes can be found at www.oclc.org/dewey/enhancements/enhancements200611.htm. Some of the enhancements in this release impacting both WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey users include:
The next Dewey Services quarterly release is scheduled for February, 2007.
The October 27 College of DuPage teleconference, Soaring to Excellence — Library 2.0 and Beyond, "Best New Technologies: Keeping Up with the Storm," was a resounding success. Many libraries were able to watch the teleconference in real time, and others will take advantage of the opportunity to see the archived version via webcast. If you participated in the teleconference, please remember to complete the evaluation form. Go to www.bcr.org/training/teleconferences/eval-techstorm.html.
Four more teleconferences addressing the latest issues in the library world are scheduled for February, March, April and May, 2007. If you haven't registered to receive the telecast either by satellite downlink or webcast, please sign up using the BCR registration form. Go to www.bcr.org/training/teleconferences/register.html. For complete descriptions of each teleconference, visit the College of DuPage Web site, www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=183.
Changes to the ERIC database, a result of changes in the data provided to OCLC by the ERIC producers, will be available December 10. Various new fields have been added, while other fields have been discontinued. The new fields apply to new records.
ERIC introduced the peer reviewed field in 2005 for journal articles published 2004 onward. Fields that have been discontinued may remain on legacy records, but they will not be on new records. A list of the complete changes is scheduled to be sent to the Z39.50 listserv on November 9. The revised Z39.50 documentation also will be available November 9 at www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/z3950/z3950_databases/default.htm.
Some of the changes are listed below:
ERIC provides access to more than 1.1 million bibliographic records for education-related journals and nonjournal literature. ERIC links to free full-text for more than 100,000 items. Contact BCR's Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org) for more information.
The FRBR final report was published by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in 1998. The IFLA Cataloguing Section established the FRBR Review Group to enhance and revise FRBR as necessary. The Review Group's Working Group on the Expression Entity has prepared this first amendment to FRBR, specifically to section 3.2.2, concerning the definition of the group 1 entity "expression."
Comments on the revision are due by December 31, and should be sent to:
BCR is now offering two government-related resources from Carroll Publishing, the nation's largest and most reliable source for government contacts and organization charts. Libraries can now obtain subscriptions — at BCR discounted prices — to GovSearch and GovSearchSuite.
GovSearch — A basic, Web-based database of government people, programs and places. The service provides contact information and organization charts for federal, state, and municipal government executives and civilian program information. A supplemental database of other government facilities is included at no additional charge.
GovSearchSuite — Provides the entire content of U.S. government decision-maker contact data files and organization chart services in one seamless, easy-to-use service. It encompasses the entire content of Carroll's GovSearch (Federal, State, Municipal, County), FedSearch (Federal and Department of Defense) and MilSearch (Federal, Department of Defense and Defense Industry) products.
A free trial of GovSearchSuite is available to BCR libraries through December 31. To sign up for the free trial, complete and submit BCR's electronic order form at www.bcr.org/trials/carrolltrial.html. You will receive a customized trial URL and password that will be sent directly to your e-mail address.
To order, complete BCR's online order form: www.bcr.org/reference/carroll/order.html. For additional information, contact BCR's Jay Ford (jford@bcr.org).A number of enhancements were added to WorldCat Resource Sharing over the past weekend. See them listed below.
Search Box on all Request Manager Screens
Users will have an improvement to their workflow as the Search Box is available in additional places in the Request Manger. Currently the ability to search for requests appears only on the Request Manager landing page. As of November 5, the search box also appears at the top of a complete category of requests and when an action has been completed.
Additional LHR data on lender printouts
Lenders that have loaded their local holding information will have a workflow improvement and see complete LHR data on screen and their full-request printouts in WorldCat Resource Sharing.
Currently, WorldCat Resource Sharing uses the Call Number field in WorldCat Resource Sharing to display information put in the summary field of the local holdings record (LHR). With this enhancement, more complete LHR information will appear in appropriate fields.
These fields will only appear in WorldCat Resource Sharing for now. OCLC is working to get this into ILLiad, but additional development will be required.
Electronic Delivery address on work forms
Users of WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad will have an appropriate field in which to note their electronic delivery addresses for Odyssey, Ariel FTP and Ariel E-mail. On staff work forms users will have to manually type their electronic delivery address.
In the coming two-to-four months, OCLC will add these fields to Constant Data and allow users to further automate the process of using electronic delivery fields.
