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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Has anybody tested the longer OCLC numbers with Evergreen? Or, does anybody have the plans too?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lynn Floyd</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br><a href="mailto:lfloyd@andersonlibrary.org">lfloyd@andersonlibrary.org</a> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Anderson County Library</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>864-260-4500 x181</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.andersonlibrary.org/">http://www.andersonlibrary.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Oliver,Sonya [mailto:olivers@oclc.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 08, 2013 11:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> OCLC-SHARING-L@OCLC.ORG<br><b>Subject:</b> [OCLC-SHARING-L] Expansion of the OCLC Control Number: test records now available<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>WorldCat continues to grow! OCLC Control Numbers are assigned to WorldCat bibliographic records, including Institution Records. As previously announced, the OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach 1 billion sometime after July 1, 2013. <b>The actual date that the number will be reached is unknown; it is now anticipated to be some months after July 2013.</b><span style='color:red'> </span>At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC Control Number to accommodate a variable-length number string. <b>If you use and/or store OCLC MARC bibliographic records and the OCLC Control Number, you will notice a change when the OCLC Control Number 1 billion is reached. </b>Sample files are now available for use in testing your systems.<b> </b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>What action should you take?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>If you use and/or store OCLC MARC bibliographic records and the OCLC Control Number, you will notice a change when the OCLC Control Number 1 billion is reached sometime after July 1, 2013. You will need to check the systems at your institution that use OCLC MARC bibliographic records and the OCLC Control Number. You may need to implement changes to ensure those systems will be able to successfully handle the longer OCLC Control Number. OCLC recommends that you ensure your systems are ready effective July 1, 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Sample files now available for testing<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>We have made sample files available for use in testing your systems. The files contain sample MARC bibliographic records with expanded OCLC Control Numbers, and are available for download on the OCLC Control Number expansion <a href="http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber/number-expansion.en.html">website</a> (<a href="http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber/number-expansion.en.html">http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber/number-expansion.en.html</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Library staff who may need to be aware of this change include:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Cataloging and IT librarians who download OCLC MARC bibliographic records to the library’s local system<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Resource sharing librarians who use third-party ILL management programs that store or use the OCLC Control Number for searching<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Reference services librarians who use WorldCat Local to help patrons locate items. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Publishers, vendors and others that partner with OCLC who may need to be aware of this change include: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Integrated Library Service (ILS) vendors that use OCLC MARC bibliographic records to test compatibility with OCLC <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Publishers, material suppliers and electronic content providers that use OCLC MARC bibliographic records in their systems <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Developers who maintain services that use the OCLC Control Number.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Format of the OCLC Control Number</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>The OCLC Control Number resides in the MARC 001 field and may also be stored in other fields. The OCLC Control Number in the 001 field is formatted as follows: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>OCLC Control Numbers 1 through 99999999:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>“ocm” prefix <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>oclc control number, 8 digits, right-justified with leading zeros <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i>A blank space as the last character</i><br><b>Example</b>: ocm00012345 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>OCLC Control Numbers 100000000 to 999999999:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>“ocn” prefix <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>oclc control number, 9 digits<br><b>Example:</b> ocn123456789 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>OCLC Control Numbers 1000000000 and higher:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>“on” prefix <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>oclc control number, 10 or more digits<br><b>Example:</b> on1234567890 or on1234567890123 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>In the 035 field, the OCLC Control Number is usually stored with the prefix (OCoLC) and without the “ocm,” “ocn” or “on” prefixes; for example: (OCoLC)1234567890.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>When this change takes place<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>The “on” prefix will be used to identify OCLC Control Numbers that contain ten or more digits. Eight- and nine-digit OCLC Control Numbers will continue to use the “ocn” or “ocm” prefix as described above. The update to the OCLC Control Number is backward-compatible so that previously defined OCLC Control Numbers will not be impacted. Previously assigned OCLC Control Numbers will continue to work as before.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>For more information<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Additional technical information and sample files for downloading are available on the OCLC Control Number expansion <a href="http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber/number-expansion.en.html">website</a> (<a href="http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber/number-expansion.en.html">http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber/number-expansion.en.html</a>). Please visit the <a href="http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber.en.html">Web</a> (<a href="http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber.en.html">http://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber.en.html</a>) to learn how OCLC Control Numbers are created and how OCLC Batchload services give libraries the ability to match, merge, format and synchronize OCLC Control Numbers between their local systems and WorldCat. To see new OCLC Control Numbers when they are assigned, visit <a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/newgrow.htm">Watch WorldCat Grow</a> (<a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/newgrow.htm">http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/newgrow.htm</a>). If you have questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:support@oclc.org">support@oclc.org</a> or 1-800-848-5800 (USA) or 1-614-793-8682.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>