Basic Copy Cataloging Books

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Basic Copy Cataloging (Books)

• Prepared by
• Lynnette Fields, Lori Murphy,
• Kathy Nystrom, Shelley Stone
• as an LSTA grant
• Funding for this grant was awarded by the
  Illinois State Library (ISL), a Division of the
  Office of the Secretary of State, using funds
  provided by the Institute of Museum and Library
  Service (IMLS), under the Federal Library
  Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

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Session 4 Introduction to OCLC Cataloging

• What is OCLC?
• Browser vs. Client version
• Navigate the Client version
• Searching
• Editing
• Accessing Bibliographic Formats and Standards
• Exporting

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What is OCLC?

• A non-profit organization
• A bibliographic utility with over 64 million
  records which enables you to perform these
  cataloging functions
• Search for bibliographic records
• Edit records before you download them into your
  local database
• Search authority records and perform authority
  control
• Access MARC help features with a direct link to
  OCLCs Bibliographic Formats and Standards
• Report errors in bibliographic records
• Set your holdings in WorldCat

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OCLC Browser Version

• Can access through your Internet browser (no need
  to load any software)
• Updated periodically by OCLC (no need to load
  updates)
• Cannot work offline
• Can perform operations in batches
• Can save work in save file
• Can use WebDewey
• Can access MARC field help
• http//connexion.oclc.org

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OCLC Client Version

• Software loaded on your computer
• Updated periodically with new releases to load
• Can work offline if desired
• Can perform operations in batches
• Can save work in online or local save file
• Can access MARC field help
• http//www.oclc.org/connexion/default.htm

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Browser vs. Client
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Setting Up the Client

• When you load the Client, you can do some
  customization. These options are available under
  Tools. Some of the options are
• Printing
• Record display
• Authorizations
• Deriving
• Exporting, etc.

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Searching in Client

• Command line
• Keyword
• Numeric
• Limit by
• Date
• Format
• Language
• Etc.

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F2 to search or click on search icon
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Shift F2 to search the authority file
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Export Bibliographic Records to Local Database

• Find a matching bibliographic record
• Edit the record (make necessary changes in
  coding, punctuation, etc.)
• Check MARC help screens if needed
• Check authority file
• Export

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OCLC Original Cataloging

• If there is no matching record in OCLC, you can
  create an original record using a work form or by
  deriving an original record from an existing
  record

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Resources

• Connexion Browser Documentation
• http//www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexio
  n/browser/
• Connexion Client Documentation
• http//www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexio
  n/client/default.htm
• OCLC Librarians Toolbox
• http//www.oclc.org/toolbox/default.htm

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