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WLN Announces Table Of Contents Service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (WLN Info / Marketing)
Fri Jan 9 20:22:08 1998
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 18:05:43 -0600
From: WLN Info / Marketing <info@wln.com>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Thursday, January 8, 1998=09=09For information contact:
=09=09=09=09Sally Smith, MARC Record Services Manager
=09=09=09=091-800-342-5956 x-4056, 360-923- 4056, or
=09=09=09=09Email: ssmith@wln.com
For Immediate Release. . .=20
WLN Announces Table of Contents Service (TOC)
Lacey, Washington. January 8, 1998. WLN announced today that it will=20
offer Blackwell's Table of Contents (TOC) records through its MARC=20
Record Service (MARS). Blackwell's TOCs along with WLN's other MARS=20
services -- including authority control processing -- combine to=20
provide libraries with a complete offering of bibliographic record=20
upgrading and enrichment services.
Libraries may have their MARC records enriched with Tables of=20
Contents, enhancing access to their collections for their staff and=20
patrons. Blackwell's captures Table of Contents, as well as=20
descriptive summaries and author affiliations from newly published=20
books, profiled for their Approval and New Titles Services plus=20
selected Standing Order Titles. The information is for the majority of=20
scholarly monographic titles published since 1991. TOCs are available=20
for U.S./Canadian editions or English language titles since Spring=20
1992 and U.K./European editions of English language titles since the=20
Fall of 1995. The TOC file currently consists of 185,000 records with=20
approximately 800 added each week. Author affiliations are available=20
since Fall 1993. Public libraries as well as academic can benefit from=20
these services.
Through WLN, libraries have the option of receiving Table of Contents=20
data in one of three formats: a basic 505 contents field; an enhanced=20
505 field; or chapter level 9xx field that some local systems can=20
display as a facsimile of a book=92s table of contents page. The basic=20
505 option provides table of contents data in subfield $a of the 505=20
field, in conformance with LC MARC standards. The enhanced 505 option=20
provides table of contents data in subfield $g, $r, and $t of the 505=20
field, enabling more detailed local system indexing than with the=20
basic 505.=20
Libraries that already use WLN's MARS services may add TOCs to their=20
bibliographic records at the same time that records are processed for=20
authority control or other services. The WLN MARC Record Service=20
(MARS) is a complete library database preparation service that=20
includes authority control, customized record processing and=20
bibliographic record upgrading and manual review as well as holdings=20
conversions, item field creation, smart barcode number generation and=20
label production, and, retrospective conversion services. Recently,=20
MARS introduced its Current Authorities Service. After a library has=20
applied automated authority control to its entire database, the WLN=20
Current Authorities Service keeps it all up-to-date. The TOC=20
enrichment service can stand alone or be combined with other MARS=20
services. Libraries not currently using WLN for authority processing=20
may want to consider combining services thereby simplifying procedures=20
and reducing processing and turnaround time. Libraries may send=20
bibliographic records to WLN for authority control processing and TOC=20
enrichment weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually. For monthly or more=20
frequent updating, libraries should send records via file transfer=20
protocol (FTP). =20
Paul McCarthy, President and CEO of WLN, said of this new service,=20
"This addition to our MARS service line further fulfills our=20
commitment to providing a range of quality services to libraries. When=20
Tables of Contents are added to bibliographic records, studies show=20
that library patrons receive better service. WLN is committed to=20
assisting libraries in providing better service."=20
Reminder: WLN staff will be available at WLN's booth, #954, during ALA's
1998 Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans, from Saturday, January 10 through
Monday, January 12. Drop by and ask us able new products.
WLN operates a library network in the Pacific Northwest and serves=20
many other libraries and organizations of all types and sizes=20
throughout North America. WLN products and services include an online=20
bibliographic database, Internet services, CD-ROM catalogs, database=20
preparation/authority control services, automated collection analysis=20
and cataloging services. For additional information about WLN, please=20
visit our website: http://www.wln.com or contact info@wln.com for=20
answers to specific questions.
