PAC ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 6. CUSTOMER SUPERUSER
Creating or Editing an OCLC WorldCat Site Definition
When you add an OCLC WorldCat site to the available resources for your library or consortium, you are offered the option of selecting a default definition for the Host System, or manually entering a definition for the Host System. When you select to manually enter a definition for the Host System, you may specify the source tag for locations information for records retrieved from the site.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You must have the appropriate specifications for the desired OCLC WorldCat catalog in order to create and add a new OCLC WorldCat search source or to modify an existing search source.
To create or edit an OCLC WorldCat site definition:
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From the OCLC WorldCat Database Definition screen (see
Adding and
Editing OCLC WorldCat Search Sources for
details), click the Host System - Self Defined button.
- The Locations Information screen displays in an additional browser window.
Locations Information Screen
- Enter the appropriate MARC tag containing locations information in the MARC Tag text box, then enter the appropriate subfield(s) in the Location, Call Number, Copy, Volume, Item, Status and/or Available text boxes, as applicable.
- Select the appropriate location normalization mode from the Location Normalization drop-down menu.
- If appropriate, select the Override Character Coding Schema checkbox, then use the Default all records to radio buttons to indicate the default coding for records retrieved from the associated OCLC Worldcat site; either MARC-8 or UTF-8.
- When all desired information has been entered/edited, click the Submit button to save your changes, then click the Back button to return to the Z39.50 Database Definition screen.