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.
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You can enable deeplinking from WorldCat directly into your local opac
June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Categories: Cataloguing · Search & research · Web tips
Tagged: deeplinking, NUC, OCLC, opac
You can use your own cataloguing module to access Te Puna/WorldCat bibliographic utilities via a z39.50 connection
May 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Many libraries are now choosing this option and finding it a great time saver. If you’d like to find out about this the best thing to begin with is to get in touch with Ruth.miller@natlib.govt.nz or Ann.barrie@natlib.govt.nz who will be able to send you the documentation to get started.
You will need to decide how you will add your library’s holdings to the National Union Catalogue. Osmosis is one option; another is sending monthly files of records or ISBNs to Te Puna.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: address details, Cataloguing, OCLC, WorldCat, z39.50
You can register to use OCLC’s FirstSearch
May 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
To register for FirstSearch authorization:
Complete the form located at: http://www.oclc.org/support/forms/pdf/fsindo.pdf
In the Subscription Accounts section, indicate Base Package.
In the Special Instructions/Notes section indicate that this is part of the New Zealand partnership.
You will need to return the form in PDF format directly to OCLC either by fax to 614-764-4331 (Dublin, Ohio) or by submitting via email to AsiaPacific@oclc.org
If you have follow up questions about the form or FirstSearch package, please direct these to OCLC Asia Pacific by emailing AsiaPacific@oclc.org
You can also contact support@oclc.org
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC · Search & research
Tagged: Cataloguing, OCLC, search
You can use OCLC’s copy cataloguing vendor service
May 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
PromptCat is OCLC’s copy cataloguing vendor service. Materials can be ordered through participating material partners and arrive to you with complete MARC records and your holdings set in WorldCat.
Your library will have to register with the PromptCat service through OCLC and contact your vendor. OCLC are open to adding New Zealand material partners to their database.
If you wish to use the PromptCat service you can send a request by emailing the regional office of AsiaPacific at AsiaPacific@oclc.org. State in the email that you are a New Zealand library and a member of the National Library of New Zealand-OCLC Partnering Agreement.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: Cataloguing, OCLC
You can access many services under the National Library/OCLC partnering agreement
April 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Your library can have access to OCLC’s bibliographic utility, WorldCat. This can be accessed through OCLC’s Connexion Client, Connexion Browser or Cat Express or as a gateway through the National Bibliographic Database Cataloguing Client or WebCat.
The agreement also includes access to FirstSearch – an online service that gives library professionals and end users access to a rich collection of reference databases.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: Cataloguing, OCLC
You can find a bibliographic record on WorldCat even if your first attempt fails
April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
What sometimes happens is that search is initially done on Te Puna using an ISBN number plus the ‘keyword anywhere’ option.
If you didn’t find it in Te Puna, then immediately pressed “Redo the search on OCLC WorldCat”, the search will have failed (timeout) because there is simply too much data for the search to work through. If you change your search option to an ISBN one to match the data then you will have a much better chance of success.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: Cataloguing, OCLC, WorldCat
You can find out about the OCLC Registry
March 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Known as the WorldCat Registry, it is a Web-based directory of libraries and library consortia. You can create and manage your institutional profile, including information about its physical facilities, operations, services and people on a secure web platform. Organizations can then quickly access this information.
Upcoming RSS capabilities will allow people and organizations monitoring your profile to be alerted to changes via RSS-enabled websites, web browsers and newsreaders.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: address details, Cataloguing, OCLC, WorldCat
You can see your library’s holdings on search engines such as Google and Yahoo
February 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
OCLC distributes holdings data through its Open WorldCat Programme for discovery through major search engines and open-source technologies, such as RSS feeds.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: Cataloguing, NUC, OCLC, search engines
You can register with OCLC to use cataloguing or FirstSearch services under the OCLC Agreement
January 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
You can register with OCLC to use cataloguing or FirstSearch services under the OCLC Agreement
- You do not need to register to use the gateway to WorldCat though WebCat or the Cataloguing Client.
- You do need to register to use First Search or the OCLC Cataloguing services available to you. Download the registration form.
Categories: Cataloguing · OCLC
Tagged: Cataloguing, Cataloguing Client, OCLC, search, WebCat, WorldCat
