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Libraries Australia Frequently asked questions Archive
- Logging on to Libraries Australia
- Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client
- Holdings
- New Pricing Model for Libraries Australia
- Enhanced Requesting Option
- General Browser Information
- Alerts
- IP Authentication
- Duplicate Record Removal
- Z39.50
- Libraries Australia Administraton
- Libraries Australia Search
- End User Access
- Personalisation
- Customer Administration
- OCLC Agreement
1. Logging on to Libraries Australia
1. Question: I do not know/ have forgotten my username and password for accessing Libraries Australia?
Answer: Please contact us - include the name of your organization and your position, also if possible your Libraries Australia organization number and NUC symbol - and we will reply with the details. For security reasons, usernames and passwords are not given out over the phone.
2. Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client
General Questions
- Are there keyboard shortcuts?
- What is the delay be in updating the search database from the client database?
- What happened to Amicus numbers and what are PPN numbers?
- Can cataloguers select different fonts as well as font sizes in the cataloguing client?
- In what index are deleted duplicate record numbers kept?
1. Question: Are there keyboard shortcuts?
Answer: Yes. You have the option of using the default shortcuts as listed in the manual or you can create your own keyboard shortcuts. To create your own go to Options>Customize on the Windows Menu Bar and create your keyboard shortcut. The default shortcuts are also listed here.
2. Question: What is the delay be in updating the search database from the client database?
Answer: Synchronisation between the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client and the Libraries Australia Search Database is in near real-time.
3. Question: What happened to Amicus numbers and what are PPN numbers?
Answer: In the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client system MARC tag 001 contains the record control number which is referred to as the ANBD (Australian National Bibliographic Database) or AN number. In bibliographic records migrated from the Amicus system the Amicus number has been retained in field 001 to provide for backwards compatibility with Amicus numbers that exist in local systems. All migrated authority and CJK bibliographic records and new records added following implementation have a new ANBD number in the 001 field issued by the Libraries Australia Cataloguing system. Superseded record control numbers (i.e. Amicus numbers in migrated Authority records and record control numbers in migrated CJK records) have been transferred to field 099. In migrated authority records the Amicus numbers are still searchable in the AN index. The CJK control numbers are searchable in the XN index.
The PPN (Pica Production Number) is a system generated record control number which is used within the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client system. It will not appear in exported MARC records, or in Libraries Australia Search. The PPN number is based on ANBD (Australian National Bibliographic Database) in the 001 tag of a bibliographic record. The PPN is identical to the AN except that it has a check digit added.
4. Question: Can cataloguers select different fonts as well as font sizes in the cataloguing client?
Answer: Yes. The new Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client allows users to select the size and font for inputting text. Non Roman script characters (eg CJK) will be input using the Microsoft Windows Input Method Editor (IME). A Unicode compliant font should be used to view these characters, with a point size of 14 or greater recommended.
5. Question: In what index are deleted duplicate record numbers kept?
Answer: The XN index may be searched for these numbers, and they are displayed in the 099 field of records.
Searching
1. Question: How do I find a Name, Title or Subject?
Answer: To find a Name, Title or Subject in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client using the NA, TI or SU index you must enter starting words of the exact phrase. The words 'and', 'or' and 'not' must be enclosed in single quotes or else they are interpreted as Boolean operators. You can also use the truncation symbol ? or the wildcard !. There are also keyword indexes, for instance for Names (NW), Titles (TW) and Subjects (SW).
A full list of the search term indexes is listed in Appendix 2 of the manual, and details of the use of wildcards and truncation in section 3.2.7.
Cataloguing
- Will the correct punctuation be automatically inserted in the appropriate places when cataloguing on the Client?
- How are diacritics input into the cataloguing client?
- Can I use templates in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client?
- Which fields require the @ as a filing indicator?
- Is there a list of PICA codes and corresponding MARC21 codes?
- When you link an authority to a heading, what happens to the indicators?
- Is it possible to change the material type in an existing record, that is, without copying or creating a new record?
- When cataloguers find duplicate records, do they merge them themselves?
- Can I import a record into the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client from another database eg the Library of Congress? Will the whole record be copied?
- How does the Copy/Clone function work in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client?
- What non-Latin scripts are supported?
1. Question: Is the correct punctuation automatically inserted in the appropriate places when cataloguing on the Client?
Answer: Punctuation will be added to the bibliographic record on export and in the MARC View. Cataloguers will generally not have to enter punctuation and will not see punctuation in the Edit screen. The exception is punctuation before $b in the 245 field. Because this $b can be preceded by . ; or : the cataloguer needs to supply the punctuation.
