OCLC makes reporting of BFM to OCLC unnecessary when modifying authority headings!

OCLC WorldCat Management and Quality Control staff have worked with the staff at the OCLC/WLN Office to supply the Quality Control Section a weekly list of changed 1XX fields on all name and subject authority file records. This list will enable OCLC staff to take a more pro-active approach to updating headings in the WorldCat database.

NACO libraries are still encouraged to notify OCLC QC staff of new authority records which are in conflict with existing WorldCat headings. However, they can discontinue reporting changes made to the 1XX fields on existing authority file records.

OCLC staff are updating bibliographic records individually or in batches via macros. CJK and Arabic records must be corrected manually and will always take longer.

We hope to complete the related bibliographic record changes for subjects within a month or two of the authority record change or as time permits. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Brenda Block
Quality Control Section
OCLC

Posted by permission of OCLC, July 18, 2000