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 Bib Formats is now available from OCLC's Web site (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 material from technical bulletins, the first five chapters of Bibliographic Formats and Standards have also been completely updated and revised. The first five chapters are also available in Spanish.

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

The revision of Bibliographic Formats and Standards remains ongoing and the printed edition is scheduled for the spring of 2008.  Printed copies of Bib Formats will be available for $40.00, plus shipping and handling.

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