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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Starting Sunday January 29th
library staff and patrons will see minor changes to the</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Local Holdings Information screens
making it easier to locate information on the screen.<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Details: </font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">In December 2005, OCLC converted the
entire Local Data Record (LDR) database to the new MARC Holdings for
Format Data (MFHD) database. The new displays will use the new holdings
format and will make it easier to locate information on the screen. The
main visual differences in the displays are:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">*** The use of the format data as
specified in the local holdings record rather than the bibliographic
record. Many libraries have opted to attach all of their holdings
to a single print version of the bibliographic record and using the
format as specified by the library in the local holdings record will
allow library staff and patrons to quickly determine whether the holdings
described are for a format different than the bibliographic record. <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">*** The inclusion of the OCLC record
number within the holdings statement. </font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">*** The elimination of text derived
from coded data that duplicated what is shown by the format of the
holdings statements. Elimination of this data makes for a cleaner
display of the holdings without eliminating useful information since the
holdings statements themselves indicate what volumes are retained and
whether the library is continuing to receive the material.<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Myrtle Myers</font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Product Manager, Holdings & Local
Data</font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">OCLC, Inc.</font> </blockquote>
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Suzanne Lorimer<br>
Coordinator of Research Services<br>
Research Services and Collections Department<br>
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University<br>
P.O. Box 208240<br>
130 Wall Street<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
(phone) 203-432-8371 (fax) 203-432-8527<br>
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"In the Information Economy everything is plentiful - except
attention."<br>
<font size=2>Bruce Sterling, Speech to the Library Information
Technology Association, 1992<br>
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