Library Cataloging
This is great news for libraries that do not have English as their primary language.
- Oclc Control Number Expansion In 2013
News from OCLC. WorldCat continues to grow! The OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach one billion after July 1, 2013. At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC number to accommodate a variable length number string. If you use and/or...
- English And Spanish Subject Headings
Here is an interesting service, still in beta, LC Subject Headings in Spanish or Encabezamientos de materia LC en español.This a preliminary Spanish-English/English-Spanish list of subject headings. Please use it with caution! Much of the data...
- Additions To Marc Code List For Languages
The following codes have been approved for use in the international language code standard, ISO 639-2 (Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages--Part 2: alpha-3 code) and are also being added to the MARC Code List for Languages. New code Language...
- Authority Records
Great news! LC authority records are now available online from LC. They are updated daily. For far too long smaller libraries, those without access to OCLC or RLIN have had no access to authority records. There was the searchable file at DRA but that...
- Cataloging In Languages Other Than English
The Glossary of Bibliographic Information by Language can be a real help when dealing with materials in a language you are not fluent in. It provides translations for common terms used in publishing in Danish, Dutch, French German, Italian Latin, Norwegian,...
Library Cataloging
Language of Records in OCLC
This is great news for libraries that do not have English as their primary language.
Previously, records for the same title, but cataloged in different languages, such as English, Spanish and French, were considered duplicate records.OCLC will no longer consider these records duplicates, but will consider them parallel records.
- Oclc Control Number Expansion In 2013
News from OCLC. WorldCat continues to grow! The OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach one billion after July 1, 2013. At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC number to accommodate a variable length number string. If you use and/or...
- English And Spanish Subject Headings
Here is an interesting service, still in beta, LC Subject Headings in Spanish or Encabezamientos de materia LC en español.This a preliminary Spanish-English/English-Spanish list of subject headings. Please use it with caution! Much of the data...
- Additions To Marc Code List For Languages
The following codes have been approved for use in the international language code standard, ISO 639-2 (Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages--Part 2: alpha-3 code) and are also being added to the MARC Code List for Languages. New code Language...
- Authority Records
Great news! LC authority records are now available online from LC. They are updated daily. For far too long smaller libraries, those without access to OCLC or RLIN have had no access to authority records. There was the searchable file at DRA but that...
- Cataloging In Languages Other Than English
The Glossary of Bibliographic Information by Language can be a real help when dealing with materials in a language you are not fluent in. It provides translations for common terms used in publishing in Danish, Dutch, French German, Italian Latin, Norwegian,...