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July/August 2004 vol.10 no.4 issn 1082-4383
Highlights in this Issue
Michael LaCroix Elected to OCLC Members Council
Executive Committee
NEBASE Members Council Delegate
Michael LaCroix
was elected by the OCLC Members Council Delegates as a Delegate-at-Large to the
Members Council Executive Committee.
Nebraska Libraries Receive Grants for netLibrary
Purchases
A total of $887.50 was received by 9 Nebraska libraries to assist them in
their purchase of the new SOLINET/NEBASE netLibrary Shared Collection.
Registrations Still Being Accepted for 2004 Roadshow
Seats are still available in all remaining 2004 Database
Roadshow sessions (Kearney, Nebraska City, North Platte, Omaha, Ord, West
Point), but they're going fast.
Rare Lewis and Clark Journals
Available Online
Wisconsin Historical Society uses CONTENTdm to share rare
Lewis and Clark journals.
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Past issues of N3
MICHAEL LACROIX ELECTED TO OCLC MEMBERS
COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
We are happy to announce that NEBASE Members Council Delegate
Michael LaCroix, Director of the Reinert Alumni Library at Creighton University,
was elected by the OCLC Members Council Delegates as a Delegate-at-Large to the
Members Council Executive Committee during the May Members Council meeting in
Dublin, OH.
Michael LaCroix is in the third year of his second term representing NEBASE on
the OCLC Members Council. The OCLC Members Council Executive Committee is one of
five standing committees and meets six times a year to guide the activities of
the council.
OCLC Members Council meets three times a year in Dublin, Ohio, home to OCLC
headquarters. The meetings are attended by OCLC management, members of the OCLC
Board of Trustees and the elected sixty delegates and six transitional
international delegates representing regional networks and OCLC service centers.
To find out more about the OCLC Members Council, please visit the OCLC web site
at: <http://www.oclc.org/memberscouncil/default.htm>.
Here you can read about upcoming and past meetings, as well as view a directory
of the Members Council delegates.
Shannon White Behrhorst
Network Services/NEBASE Director
Nebraska Library Commission
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NEBASE ANNUAL MEETING - WEST 2004
On May 13th, twenty-seven librarians and media specialists gathered for the 2004
NEBASE Annual Meeting-West at the Gering Civic Center. This year's meeting
contained a morning session to update Panhandle members on the
 work of the
Network Services department and an in-depth look at the new NebraskAccess web
site. Six afternoon sessions provided information on a variety of topics
including: netLibrary, Web Dewey, CatExpress, Patron Books in Print, the
FirstSearch WorldCat database and a Panhandle Sharing Session with Bev Russell
and Cherie Longmuir.
To
 help alleviate a full spring schedule in the Panhandle area
the next NEBASE Annual Meeting-West will be held in the fall of 2005.
Shannon White Behrhorst
Network Services/NEBASE Director
Nebraska Library Commission
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NEBRASKA LIBRARIES RECEIVE GRANTS FOR NETLIBRARY PURCHASES
The Nebraska Library Commission offered a limited amount of grant funding to
assist small public and school libraries in their purchase of the new
SOLINET/NEBASE Shared Collection.
This funding was available to those public and school libraries whose price fell
below the $250 minimum cost for the netLibrary collection. This included public
libraries with fewer than 5,000 registered borrowers and school libraries with
fewer than 500 students. Libraries could apply for $125 or the difference in
their calculated cost and the minimum purchase cost of $250.
Funds for the netLibrary grants were awarded on May 21, 2004 and libraries were
notified by mail. Libraries wishing to accept the award had to submit
their netLibrary orders by June 10, 2004.
A total of $887.50 was received by the following libraries to assist them in
their purchase of the new SOLINET/NEBASE netLibrary Shared Collection.
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Libraries that received funding are required to have a staff
member attend a netLibrary training session.
To find out more about the new 2004 netLibrary collection of eBooks please
visit: </netserv/netlibrary2004.html>. The new 2004
netLibrary Shared Collection will include new content in subjects suited for
academic, public and secondary school libraries.
If you have questions about the netLibrary grant funding available please
email Shannon Behrhorst or phone 402-471-4031 / 800-307-2665.
Shannon White Behrhorst
Network Services/NEBASE Director
Nebraska Library Commission
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IT'S EXHIBIT TIME
Do you plan on attending the 2004 Midwest Internet Institute (MII)? If so, don't
forget to stop by the Nebraska Library Commission's Network Services booth. We
will be exhibiting at the conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26-27 at
Lincoln's Southwest High School. For more information visit the MII web site at:
<http://mii.lps.org/>.
