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OCLC publishing

All Institutional Zone bibliographic records containing OCLC#s in 035 are set to "Publish bib" with the following exceptions:

  • Records in which every attached item is in process type "Acquisition" (i.e., items not yet received by the library)
  • McNaughton Records

All other bibliographic records are set to publish, regardless of item status. For example, if an item is "missing" or "lost," the "Publish bib" status remains until the library formally decides to eliminate the bibliographic record.

The publishing status of Community Zone records is irrelevant.

035 OCLC numbers

Number of digits

Prefix, examples

7 digits or less

ocm + leading 0’s

035 (OCoLC)ocm00000123

035 (OCoLC)ocm01234567

8 digits

ocm

035 (OCoLC)ocm32165478

035 (OCoLC)ocm65487832

9 digits

ocn

035 (OCoLC)ocn123456789

035 (OCoLC)ocn654789321

10 digits

on

035 (OCoLC)on1234567891

035 (OCoLC)on3216549875

 

All Alma records should contain prefixed and non-prefixed form.

035 $a (OCoLC)ocn123456789

035 $a (OCoLC)123456789

 

CB 2020-03-30