2. Question: How are diacritics input into the cataloguing client?
Answer: In the Client diacritics and special characters appear on a Special characters toolbar (View>Special Characters) and can be inserted into a record by selecting the character from the toolbar. When using a combining diacritic, place the cursor after the letter the diacritic will combine with and click on the diacritic in the toolbar. We recommend that a Unicode font, point size 14 or greater, be used when inserting diacritics and special characters. Script characters can be entered via the user’s Windows Input Method Editor (IME).
3. Question: Can I use templates in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client?
Answer: Yes, in addition to the predefined templates available in the Client, you can create your own templates. Your own templates are stored locally on your computer, not as records on the database.
4. Question: Which fields require the @ as a filing indicator?
Answer: The @ is used in cataloguing instead of filing indicators. It is only used in those fields that require a filing indicator. It is placed before the term that you consider to be the index term. A # is used in place of the filing indicators in First and Second indicator positions as required. For example, the title:
The wonderful world of libraries
is inserted as:
245 1#$aThe @wonderful world of libraries
Note: The 246 tag does not use filing indicators or @, and should be entered with any initial article omitted.
5. Question: Is there a list of PICA codes and corresponding MARC21 codes?
Answer: Yes. You will find the full list of codes used in the cataloguing client at http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/cathelp/bib/index.html, with links to more detailed information. In the client you can bring this screen up by clicking on the icon with a question mark in it. When editing a record you may also get help screens for particular codes by placing the cursor on the line the code is on, then pressing F1.
6. Question: When you link an authority to a heading, what happens to the indicators?
Answer: The way the client works is that the indicators go missing when you link an authority to a heading. After doing the linking you will need to add the relevant indicators. For example, when linking a subject, the authorised heading should be a Library of Congress subject heading and so the second indicator will be zero. If unsure of indicator values, just press F1 while your cursor is on the line the heading is on, and an online help screen will come up.
7. Question: Is it possible to change the material type in an existing record, that is, without copying or creating a new record?
Answer: Yes. Select the record, bring it into edit and click the 'Change Material Type' button.
NOTE: You need to review the record as not all material specific fields relevant to the original material type are deleted.
8. Question: When cataloguers find duplicate records, do they merge them themselves?
Answer: No. If there are duplicate records with no holdings, these records can be deleted.
Duplicates containing holdings can be reported by a web form. This is found, along with information on just what is considered a duplicate, at the Duplicate Records Guidelines & Submission Form.
9. Question: Can I import a record into the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client from another database eg the Library of Congress? Will the whole record be copied?
Answer: At the moment you cannot do this through the client, but it can be done through the web search interface. Log in and then click on "Select databases" to choose the database you wish to search. When you have found a record you wish to import, click on "Import record". You get a confirmation screen in which you can edit the text. After saving, the PPN of the new record is reported. You may use this to find the record through the client if you wish to edit the record further.
When a record is imported, there are filters which will remove any redundant fields such as Local System Numbers.
10. Question: How does the Copy/Clone function work in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client?
Answer: To copy/clone a record, you open the record you wish to copy/clone and then you click on the Copy/Clone Record button. Item specific fields are lost when copying or cloning a record and these include the fields: 020, 022, 024, 260, 5XX and 9XX. These codes are removed as a safeguard against data specific to the copied record being incorrectly left in the newly created record. However, if you wish to add information from these fields to the copied or cloned record you can copy and paste the fields from the original record.
11. Question: What non-Latin scripts are supported?
Answer: In addition to CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) script, we now support:
- Cyrillic
- Greek
- Thai
- Tamil
and in time will be adding support for other scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew.
3. Holdings
- How do I add a holding to a record using Libraries Australia Search?
- Nothing happens when I press the edit holdings button
- The popup window appears, but there is either an error message or nothing appears or it takes a long time to load.
- I have found a record on the ANBD which has no holdings against it - why is this?
- My library will be closing/ amalgamating with another library soon - how can I get our holdings removed from the ANBD?
- There are some records in the ANBD which have my library's holdings against them, but we no longer hold these items. Can you delete these holdings for us?
- Can my library’s holdings be changed in both the Cataloguing Client and in Libraries Australia Search?
1. Question: How do I add a holding to a record using Libraries Australia Search?
Note: You will need a cataloguing sign on to add, edit and delete holdings in Libraries Australia Search. If you dod not have a cataloguing sign on please contact the Libraries Australia help desk.
- Login to Libraries Australia Search (http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au)
- Search for the record you want to add your holdings to.
- If multiple results are listed, click on the title of the result you wish to add the holdings to.
