• Collections & Technical Services
• Feb 07
• Issue: 209

Bibliographic Formats And Standards Has Been Updated

OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards has been completely updated with information from recent technical bulletins. The updated version of Bibliographic Formats and Standards is available online from OCLC's web site, at: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/default.htm.

The updates include the following information from recent technical bulletins:

• TB 240: Pinyin Conversion Project
• TB 241: National Library Control Number Changes
• TB 242: OCLC Symbol Expansion
• TB 244: OCLC MARC Format Update 2001
• TB 246: Database Enrichment
• TB 247: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2002
• TB 249: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2003
• TB 250: Parallel Records
• TB 251: Connexion WorldCat Searching
• TB 252: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2006
• TB 253: ISBN and OCLC Number Changes

In addition to the addition of material from these technical bulletins, the first five chapters of Bibliographic Formats and Standards have also been completely updated and revised.

On a related note, the revision of the document OCLC-MARC Records is currently under way and will be available in the near future.

Spanish-Language Bib Formats: Chapters 1 Through 5 Now Available

The first five chapters of Bibliographic Formats and Standards are also now available online in Spanish, entitled OCLC Normas y Formatos Bibliográficos at: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/es/default.shtm. These chapters cover the following topics

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• Introduction
• Online cataloging
• Special cataloging guidelines
• When to input a new record
• Quality assurance

“This new Spanish-language translation of Bibliographic Formats and Standards will be a tremendous resource for catalogers in Latin America, in Spanish-speaking countries, and for catalogers in the United States whose primary language is Spanish,” according to OCLC's Antonio Alba, Regional Manager for the Caribbean and Central America, OCLC Latin America and The Caribbean Division.

The revision of Bibliographic Formats and Standards online remains ongoing. The revised printed edition is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2007. Printed copies of Bibliographic Formats and Standards will be available for $40.00, plus shipping and handling.

Please contact Nylink, at 800-342-3353, or 518-443-5444, or by email to nylink@nylink.org to order print copies.

[OCLC - edited by Lauren Pinsley, OCLC Services Manager, Nylink]

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