Several ILLiad beta sites already have this functionality, and it will be available with ILLiad version 7.2 when it’s fully released in December.
BCR, in partnership with OCLC and NetLibrary, invites libraries to take advantage of the reopening of all BCR NetLibrary eBooks Shared Collections. Libraries have an opportunity to select from shared collections containing titles that are appropriate for academic, community college and public library users. This offer expires December 31.
Libraries will pay a one-time fee per collection purchased. As an incentive, purchase one collection and receive a 10 percent discount. Libraries may save up to 35 percent by purchasing multiple collections.
The reopened collections include:
To view complete title lists, pricing or place your order please visit: www.bcr.org/reference/Netlibrary/NL-Menu.html.
Also BCR Shared Set IV is still open to libraries. Pricing and ordering information is available at the URL above.
Free MARC records are available for each collection. To obtain the records you must submit an OCLC WorldCat Collection set order form. If a library chooses to have the records modified, OCLC will charge $0.28 per record. For information about obtaining the free WorldCat collection sets of MARC bibliographic records please go to: www.bcr.org/cataloging/wcs-netlib.html.
NetLibrary eBooks are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Your users can view the elebtronic bbooks from any PC with an Internet connection, whether they're in your library or working from their homes, offices or dorms. No additional hardware or software is required, and there's no need to check out titles. Remote access set up is also available.
Free Friday Forum Scheduled BCR will offer the Free Friday Forum, Making the Most of Your NetLibrary Collections, on Tuesday, December 12, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Mountain Time. For more information contact BCR or visit www.bcr.org/training/online/fff/.
On Sunday November 5, OCLC is adding an ILL analysis component to WorldCat Collection Analysis. This enhancement uses WorldCat Resource Sharing data and is available (at no additional cost) for individual subscribers of the WorldCat Collection Analysis service. The ILL analysis will also include ILLiad transactions that go through WorldCat Resource Sharing. The new ILL analysis component gives a library the ability to:
ILL usage data will complement the suite of comparison and evaluation options already existing in WorldCat Collection Analysis. Want to learn more? and watch for information about upcoming OCLC Web seminars.
OCLC plans to install the changes for the OCLC Number Expansion on November 12. Beginning on that date, OCLC Z39.50 Cataloging records will contain the OCLC number in the 035 field as well as the 001 field. Also, beginning November 12, uncoded positions in 007 fields will result in fill characters.
The Z39.50 Cataloging Extended Service Definition will be revised in November and will be prepared to handle the nine-digit OCLC numbers with the ocn prefix. Local system vendors have been notified of these changes related to OCLC Number Expansion. Users of Z39.50 cataloging clients should not need to make any changes to them in order to continue to set holdings as they have done in the past.
The documentation at www.oclc.org/support/documentation/z3950/databaseupdate/ will be revised to discuss these changes.
For additional information about OCLC Number Expansion, please see Technical Bulletin 253 at www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/tb/253/#oclcnumber.
Learn about managing the digital collections at your library during a free OCLC Web session on November 29.
Title Learn how to manage your digital collections using CONTENTdm
Description Join us for this live, free Web session about the CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. During this introductory overview, OCLC will explain how CONTENTdm provides a complete solution to help you store, manage and deliver your organization's digital collections to the Web. The software enables you to showcase a wide range of media types from photographs, documents, newspapers and maps to audio and video files.
With CONTENTdm, you can turn your special collections into fully searchable online resources available from any Web browser. Add your metadata to WorldCat, and you also can share your collections with other OCLC institutions and on the Web through Open WorldCat and WorldCat.org. During the session, instructors will talk about what the CONTENTdm software can do and show digital projects completed by organizations that have used the software. There will be plenty of time for your questions and for you to participate. If you're considering CONTENTdm for your organization, this session offers a valuable overview of the software.
Date Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Time 12 noon-1 p.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Central)
Web Registration Form www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=cdmwebinarNov29
H.W. Wilson has released a new Standard Catalog 3-Pack for school libraries. Similar to the Standard Catalog 5-pack — the complete set of Wilson's Standard Catalog products in a cost-effective package — the new Standard Catalog 3-Pack consists of the three standard catalogs used most frequently by schools for collection development activities. It also is available at a cost-effective package price.
The Standard Catalogs 3 Pack includes:
Wilson's Standard Catalogs on WilsonWeb are an invaluable help with collection development and maintenance, readers' advisory, curriculum support, professional development and more. Entries link to review excerpts from Wilson's Book Review Digest Plus database, including many full-text reviews. Users can:
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