- In the Full View, click on the edit holdings button.
- A popup window (a new window that opens in front of the current window) will appear. If it is the first time you’ve used Libraries Australia Search for the day, it will ask you to confirm your login and password. Enter your login and password.
- Add your holding to the Call Number field – do not enter your NUC symbol in the NUC field.
- Click on the save button
2. Question: Nothing happens when I press the edit holdings button
This may be occuring because you may have a popup blocker installed on your browser.
To fix this for the Libraries Australia site:
A) In Internet Explorer v6, Windows service pack 2 or above
Go to Tools/Pop-up blocker settings
Enter the domain names to allow:
- catclient.librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
- librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
Save settingsB) In FireFox v1
Go to Tools/Options/Web Features/Allowed Sites
Enter the domain names to allow:
- catclient.librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
- librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
Save settings
3. Question: The popup window appears, but there is either an error message or nothing appears or it takes a long time to load.
You may have a firewall that is blocking the pop up window from loading. Please check with your I.T. section.
You need to have access to the server-
catclient.librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
on port number-
80
Your proxy server may have a firewall, and your individual computer may also have a firewall if you are running Windows XP.
4. Question: I have found a record on the ANBD which has no holdings against it - why is this?
Answer: Records are loaded regularly to the ANBD from a variety of sources, eg national cataloguing agency records from Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States etc. (For a more detailed list see: http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/resource/nbd.html).
Australian libraries can then attach their holding statements to these records, thus reducing the amount of time they need to spend on original cataloguing. However some records may not have the holding of an Australian library added to the record, either because there is no copy of that item in Australia, or because an Australian library with a copy of that item, may not yet have added their holding to the record. It is not mandatory for ANBD records to have a holding statement.
5. Question: My library will be closing/ amalgamating with another library soon - how can I get our holdings removed from the ANBD?
Answer: We can arrange a global deletion of your library's holdings; or, if your library is amalgamating with another library, we can arrange a global transfer of your library's holdings to the other library. There is no charge for this service. Please contact the Help Desk - describing your requirements and include the date of closure/ amalgamation and your library's NUC symbol. If two or more libraries are amalgamating, include NUC symbols for the libraries that have them.
6. Question: There are some records in the ANBD which have my library's holdings against them, but we no longer hold these items. Can you delete these holdings for us?
Answer: Yes. We can do a global deletion of these holdings. You will need to contact the Help Desk - listing the records by ANBD number and including your library's NUC symbol. There is no charge for this service.
7. Question: Can my library’s holdings be changed in both the Cataloguing Client and in Libraries Australia Search?
Answer: Libraries with a cataloguing sign-on can add and edit holdings in both Libraries Australia Search and in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client
Libraries Australia Client Manual
4. New Pricing Model for Libraries Australia
The National Library is introducing a new pricing model for Libraries Australia effective from 1 July. Charging will be based on a subscription model, rather than on transactions. Letters have been sent to all Libraries Australia customer libraries explaining the changes and providing each library's fee. If you have any questions please contact us
- Why change the existing pricing model?
- Who was consulted?
- How was the subscription fee for each library calculated?
- Were any reductions offered?
- What does the subscription fee include?
- What is not included in the subscription fee?
- When will the new subscription start?
- When will the subscription fee be reviewed?
- When will the invoices be sent?
- What factors will determine a library's subscription fee in the future?
- How will charging for searches work
1. Question: Why change the existing pricing model?
Answer: The old model, based on charging for transactions led to limited use of the service. Other online databases charge annual subscription rates. A subscription based model will assist libraries in budget planning.
2. Question: Who was consulted?
Answer: The subscription based model was proposed to the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee at a meeting on 24 March. The model was endorsed. We also talked to staff at Australian libraries through State User Group meetings in 2004 and 2005.
3. Question: How was the subscription fee for each library calculated?
Answer: Each library's subscription rate was calculated using average Libraries Australia searching and Libraries Australia Document Delivery usage for 2003 and 2004. A sliding scale of 12 fee levels ranging from $330 to $27,500+ for non contributors and $264 to 22,000+ for contributors was used.
4. Question: Were any reductions offered?
Answer: Every library receives a reduction in their charges because, through the Libraries Australia Redevelopment Project, the total costs of providing the service will be reduced. Libraries contributing records and/or holdings to the Australian Australian National Bibliographic Database receive a 20% discount.
5. Question: What does the subscription fee include?
Answer:
- Unlimited searching of:
- Australian National Bibliographic Database (including CJK)
- Silas (Singapore), Te Puna (New Zealand)
- Free search targets (e.g. Library of Congress, British Library catalogues).