We will also be at the Nebraska Council of School Administrators Conference on
August 4th and 5th at the Holiday Inn in Kearney. Drop by with any questions you
may have about the new NebraskAccess interface, training, database discounts,
and more. We look forward to seeing you there.
Shannon White Behrhorst
Network Services/NEBASE Director
Nebraska Library Commission
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ADDITIONAL MARC RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR 2003 NETLIBRARY
COLLECTION
In May 2004 an additional set of 410 MARC records, describing titles in the 2003
netLibrary Shared Collection, were made available for downloading from the OCLC
Product Services Web. This brings the total number of MARC record sets
associated with the 2003 Shared Collection to 13 .
If your library purchased access to the 2003 Shared Collection, you are eligible
to download these MARC records at no additional cost. Why download them?
According to netLibrary, integrating netLibrary MARC records into your OPAC may
increase usage by as much as 300-500%!
To request instructions on accessing and downloading these records, please
email Network Services or phone 800-307-2665.
For additional information on MARC Records for any Nebraska Library Commission
netLibrary collection, including the Publicly Accessible eBook Collection,
please visit: </netserv/netlibraryrecords.html>.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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ERIC DATABASE FINDS A NEW HOME
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year, $34.6 million contract
to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Rockville, Maryland, to develop and
operate a new database system for the Education Resources Information Center
(ERIC). With the new ERIC, individuals will be able to go to one web site to
search a comprehensive database of journal articles, document abstracts and
descriptions and, for the first time, directly access full text. The database
will include as much free full text as possible, and links will be provided to
commercial sources so that individuals can purchase journal articles and other
full text immediately.
Read the full press release on the U.S. Department of Education web site <http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/03/03182004.html>.
[OCLC Abstracts - March 29, 2004 (Vol. 7, No. 13)]
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OCLC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND FRBR
FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) is a 1998
recommendation of the International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions (IFLA) to restructure catalog databases to reflect the conceptual
structure of information resources. More technically, FRBR uses an
entity-relationship model of metadata for information objects, instead of the
single flat record conceptualization underlying current cataloging standards. If
fully implemented, FRBR would produce the biggest change cataloging has seen in
the last century.
Background
FRBR conceptualizes three groups of entities:
- Group 1 consists of the products of intellectual or artistic endeavor (e.g.,
publications).
- Group 2 comprises those entities responsible for intellectual or artistic
content (a person or corporate body).
- Group 3 includes the entities that serve as subjects of intellectual or
artistic endeavor (concept, object, event, and place).
The internal subdivision of Group One entities is important as well. FRBR
specifies that intellectual or artistic products include the following types of
entities:
- The work, a distinct intellectual or artistic creation which is realized
through one or more expressions.
- The expression, the intellectual or artistic realization of a work, each of
which is embodied in one or more manifestations.
- The manifestation, the physical embodiment of an expression of a work, each of
which is exemplified by one or more items.
- The item, a single exemplar of a manifestation.
In traditional cataloging, bibliographic units are described out of context.
With FRBR the items must be described in context in a manner sufficient to
relate the item to the other items comprising the work. AACR2 is focused on the
physical manifestation while FRBR uses the four-level bibliographic structure
outlined above.
Why OCLC is conducting this research and how it helps libraries
- Having resources brought together as "works" will help users sift through the
myriad information resources available
digitally.
- Widespread adoption of FRBR will produce major changes to bibliographic
databases, including OCLC's WorldCat.
Goals
The goals of OCLC's FRBR research are to:
- Test the feasibility of implementing the FRBR structure in a large catalog
database.
- Examine the issues associated with the conversion of a set of bibliographic
records to conform to FRBR requirements.
Projects
OCLC is investigating the uses of the FRBR concept through four research
projects.
- Algorithm <http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/algorithm.htm>: OCLC
has developed an algorithm for "FRBRizing" bibliographic databases and has made
it available for downloading at <http://www.oclc.org/research/software/frbr/default.htm>.
Use of the algorithm is governed by the OCLC Research Public License, an Open
Software Initiative-approved license.
- FictionFinder <http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/fictionfinder.htm>
is a FRBR-based prototype for searching and browsing bibliographic records
representing fiction in WorldCat.
- Case Study: The FRBRization of Humphry Clinker <http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/clinker/default.htm>.
The work chosen as a case study was Tobias Smollett's The Expedition of Humphry
Clinker (first published in 1771). The eighteenth-century Clinker is an
epistolary novel, presenting a series of letters from members of a particular
family as they travel about Britain.
This work was chosen because: - It has been previously studied by the Office of Research.
