As part of the Expert Community, you can edit most fields in most WorldCat records.
You cannot edit the following WorldCat records:
You cannot edit the following fields in WorldCat records:
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If in doubt, DON"T
For complete Expert Community Guidelines, see Expert Community: guidelines for experts.
You can also edit and replace WorldCat bibliographic records in these situations:
Existing encoding level | Upgrade to encoding level |
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M (less-than-full added from batch) | blank |
2 (less-than-full, material not examined) | 7 or blank |
3 (abbreviated level) | 7 or blank |
4 (Core level) (without field 042) | 7 or blank |
5 (Partial (preliminary) level | 7 or blank (except CONSER-authenticated serials) |
7 (Minimal level) | blank (except CONSER-authenticated serials |
For complete details, see Bibliographic Formats and Standards, chapter 5, Quality Assurance.
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is an international cooperative effort aimed at expanding access to library collections by providing useful, timely, and cost-effective cataloging that meets mutually-accepted standards of libraries around the world. PCC is administered by the Library of Congress; it is not an OCLC program, though OCLC does participate in the governance of PCC.
More information about PCC is on the Library of Congress website.
Libraries that want to replace PCC records in OCLC WorldCat must apply for PCC membership. The first step in applying for PCC membership is attending training for and achieving membership in the Name Authorities Cooperative (NACO). More information about NACO is available at http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/index.html and http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/nacoprogfaq.html.
There is no cost to join NACO, but training is required. The training itself is free, but libraries wishing to join NACO are responsible for the travel costs of the trainer, or for travel costs to send their staff to the trainer’s location. Online training is also a possibility.
Smaller libraries sometimes find it efficient to join together in a NACO funnel project.