- Unlimited Libraries Australia Document Delivery use. This does not include the cost of supplying the loan/copy.
6. Question: What is not included in the subscription fee?
Answer: Searching of the APAIS catalogue will be charged on a per search basis at $2.80 per search because this database provider will continue to invoice Libraries Australia on a transaction basis. Other Libraries Australia products will remain unchanged and we will invoice you for these and APAIS searches on a quarterly basis.
7. Question: When will the new subscription start?
Answer: The subscription period starts 1 July 2005
8. Question: When will the subscription fee be reviewed?
Answer: The subscription model will be reviewed over the next year with the help and advice of the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee and through liaison with library sectors.
9. Question: When will the invoices be sent?
Answer: Invoices will be sent to customers in July
10. Question: What factors will determine a library's subscription fee in the future?
Answer: Libraries Australia will work closely with all stakeholders over the coming year to review and refine the funding model to ensure an equitable and fair solution for all libraries and to encourage widespread use of Libraries Australia services.
11. Question: How will charging for searches work?
Answer: Charging for searches only applies to databases that do not offer searching for free.
Rates for searching- Each of the chargeable databases are charged at the same rate. For more details see http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/charges.html
Multiple Databases- a search against X number of databases will count as X searches. If an end user searches against two chargeable Databases, this will be charged as two separate searches.
Failed Searches- If you execute a search but it fails and you get an error message such as Unable to search the database due to a system error, the failed search gets counted in the number of searches listed on the logout screen, but you won't get billed for such searches.
5. Enhanced Requesting Option
When a user conducts a successful search on the new Libraries Australia Search Service for an item, a "Get this item?" button will appear, enabling the user to choose different options for getting the requested item. Depending on the options available for an item, the user may be given the option of borrowing it from their own library; borrowing it from another library; obtaining an online version of the item or requesting a copy of the item from different document suppliers, such as the Copies Direct Service at the National Library of Australia, CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technology Information) or via an online bookshop.
The Enhanced Requesting Options mentioned in the letter refer only to the "Get this at other Libraries" option. When you circle "Yes" on the form attached to the letter, you are stating that you want that particular account to have access to Inter-Library loans via the new interface, either through Libraries Australia Document Delivery or by sending an e-mail to a nominated Inter-Library Loan officer. When you circle "No" you do not want that account to have access to Inter-Library Loans via the new Libraries Australia Search Service. The other request options (such as "Get this Online", "Get this at your Library" and "Get this at other Suppliers") will automatically be made available to users on the new interface.
- What is the Enhanced Requesting option in Libraries Australia?
- How do I know if I have access to the Enhanced Requesting option?
- Get this item at other libraries
- What happens to the request once I have submitted the form?
- What do the requests look like in Libraries Australia Document Delivery?
- What happens if an end user requests an item held in their own library?
- Will the identity of the requester be a mandatory field to fill out before the request is made?
- What are the advantages of Enhanced Requesting?
- How do I register my library for Enhanced Requesting?
- Do you have a test account where I can look at the 'Get this item?' option and the request forms?
1. Question: What is the Enhanced Requesting option in Libraries Australia?
Answer: Libraries Australia offers a number of improved options for getting items found as a result of searching the ANBD (Australian National Bibliographic Database). By selecting the 'Get this item?' button beside the record you have selected you are able to choose from several options to obtain items:
Online
At Your Library
At Other Libraries
At Other Suppliers
The additional Enhanced Requesting option in Libraries Australia allows you to obtain items from other libraries by requesting them as an inter-library loan or copy through the completion of a request form. A recent release of Libraries Australia now offers a choice of request forms. A slightly longer request form aimed at end users, as well as a shorter form, to be used by ILL staff.
2. Question: How do I know if I have access to the Enhanced Requesting option?
Answer: Enhanced Requesting is turned off by default. If Enhanced Requesting is turned on for your Libraries Australia account when you select the 'Get this item?' button you will be able to see two extra options on the 'At Other Libraries' page - 'Request a loan through your library' and 'Request a photocopy through your library.'
3. Question: Get this item at other libraries
Answer: When using Enhanced Requesting if you select get this item 'At Other Libraries', you are given three options:
Request a loan through your library
Request a photocopy through your library
Other library holdings
By selecting either of the first two options, you are taken to a request form. Bibliographic details of the item are automatically included. Mandatory fields for completion include your name, address, contact details, fee options and copyright/loan condition declarations and library barcode number.
