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• Collections & Technical Services
• Feb 08
• Issue: 219

Reminder: Upgrading OCLC Records

Have you been wondering about how to upgrade OCLC records? Need a refresher?

Question: Please clarify the subject of upgrading OCLC records for me?

Answer: Many of the details about what can and cannot be upgraded and by whom are addressed in the “Quality Assurance” Chapter 5 of OCLC’s Bibliographic Formats and Standards http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/quality/default.shtm. Minimal Level Upgrade allows most OCLC users to upgrade and replace records with Encoding Levels of K, M, 2, 3, 4 (without field 042), 5, and 7. Database Enrichment allows most OCLC users to add and/or edit certain fields in many additional records, subject to restrictions. You need not be an Enhance participant to do either Minimal Level Upgrade or Database Enrichment.

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Collections & Technical Services Contact Information

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