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Cataloging with OCLC

Topics. WorldCatCataloging optionsConnexion client demoDiscussion. WorldCat. OCLC's bibliographic databaseOver 70 million recordsOver 350,000 for Hebrew language, nearly 50,000 with Hebrew scriptNearly 65,000 for Yiddish language, nearly 2,500 with Hebrew scriptOver 90 keyword/phrase indexes

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Cataloging with OCLC

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    1. Cataloging with OCLC David Whitehair david_whitehair@oclc.org June 2006

    2. Topics WorldCat Cataloging options Connexion client demo Discussion

    3. WorldCat OCLC’s bibliographic database Over 70 million records Over 350,000 for Hebrew language, nearly 50,000 with Hebrew script Nearly 65,000 for Yiddish language, nearly 2,500 with Hebrew script Over 90 keyword/phrase indexes which include both Latin and non-Latin data Available 24/7 with exception of some Sunday morning (US Eastern) hours always announced in advance

    4. Cataloging options Via your local system’s Z39.50 client Via OCLC Connexion

    5. Z39.50 Cataloging Access WorldCat via your local system’s Z39.50 client MARC 21 records with MARC-8 character sets Coming in July: Retrieve non-Latin script data with WorldCat records Access the LC/NACO and LC/SACO authority files

    6. Z39.50 Cataloging Set holdings on records Via Z39.50 if client supports Z39.50-1995 Database/Update Extended Service Definition Via batch services Contribute original records to WorldCat Via batch services Import into Connexion and process online (requires that you re-search WorldCat before processing)

    7. Connexion interfaces Web-based Connexion browser Windows-based Connexion client

    8. Connexion client Language interfaces: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish Supports Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Tamil, and Thai scripts (next: Bengali, Devanagari, and Sinhala) Both online and offline cataloging

    9. Hebrew cataloging Create records with Latin script only, Hebrew script only, or both Import records created in your ILS to finalize and add to WorldCat Macros available to help transliterate romanized Latin script to Hebrew script and vice versa Display data aligned left or right

    10. Hebrew cataloging MARC-8 verify tool to easily highlight characters that cannot be converted to MARC-8 Export records in MARC 21 with either MARC-8 or UTF-8 Unicode character set Specify to include Latin and/or non-Latin data in exported record; if both, specify which data to put in 880 fields

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