4. Question: What happens to the request once I have submitted the form?
Answer: If your library is a Libraries Australia Document Delivery member, the request will be sent into your library's Libraries Australia Document Delivery account. The request will not be activated in Libraries Australia Document Delivery until a Libraries Australia Document Delivery user from your library authorises it to do so.
If your library is NOT a Libraries Australia Document Delivery member, the request is sent to your library's email address (based on your entry in the ILRS directory). Library staff can then email the request to other libraries who hold the item.
5. Question: What do the requests look like in Libraries Australia Document Delivery?
Answer: New outgoing ILL requests submitted via the Libraries Australia search interface will appear in your library's Libraries Australia Document Delivery account as Idle, For Manual Authorisation requests. These requests require you to action them as Authorised before they are actually sent out to other library locations on the rota.
When you action these requests with the 'Request' action, they will appear exactly as other Libraries Australia Document Delivery requests and will allow you to manage the selection of libraries on the rota before being sent.
To search Libraries Australia Document Delivery for a particular request using the number issued when the ILL request form was submitted in Libraries Australia (e.g. LA293), go to the Request Search screen and enter the number (including the LA part) into the Client Name field before submitting your search.
6. Question: What happens if an end user requests an item held in their own library?
Answer: The system first displays a page showing that the item is held in their library and provides access to the catalogue if it is online. It will also show item availability if the library has updated its entry in the ALG with details of its Z39.50 catalogue.
Answer: Name and contact details are mandatory fields. For photocopy requests there are fields for specifying chapters, articles, volumes and page numbers. On both the photocopy and loan forms there is a "Special Requirements" box where the user can add any information.
8. Question: What are the advantages of Enhanced Requesting?
Answer:
Designed for end users
Reduces searching time, since you only need to search in Libraries Australia Search, not Libraries Australia Search and Libraries Australia Document Delivery
ILL requests are still able to be mediated by library staff before being sent to other libraries.
9. Question: How do I register my library for Enhanced Requesting?
Answer: Use our enquiry form to request this. You will receive confirmation once your account has been set up.
Answer: Yes. Go to the Libraries Australia training home page at http://librariesaustralia-train.nla.gov.au and logon as:
Username -
TRAINING21
Password -
TRAINING21
(to view the end user form)
Username -
TRAINING26
Password -
TRAINING26
(to view the form designed for ILL staff)
6. General Browser Information
- Why do diacritics display incorrectly on my internet browser?
- Do we have to log off from Libraries Australia or just close the screen?
- I have trouble reading the text on Libraries Australia
1. Question: Why do diacritics display incorrectly on my internet browser?
Answer: To display diacritics correctly, change your font to Arial Unicode MS
To do this with Internet Explorer, go to Tools menu --> Internet Options --> Fonts
In Netscape, go to Edit menu --> Preferences --> Appearance --> Fonts --> Sans-serif
In Firefox, go to Tools menu --> General --> Fonts & Colours --> Sans-serif
If you are unable to alter which font your browser is set to, due to authorisation restrictions, consult your IT section.
2. Question: Do we have to log off from Libraries Australia or just close the screen?
Answer: Either will be fine.
3. Question: I have trouble reading the text on Libraries Australia?
Answer:
The Library is committed to developing accessible websites in accordance with the W3C guidelines. Libraries Australia has been tested with several browsers. If, however, you are still experiencing problems you can 1) enlarge the size of the text and/or 2) change the page colours
-
Enlarge the text size.

Internet Explorer:
On the main menu (top of the screen), choose View, then Text Size, then Largest
Netscape:
On the main menu (top of the screen), choose View, then Text Size (100%), then 200%
Firefox:
On the main menu (top of the screen), choose View, then Text Size, then Increase. Repeat the process until the text becomes sufficiently large. -
Change the page colours to be more easily read.

Internet Explorer:
On the main menu (top of the screen),choose Tools, then Internet Options, then the bottom right button marked Accessibility and under the Formatting heading, check the boxes to Ignore colors, Ignore font styles and Ignore font sizes of webpages. Note - if you can't check these boxes, your IT area has disabled the options (please see them).
Netscape:
On the main menu (top of the screen),choose Edit, then Preferences, then under Appearance chose Fonts and uncheck the box next to Allow documents to use other fonts. Also under Appearance, chose Colors and change the option under When a web page provides its own colors and background: to Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors specified
Firefox:
On the main menu (top of the screen),choose Tools, then Options, then General. Click the Fonts&Colors button and check the two boxes for Always use my: Fonts Colors.