- It is considered to be of mid-level complexity and not atypical of works in
the WorldCat database. It is widely held: there are 184 records in WorldCat with
over 5,000 holdings.
- Extending the Case of Clinker <http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/works.htm>.
Researchers believed that if serious difficulties were encountered in the
process of FRBRizing Clinker, then such difficulties would be likely for many
other works as well.
For more information about FRBR
IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. 1998.
"Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report." München: K.
G. Saur. Available online at <http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr.pdf>. (Downloaded 29 August 2002.)
Delsey, Tom. 2002. "Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and
Holdings Formats." (Paper prepared for the Network Development and MARC
Standards Office, Library of Congress.) Available online at <http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis/functional-analysis.html>. (Downloaded 29
March 2004.)
Tillett, Barbara B. 2001. "Bibliographic Relationships." In Relationships in the
Organization of Knowledge, Carol A. Bean and Rebecca Green (eds.), Dordrecht;
Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 19-35.
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WEBJUNCTION CELEBRATES ONE YEAR!
Launched May 12, 2003, WebJunction has steadily grown into a vi brant community
of nearly 8,000 librarians sharing resources for the work they do in libraries.
Significant achievements for the first year include:
- 183,000 visits to the WebJunction site from all 50 U.S. states, 12 Canadian
provinces and territories and 40 other countries
- 700 articles, handouts, lessons, worksheets and other content items published
- 42 courses available at WebJunction's online learning center
- 2,000 messages posted to WebJunction message boards
Visit the WebJunction Web site <http://webjunction.org/>to learn more about this exciting new community.
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NEBASE WORKSHOP CALENDAR
NEBASE workshops have been scheduled for Lincoln, Omaha, and
Hastings.
For a quick glance at what workshops are scheduled and where, see the NEBASE
Training Calendar at </netserv/TrainingCal.html>.
The location and date, as well as a description of each of the
workshops below, can be found at </netserv/nebase/oclcworkshopsdesc.html>.
To register for any of the workshops, please complete the online registration
form at </netserv/nebase/oclcworkshopform.html>.
The workshop fee for NEBASE libraries is $10. If you are not a NEBASE library*,
please check the registration form for your workshop fee. If you have any
questions, please email a HREF="/scripts/mail/mail2staff.asp?Jeannette Powell"> Jeannette Powell or phone 402-471-7740 or 800-307-2665 or for registration fee.
*NEBASE libraries are Nebraska libraries who use OCLC
cataloging or interlibrary loan services or who subscribe to FirstSearch.
Although libraries who subscribe only to FirstSearch are eligible to pay the $10
workshop fee, they must pay by check.
- OCLC Connexion: Browser Interface for
Cataloging
- OCLC Connexion: Client Interface for Cataloging
- OCLC ILL Web Interface Basics
- OCLC Cataloging Micro Enhancer:
An Alternative to Passport
- Advanced OCLC Interlibrary Loan
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REGISTRATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED FOR
2004 ROADSHOW
This year the Database Roadshow has been expanded to include an introduction to
NebraskAccess, the new home of the statewide database program. Come learn how to
navigate the NebraskAccess web site, and find out what new resources are
available to help you promote and administer the database program in your
library! Discover the Librarian's Toolbox, with its wealth of ready-to-use
promotional and training materials! Then, as in past Roadshows, see searching
techniques demonstrated and spend hands-on time practicing in the following
databases: Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select, Wilson Biographies Plus
Illustrated, WorldCat, Books in Print with Reviews (both Patron and Professional
interfaces), and eLibrary.
Seats are still available in all remaining 2004 Database Roadshow sessions
(Kearney, Nebraska City, North Platte, Omaha, Ord, West Point), but they're
going fast. To reserve a spot for yourself in the location of your choice, sign
up today by filling out the online form located at </nebraskaccess/toolbox/roadshow.html>.
There is no cost to attend the Database Roadshow. Continuing Education credits
of 5 hours can be earned by attending the Roadshow.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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NEBASE ONLINE SESSIONS SCHEDULED
NEBASE has scheduled more Online Sessions in the coming months.
These NEBASE Online Sessions include a live presentation, available
at no cost, that you will access from your own computer via the Web.
Audio will be available via a toll-free telephone conference call.
You may ask any questions you have during the session. These
sessions will be conducted by Christa Burns, OCLC Member Services
Coordinator for NEBASE. Participants will receive CE credit. There
is no cost to participate in these sessions.
