A new wiki has been developed especially for New Zealand cataloguers and it already contains a wealth of information:
- About the National Union Catalogue
- OCLC services available to Te Puna Libraries
- The OSMOSIS Service provided by the National Library
- New and updated catalogue standards for the National Union Catalogue
- Latest news and events
- Quality in cataloguing
You can use the wiki as an interactive space to receive updates, comment or ask a question.
Visit the wiki at http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com
Categories: Cataloguing
Tagged: NUC, wiki
OCLC has an easy, semi-automated system for enabling deeplinking from WorldCat directly into your local opac. As part of the New Zealand libraries site license for OCLC services every Te Puna subscribing library is eligible for such linking.
Go to the OCLC website set this up for your library
Categories: Cataloguing · Search & research · Web tips
Tagged: deeplinking, NUC, OCLC, opac
The National Library is collaborating with American based company The Marc of Quality to test the performance of OSMOSIS in the New Zealand environment.
Seven libraries are taking part in the pilot project in 2008 and 2009, including one public library, the National Library, four universities, and one consortium. On completion of the pilot, OSMOSIS will be evaluated and considered for widespread implementation in New Zealand.
The National Library hopes using OSMOSIS will improve the batch update process of library holdings to the National Union Catalogue, ensuring the Catalogue is constantly up to date. This quality of information will flow on to OCLC’s WorldCat an international database containing the collections of libraries around the world.
WorldCat website
Find out more about OSMOSIS
Categories: Cataloguing
Tagged: Cataloguing, NUC, Osmosis
New Zealand Libraries’ Catalogue is now available to all Internet users. You can provide links from your library’s website to enable the widest visibility of the country’s collections.
Go to the New Zealand Libraries’ Catalogue
Categories: Search & research
Tagged: New Zealand Libraries' Catalogue, NUC, search
The charge for this service is included in the annual fees for Te Puna Search and Te Puna Cataloguing.
To discuss having your library’s records batch loaded contact Te Puna support.
Categories: Cataloguing
Tagged: Cataloguing, NUC
OCLC distributes holdings data through its Open WorldCat Programme for discovery through major search engines and open-source technologies, such as RSS feeds.
Find out more on the OCLC website
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: Cataloguing, NUC, OCLC, search engines