7. Alerts
The Libraries Australia service will provide for a range of enhanced services including creation of Alerts (SDIs) to enable you to keep up to date with what's new in your area of interest. Alerts will be linked to the user accounts or your library, so if you have users sharing passwords, information on alerts will be visible to all users using the same account.
- What are the charges for using an Alert?
- Why can't I see Alerts as an option?
- What databases can I use Alerts on?
1. Question: What are the charges for using an Alert?
Answer: Alerts are charged in the same way that searches are. Whenever an Alert is scheduled to check databases (weekly, monthly etc) you will be charged the same price as a normal search. See "How will charging for searches work?" above.
2. Question: Why can't I see Alerts as an option?
Answer: We are aware that many libraries would like to offer Alerts selectively to ensure that they are used appropriately within their organisation. When Libraries Australia is launched on 8th December the Alert service will be made available only to the accounts that libraries have requested have the ability to use Alerts. In other words the default setting for Alerts is OFF.
If you would like to be able to use Alerts for any of your accounts, please contact the Help Desk listing the accounts for which you would like to have Alerts turned on.
To request Alerts be turned on for all your accounts could you please send the message 'YOUR NUC Alerts on' to the Libraries Australia Help Desk. If you would like only some accounts to have Alerts send a message such as:
-
Please turn Alerts on for the following logins: [login username 1] [login username 2] [login username ...n] [your contact details]
These settings are configurable, and if you decided to turn Alerts on (or off) at a later stage, contacting the Help Desk will ensure this is done.
3. Question: What databases can I use Alerts on?
Answer: Alerts can only be created for the Australian Libraries Collections (Australian National Bibliographic Database) and Libraries Australia Authorities (Names and Subjects).
8. IP Authentication
Access to Libraries Australia is via Username and Password or through IP (Internet Protocol) details. The Libraries Australia Search Service Options form allows libraries to request IP (Internet Protocol) authentication. If you provide us with an IP address you can be automatically be connected to the new Libraries Australia, and will not be required to enter your Username and Password.
Please Note: IP authentication is only an option for the Libraries Australia Search Service and will not be used for any other Libraries Australia service.
- Do I have to use IP Authentication?
- What is an IP Address?
- What is IP authentication?
- Is it necessary to provide this information?
- What is a Static or Dynamic IP?
- Where can I get IP range details from?
- What if I share an IP address with another library but have different Libraries Australia accounts?
- We use EZproxy (or another network proxy server program) -- which means we only use one IP number rather than a range. Is there a problem with that?
- For staff accounts, can we choose not to specify any IP ranges and keep User-ID and password access as it is now?
- My library has two Libraries Australia signons. The signons share the same IP address (or the same IP range) can I still use IP authentication for both?
- Who can I contact if I need more information on the new Libraries Australia Search Service Options and the Libraries Australia Redevelopment in general?
- I've asked for IP authentication to be enabled. Why does Libraries Australia still ask me to log in using my username and password?
- Why, after half an hour, does the service revert to the end user login?
1. Question: Do I have to use IP Authentication?
Answer: No. IP authentication is an optional service. If you do not provide us with your IP details, you can continue to log in using your Username and Password as you currently do.
2. Question: What is an IP Address?
Answer: Every machine on the Internet has an unique identifying number, called an IP (Internet Protocol) Address. A typical IP address looks like this: 216.27.61.137. An IP address always consist of groups of four numbers in the range of 0-255 separated by full stops.
If you want to connect to another computer, transfer files to or from another computer, or send an e-mail message, you first need to know where the other computer is - you need the computer's "address." An IP address is an identifier for a particular machine on a particular network; it is part of a scheme to identify computers on the Internet. IP addresses are also referred to as IP numbers and Internet addresses.
3. Question: What is IP authentication?
Answer: IP authentication is used to verify or authenticate access to a service instead of using a user name and password to login. You can use IP Authentication to authenticate access if your library has access to the internet via a static IP Address, or a dynamic IP Address within a set range, referred to as an IP range (you may want to find out more about this from your IT Department).
For example, I am a manager of Bankstown library and I have given my IP range to Libraries Australia (202.6.91.0 through to 202.6.91.20). If I log into the new search interface, the system will read my IP address from my PC/Web Server (eg 202.6.91.3) and recognise that I'm coming from Bankstown library. It will automatically let me into the search system, without me having to enter my username and password. If you still want to use your username and password (for example, I am a one person library and don't want other people using Libraries Australia), all I have to do is leave the IP range blank on the Libraries Australia Search Service Options form that was recently sent to all libraries.
If you opt to provide Libraries Australia with your IP address, you will automatically be connected when you go to the webpage. The address of your computer is checked against a list and you will automatically be logged in to the correct account.
