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Two New Vendors Contributing Records to WorldCat

OCLC is pleased to announce that records from both Erasmus Boekhandel BV (OCLC symbol ERASA) and Librairie Erasmus (OCLC symbol ERASP) are now being added to WorldCat. 

Based in Amsterdam, Erasmus Boekhandel provides a wide range of library oriented services to academic and research libraries throughout the world.  These include a New Title Service, Approval Plans, EDI, MARC records and a specialized Standing Order Department. Technical services are tailored according to the needs of each library.  (Web site at: http://www.erasmusbooks.nl/)

Located in the center of Paris, Librairie Erasmus supplies books and journals from France and French-speaking Switzerland to academic and research libraries throughout the world.  Bibliographic information for new and forthcoming scholarly publications is provided through the New Titles Service.  Additional services include Approval Plans, EDI, Standing Orders and MARC records.  (Web site at: http://www.erasmus.fr/)

MARC records are matched to existing titles in WorldCat or added to WorldCat if there is no matching record.  The original records are cataloged in English and are added at Encoding level M, meaning that any library with a full level cataloging authorization may upgrade the original records.  Some sample records from each site are:
Erasmus Boekhandel matches: #174500580, #191659435
Erasmus Boekhandel new records: #228443552, #228443689
Librairie Erasmus matches: #186461469, #190965820
Librairie Erasmus new records: #228425263, #228425312

For more information about OCLC’s Vendor Record Contribution Program and a list of all participating vendors, see:
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/partnerships/material/contribution/technical/default.htm

(2008 05 29)