The following new sessions have been scheduled:
FirstSearch Staff View for ILL - June Enhancements, July 13,
2:00 - 3:30 pm CDT
CatExpress Training, July 20, 2:00-4:00 pm CDT
To Register to attend a session, and to see full descriptions of the
sessions, please go to our Online Sessions web site at
</netserv/training/onlinesessions/index.html>.
If you have any questions, please email Christa Burns or phone
402-471-3107 or 800-307-2665.
Christa Burns
OCLC Member Services Coordinator
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STATEWIDE DATABASES RENEWED FOR THE 2004-2005 YEAR
The following databases have been renewed by the Nebraska Library Commission for
the 2004-2005 year:
- FirstSearch Base Package of eleven databases
- Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select
- Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
- Kiplinger Forecasts
- Books in Print Professional and Patron Books In Print
- eLibrary from ProQuest (public and academic libraries only)
To find more information on NebraskAccess, home to Nebraska's Statewide Database
program visit: </nebraskaccess/>.
Shannon White Behrhorst
Network Services/NEBASE Director
Nebraska Library Commission
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THANKS FOR THE LINKS!
The Nebraska Library Commission Network Services staff would like to extend a
giant THANK YOU to all the libraries that have helped us promote NebraskAccess,
the new home of the statewide database program, by linking to it from their web
sites and announcing it in their newsletters!
If your library still hasn't linked to NebraskAccess, but you are contemplating
doing so, do a Google search on NebraskAccess to see examples of what your
colleagues have done! You may also wish to refer to the document titled "How to
Add NebraskAccess Links to Your Library's Web Site," available through the
Promotional & Marketing Materials area of the Librarian's Toolbox </nebraskaccess/toolbox/addlinks.html>.
And last but not least, for those of you who may be intimidated by the thought
of creating your own web page, we have a new tool to help you: A simple web form
you can fill out and submit in order to create a customized online resources
page. This form is also available through the Promotional & Marketing Materials
area of the Librarian's Toolbox </nebraskaccess/toolbox/yourownpage.html>.
Detailed instructions on how to fill out and submit the form and save your
customized online resources page are provided. If you would prefer to have
someone walk you through the process, however, please feel free to contact any
member of the Network Services staff at 402-471-2045,
800-307-2665,
or e-mail Nebraskaccess.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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OCLC ANNOUNCES DISCONTINUATION OF UNION
LISTS OF PERIODICALS DATABASE ON FIRSTSEARCH
Citing the availability of local data record information in WorldCat for over a
year now, OCLC has announced plans to discontinue per-search and subscription
access to the Union Lists of Periodicals database in OCLC FirstSearch on
Tuesday, August 31. The database will also be removed from the OCLC Base Package
on that day, reducing by one the total number of FirstSearch databases included
in Nebraska's statewide subscription.
Nebraska libraries will continue to have no-cost access to the following 10
databases through the statewide FirstSearch subscription: ArticleFirst,
ClasePeriodica, ECO, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, World
Almanac, and WorldCat. They will also continue to have access to detailed
information about periodicals and the libraries that hold them. Now, however,
instead of searching the Union Lists of Periodicals database to retrieve
detailed library holdings information for periodicals, that information will be
available exclusively through WorldCat (see screenshot below).
OCLC has carefully evaluated the availability of local data record information
through both WorldCat and the Union Lists of Periodicals database, and believes
that FirstSearch users will be well served by the availability of union list
information in WorldCat where it will be significantly more visible, more
complete, and more current. The discontinuation of the Union Lists of
Periodicals database does not impact the Union listing service in any way.
If you have questions about this upcoming change, please feel free to contact a
Network Services staff member at
402-471-2045,
800-307-2665, or e-mail Nebraskaccess.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ONLINE UPDATE
Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce
that the latest quarterly update to Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Online is now available at <www.oed.com>.
Explore over 2800 new and revised words
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is OLM to ORATURE.
Coverage is, as ever, broad-everything from OMIGOD and OMIGOSH to
OMBUDSPERSON and ONE-WORLDISM. The revisions for this update
revealed an earlier origin than previously known for many words,
including OPEN-MINDED (1748), OOH (as in oohs and ahs - 1602), and
OPPORTUNISTICALLY (1915). See <http://www.oed.com/help/updates/olm-orature.html>
for full update details.
The Latest Vocabulary
Do you wear JOHN LENNONs? Have you tried PILATES or KITESURFING? Do
you spend too much time in TV LAND? Do you have any CYBERPETS? These
are just some of the many new words and phrases which have been
added to OED Online as part of the latest update. You can explore
the full list of out-of-sequence new entries at <http://www.oed.com/help/latest.htm>.