4. Question: Is it necessary to provide this information?
Answer: If you wish to use IP authentication you will need to provide this information. If you do not provide an IP range, you will continue to use your Username and Password to log into the new Libraries Australia Search Service.
5. Question: What is a Static or Dynamic IP?
Answer: There are two forms of IP address, dynamic and static. A dynamic IP address changes with every connection to the internet. A static IP address remains the same with every connection. Some dynamic IPs only change to a number within a set range of numbers. The range of numbers used is determined by the network administrators or IT section of the library in question. If you have a dynamic IP, you may need to ask your systems administrator for more information.
6. Question: Where can I get IP range details from?
Answer: Check with your IT section, or with whomever provides your internet access.
Answer: You will need to contact your systems administrator to confirm that you share an IP address with another library. If you do share an IP address you do not need to supply your IP address to Libraries Australia. You will continue using your Username and Password.
Answer: A range of IP Addresses, or a single static IP Address are equally valid for authentication.
Answer: Yes. All existing user accounts will continue to work as they do now. IP Authentication is an optional service.
Answer: No. IP authentication can only authenticate one signon per IP address (or IP range). However, you could nominate one signon that would automatically log in (using IP authentication) and have the users of the second signon log in manually, using their Username and Password.
An example of using IP authentication as described above is as follows:
My library would like to restrict end user requesting options, but allow the enhanced requesting options for staff. We only have one IP address. I have supplied our single IP address to Libraries Australia, and identified that it belongs to signon A (the end user account, with 'No' selected for enhanced requesting options). I have also selected 'Yes' to enhanced requesting for signon B (the staff account), but not provided the IP address range. My end users can log directly into the new Libraries Australia Search Service (without the need to remember a Username or Password), by using IP authentication. My staff can also use this (end user) account or could log in manually (using their Username and Password) and have the enhanced requesting options available to them.
Answer: For further information on any aspect of the new Libraries Australia Search Service options and the Libraries Australia Redevelopment (Phase 1), contact the Libraries Australia Help Desk.
Answer: Your computer may be accessing the internet through a proxy server using a different IP address to the one you've supplied to Libraries Australia.
A proxy server is often used to connect computers on an internal network to the internet. Their main purpose is to store webpages that are frequently accessed by the computers of the network, so the computers have a faster browsing speed, and to reduce the amount of data that needs to be retrieved from the internet.
Computers inside a network all need a unique identifier for them to be properly processed by the network, and so each computer has its own IP (Internet Protocol) address. A proxy server may also have it's own IP address that is different to the one your computer uses.
If a computer connects to Libraries Australia and is using IP authentication, rather than using a username and password, the IP address is used. If the computer connects through a proxy server, then it is the IP address of the proxy server that is used. The IP address of the proxy server may be different to the IP address (or range) you have supplied.
If a computer uses more than one program for internet browsing, it also may have more than one proxy server configured. Different proxy servers have different IP addresses, and will not be recognised as coming from the same location unless you have included that IP address in the information you provided to Libraries Australia.
To determine if you've supplied Libraries Australia with the correct address (for either your computer or your web proxy), contact your IT section.
My institution has offered IP authentication for end users. The end users have limited access to databases and enhanced requesting options. Staff log in manually by using the login button at the top right hand side of the screen, giving access to other databases and enhanced requesting options.
13. Question: Why, after half an hour, does the service revert to the end user login?
Answer: Libraries Australia will log users out of a session if they do not use the system for 30 minutes. If IP authentication is turned on (for the end user login), it will automatically log the end user back in to Libraries Australia. To revert to the staff login, staff will have to manually log in again. We recommend that if you are using this method of authentication, staff manually log out of Libraries Australia, ensuring end users do not inadvertantly have access to other databases or enhanced requesting.
See also IP Authentication point 10.
9. Duplicate Record Removal
- Why are duplicated records with identical ISBNs or ISSNs not identified during the batch loading process?
- Can the duplicate detection process, used in batch loading, be run across the ANBD to find duplicate records?
Answer: ISBNs and ISSNs are not used as a match point because they are not reliable. ISBNs should be unique but in practice a number of publishers reuse the numbers from previous editions on new editions. Another problem is that cataloguers clone records for the new editions or similar titles and accidentally retain the ISBN. ISSNs should also be unique but an ISSN could be used for a succession of titles.
Answer: The duplicate detection process can only be used on incoming batch loads at present. Nevertheless it is still the major way of identifying duplicates. Records that have multiple matches on the system are sent to the error file. The mechanism used to identify duplicates on the ANBD is through the duplicate reporting using the online form at: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/duplicatesform.html#form .
