AMIGOS memorandum.

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INTERUNIVERSITY COUNCIL
of the
NORTH TEXAS AREA
STAFF OFFICES:
2400 N. Armstrong Porkway
Richardson, Texas 75080
MAIL ADDRESS:
P. O. Box 688
Richardson, Texa. 75080 AMIGOS MEMORANDUM 75-8
TO: Directors and Catalog Liaison Officers of ABC Libraries
FROM:
DATE:
Barbara A. Gates Network Coordinator ~
June 4, 1975
SUBJECT: Holding Library Symbols
In a forthcoming OCLC Newsletter you will find the
to expand holding library symbols on July 1,1975.
OCLC TO EXPAND HOLDINGS SYMBOLS FOR CARD PRODUCTION
PHONE:
AlC 214 231-7211
OCLC's plan
On 1 July 1975 the Center plans to implement an expanded version of holding symbols
which identify main holding libraries and individual libraries within a library
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system. This code expansion will not affect the screen display of holdings informa- •
tion, but it will change the number of characters which a terminal operator must
enter in order to produce catalog cards for a library.
The OCLC system currently displays at the bottom of a bibliographic record a three­character
symbol for each participating institution holding the item described in
the bibliographic record. This three-character symbol consists of a two-character
institution code plus a one-character main holding library code.
When OCLC converts to three-character institution codes, the currently displayed
symbols for main libraries already in the system will become institution codes.
A symbol will change in the following manner: 1) a three-character code now assigned
to the main holding library will become the institution code (this symbol now appears
at the bottom of a bibliographic record); 2) a holding library code will appear on
catalog cards as the fourth character in the symbol. Hence, when cataloging for other
than the main library, a terminal operator will have to input in the 049 field a four­character
symbol when expanded symbols become operational on 1 July 1975.
Examples:
Ohio State University
Institution symbol
Ma in Li brary
Pharmacy Library
Business Library
CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS
Present Symbol
OS
OSU*
OSP
OS$
New Symbol
OSU*
OSUU
OSUP
OSU$
East Texas State University North Texas State University Southern Methodist University Texas Christian University Texas Woman's University
The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas University of Dallas
Austin College Bishop College Dallas Baptist College Texas Wesleyan College
Baylor College of Dentistry The University of Texas at Dallas
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