NEW FEATURES
Searchable Help Text
The OED Online Help pages <http://dictionary.oed.com/help/>
are now fully searchable and allow users quick access to the
in-depth help resources available on the site. The Help section is
also now available to non-subscribers and has been redesigned with a
frames-free format. Users accessing the general site search option
at <http://dictionary.oed.com/general/search.html>
now have the option to limit their search to the Help text by using
a drop-down menu.
Counter-Compliant Usage Statistics
A new presentation of OED usage statistics in COUNTER-compliant
format will soon be available. This is in addition to the existing
detailed format and can be accessed by a separate link to a new
display summarizing searches and sessions. All statistics are
available from the Customer Service pages of OED Online at <http://dictionary.oed.com/services/>.
Author/Bibliography Linking Coming Soon
OUP is currently working on some new functionality that will offer a
quick look-up from quotations to bibliography. Many author names
will become hyperlinks, and, when selected, will launch a new window
displaying the OED bibliography for that author. This means that the
names and abbreviated work titles can be more easily seen in their
full form in order to identify them for further research or library
catalogue consultation.
New Issue of OED News
The June issue of OED News is now available at <http://dictionary.oed.com/newsletters/2004-06/>
and can be downloaded as a PDF file. This month's features: read
about a day in the life of the OED through contributions from a wide
range of staff. As usual, the issue also includes an appeal for help
with particular words: for example, can you help us track down
pre-1989 examples of "plinky-plonky" or pre-1981 examples of "plank"
(as in a stupid person)? If you can help, please e-mail <oed3@oup.com>.
Acclaim for Other New Oxford Online Products
Oxford Scholarship Online <www.oxfordscholarship.com>
"…already has the making of a must-have online resource...The
quality features, sophisticated search functionality, and additional
online content that OUP is providing are numerous, and the content
speaks for itself. It's a combination that works well." -Library
Journal's netConnect
And..."For ease of use, user-friendly design, and quality texts,
Oxford Scholarship Online is among the best... Academic libraries
should think seriously about acquiring it. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection <www.oxfordreference.com>
"Run (virtually), do not walk, to the Oxford University Press web
site and sign up for a trial of the new Premium Reference
Collection....Both thumbs are way up for Oxford Reference Online:
Premium Collection. It's bigger, it's better, the content is superb,
and the design makes use of some of the best features we've seen in
online reference publishing. Recommended for any and every library.
This is a top-quality resource."
-Library Journal
Free Trials Available! If you haven't already
registered for a trial of Oxford Scholarship Online or Oxford
Reference Online: Premium Collection, please go to <http://www.oxfordonline.com/freetrials>.
And for more information about all of the Oxford Online products,
please visit <http://www.oxfordonline.com>.
For information on subscribing to Oxford University
Press resources though the Nebraska Library Commission, please visit
/netserv/pricing/oxford.html
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MULTIPLE MARC FORMATS
When MARC is mentioned, most of us think of MARC bibliographic records-records
describing a particular item that usually resides in a library, although this
definition is being stretched with e-journals, e-books, web sites, etc. Some
library staff may also think of MARC authority records-records providing an
authorized form of a name or subject. But how many of you think of MARC
holdings, community information, or classification records?
In April, the Nebraska Library Association (NLA) Technical Services Round Table
and the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) sponsored a workshop on
MARC serial holdings records. Mike Wright, University of Iowa, spent the day
showing us how MARC holdings records contain a wealth of information. Coded data
may include local acquisition status, retention and lending policies, call
numbers, enumeration and chronology patterns, frequency, and local holdings.
These records can be used for predictive check-in, binding and labeling,
circulation, interlibrary loan, union listing, and links to indexes. Standards
allow for consistency and ease of use; records created with the MARC standard
may be shared or purchased. One drawback to the MARC holdings format: so far
only the larger, more powerful automation systems have implemented this format.
The community information MARC format may be used in more automated systems.
Community information records may describe an individual, organization, program,
service, event, facilities, or other community resource. These records have
fields for such data as names, titles, addresses, hours, equipment, biographical
notes, and subject headings. So, if your reference staff keeps a Rolodex of
phone numbers for specific government agencies, institutions, or people, it
might be useful to give patrons access to this information through your OPAC. It
also can be another way to advertise community or library events.
The last MARC format, classification, is probably the least used by local
automation systems. This format may be used for the development of
classification schemes and the validation of classification numbers. MARC fields
in classification records include classification number, see and see also
references, valid and invalid number tracing, notes, index terms, and number
building instructions.
More information about all MARC formats may be found on the Library of Congress
MARC Standards web page at <http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/>.
Devra Dragos
Cataloging Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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