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December 7, 2007
LC Brief Records for Sound Recordings
The early buzz surrounding the news that LC was going to lease metadata from the All Media Guide included word that these records wouldn't be distributed beyond LC...but here's an announcement received today from OCLC:
"Beginning later this month, OCLC will begin loading additional records for popular music sound recordings distributed by the Library of Congress. LC staff derive much of the data from the All Media Guide, verifying titles and standard numbers. Contents notes are also verified to be accurate with what is on the label, but may not conform strictly to the rules. The records generally lack added entries, subject headings, and LC classification numbers. Also, the records frequently lack main and added entries for performers, although a 5XX field for performers is usually present. Therefore, searching in the name indexes will seldom retrieve these records, and keyword searches for names will be more effective. Title searches will also often be a useful strategy. The records will have Encoding Level value ‘3’ and a note that says “Brief record.�
OCLC processing will attempt to match LC’s records to records already input into WorldCat. If a match is found, some data from the LC record, such as LCCN, will be merged into the WorldCat record. The LC record will not replace the WorldCat record. Records that do not find a match will be added to WorldCat.
Because the records have Encoding Level '3', OCLC catalogers are able to modify and upgrade them. We encourage you to do so. If you upgrade the record to a higher encoding level, please delete the "Brief record" note. When you upgrade one of these records to a Encoding Level 'K' or 'I', you will receive a minimal-level upgrade credit"--Rich Greene, OCLC
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