WorldShare Record Manager

WorldShare Record Manager allows you to create new and enrich existing items in WorldCat with efficient, record-at-a-time metadata management for your physical and electronic materials using either a MARC 21 editor or a Text View editor. Plus, with Record Manager, you can set and delete WorldCat holdings and export bibliographic records.

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Get started with WorldShare Record Manager.
Record Manager user preferences
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Learn how to set search, export, label, and record editor preferences.
Zoeken
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Record Manager provides a variety of methods to search and browse WorldCat holdings. You can also set your search preferences to suppress authority and bibliographic search scopes and indexes.
Authority records
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Record Manager supports the following authority records: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE), Canadiana, FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), GND (German National Library), Library of Congress (LC), Māori Subject Headings, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), NTA Names (Dutch Royal Library) and Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM) authority files.
- Work with authority records
- Export authority records
Bibliographic records
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Record Manager allows you to create new and enrich existing items in WorldCat using either a MARC 21 editor or a Text View editor.
Constant data
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With Record Manager, create constant data records for bibliographic and local holdings records to develop and maintain standards for use in all bibliographic or local holdings records, certain collections, or specific types of resources.
- Bibliographic constant data
- Local holdings records constant data
Field strings
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When you are editing a MARC 21 WorldCat record or LBD information, you can save frequently used variable field information as a string that can be copied to other fields.
My Labels
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You can create spine labels from information in an MARC 21 WorldCat bibliographic record or a local holdings records. Your list of labels is only viewable by you and not by other users in your institution.
Local bibliographic data
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Using local bibliographic data (LBD), you can add local information to a bibliographic record that is specific to your institution’s title; however, other institutions will not be able to see that information in the MARC 21 WorldCat record and your users will only see your institution’s LBD.
- Bulk actions for local bibliographic data
- Work with local bibliographic data
Local holdings records
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Using Record Manager, you can create and edit WorldCat local holdings records (LHRs). LHRs provide information about your item-specific holdings as well as lending and reproduction policies.
- Bulk actions for local holdings records
- Work with local holdings records
Text strings
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When you are editing a MARC 21 WorldCat record or local bibliographic data information, you can save frequently used variable information as a string that can be copied to other fields.
- Delete a text string
- Work with text strings
Simplified cataloging interface
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The simplified cataloging interface offers streamlined Record Manager functionality focused on providing a straightforward approach to cataloging.
Reference
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WorldShare Record Manager release notes and known issues
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Find WorldShare Record Manager release notes and known issues. Release notes are documents that contain information about new product features and enhancements as installed in scheduled releases.
WorldCat Validation release notes and known issues
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Find WorldCat Validation release notes and known issues. Release notes are documents that contain information about new product features and enhancements as installed in scheduled releases.
WorldShare Record Manager training
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OCLC Community Center: WorldShare Record Manager community
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Find more information about the Community Center. Current WorldShare Record Manager product users may join the OCLC Community Center to connect with peers and OCLC staff on product workflows, attend webinars, and provide feedback on the product.
Troubleshooting
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Find frequently asked questions (FAQ) and troubleshooting steps (Troubleshooting).