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OCLC Local Holdings Maintenance

OCLC Local Holdings maintenance in the OCLC Connexion Browser (formerly known as Union Listing) helps you maintain accurate, current holdings information. This information supports interlibrary loan by providing your library's holdings for materials in any format, including serials. By making all aspects of the collection known, it also supports collection development. It provides finding tools for local users and staff and assists remote users. Finally, it supports consortial sharing, cooperative collection development and acquisition.

Make your library's local holdings accessible through WorldCat:

• WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog of library holdings, supporting holdings date for any type of material, not just serials.
• Through FirstSearch, even library patrons can see who owns the item.
• WorldCat local holdings records conform to the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data.
• You can indicate item-specific copying and lending policies and scope of coverage for your library's holdings.
• Any OCLC institution, whether involved in a union list group or not, can create local holdings records through the Connexion browser interface.
• Attach your local holdings to records created and maintained by national libraries and CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials Program) participants.

Features

• WorldCat local holdings records conform to the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data
• You can indicate item-specific copying and lending policies and scope of coverage for your library's holdings
• Any OCLC institution, whether involved in a union list group or not, can create local holdings records through the Connexion browser interface
• Make your library's local holdings accessible through WorldCat, a worldwide union catalog of library holdings, supporting holdings date for any type of material, not just serials.