Abstract & revision notes

Use Bibliographic Institution Records

Abstract

Access institution records attached to WorldCat master records that are contributed to preserve additional cataloging data such as local call numbers, holdings information within a library, and local or copy-specific notes. Institution records must be added to your authorization to create, delete, etc., but all catalogers can access, copy and paste, or export the records.

Revision History

Created: June 2007

Revision History
Date Section title Description of changes
June 2007 New Connexion client guide Bibliographic institution records (IRs) in WorldCat are the result of incorporating bibliographic "cluster" records from the RLG Union Catalog into WorldCat during the integration of RLG into OCLC.

This guide provides the following:

  • Explains more about institution records and how to retrieve them.
  • Gives instructions for creating, deleting, and taking actions on IRs, for those who have institution records included in their logon authorization.
  • Provides a list of new IR indexes that cover IRs. There are:
    • Four new IR-specific indexes
    • New fields and subfields added to WorldCat indexes to index IRs.
    • Also, existing WorldCat indexes cover IRs

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