10. Z39.50
- What changes will be made to Z39.50 access to the NBD?
- I'm using my Z client to SCAN and I get an error message. What's going on?
- How do I access other databases through Z39.50 clients?
- When using Znavigator to search the NBD I get a "Fatal error: BER record exceeds buffer space"
1. Question: What changes will be made to Z39.50 access to the NBD?
Answer: There will be minor changes to Libraries Australia MARC output via Z39.50 in Stage 1, as indicated in grey on this table: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/marc_format.html. Users of the Z39.50 service will also benefit from two major improvements to the service, which will come online in Stage 1 in December this year. Through the new Search Service all Libraries Australia databases, including CJK, will be searchable from your own library's Z39.50 Client. In addition, two new output format options will be available via Z39.50: SUTRS (Simple Unstructured Text Record Syntax) and MARCXML in GRS-1 (Generic Record Syntax). Output format options such as Brief, Extended , and RIS format will also be available via the Web.
2. Question: I'm using my Z-client to SCAN and I get an error message. What's going on?
Answer: When using the SCAN command on text fields, users need to input their query in upper case, e.g @attr 1=4[title] "PIXIE", @attr 1=1003[name] "SMITH,DICK"
Some title scans will return an error message because one of the titles on the results page is too long.
3. Question: How do I access other databases through Z39.50 clients?
Answer: Connection details for the z39.50 targets available through the new zGateway, available from 8 December 2004 are available on this page: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/redevz3950.html. The existing gateway will remain in operation until 11 Feburary 2005, to ensure an adequate cutover period for z39.50 users.
Answer: When using Znavigator to search the NBD, a "Fatal error: BER record exceeds buffer space" can occur which closes the Z39.50 connection. This error occurs when the total size of the records you are retrieving from the database exceeds 64K bytes. Reducing the "Max Records per Batch" parameter to 5 will usually stop this error from occurring. The parameter can be found in the Session|Preferences menu item of Znavigator.
11. Libraries Australia Administration
Question: How do I changed my passwords?
Answer: Follow these steps to change your password:
1) Go to Libraries Australia Administration: http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/laadmin
2) Log on with your User ID and Password (Note: you may need to enter your password in CAPITALS)
3) You will be taken to the User Account Details Page
4) Click on the button - Change Password
5) Enter in your new password (Note: your new password must be a minimum of six characters with at least one non-alpha character and no spaces)
6) Click Save
7) You will get a message that your password has been changed successfully
12. Libraries Australia Search
Question: Why does the Libraries Australia Search screen not display correctly?
Answer: Some libraries are finding that the Libraries Australia Search screen is not displaying correctly.
This problem occurs when stylesheets aren't transferred to the browser correctly. Stylesheets set the layout of a page, including positioning of text, size of font and colours.
- Some proxy servers do not transfer this information correctly. They have stored the previous version of Libraries Australia.
Check with your I.T. section and make sure that cached pages on any proxy server you use are refreshed with the new version of Libraries Australia.
Also - on your browser, reload or refresh the page, and if possible go into your Internet Options (under Tools) and Delete your Temporary Internet Files - to make sure that new versions of the page are loaded, rather than stored versions. - Earlier versions of Internet Explorer are unable to present the stylesheets correct. If you are using a version earlier than the current version (6), please upgrade your browser or switch another browser.
Question: How do I download a record? ?
Records can be saved or downloaded using the Download option:
- First select records by clicking in the box next to the relevant records.
- Select Download button. The screen below will display:

- Select the desired format (see instructions above for printing).
- Press the Go button and the screen below will display.

- You can then use the ‘Save’ button to save the record to the desired location.
13. End User Access
Question: What is End User Access?
Answer: End user access is an account through which you provide your library patrons access to the enhanced (subscription service) Libraries Australia.
Question: Are there extra charges for providing End User Access?
Answer: There are no additional charges for offering this access to your users, unless you allow them to use pay-per-search databases.. End user access can be customised to suit your organisation. You can choose the databases your users have access to, as well as whether to allow, Alerts or Enhanced Requesting, or Personalised accounts.
Question: How can I offer End User Access?
Answer: Most libraries offering end user access use IP authenticated or scripted login access to their end user access account for all users within their organisation. This means that users going to http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au within a specified IP range or users accessing Libraries Australia (using a scripted login) through their library’s website will automatically be logged into the end user account. Otherwise, users will be taken to the publicly available service and will need to enter the end user account username/password.
It is important for libraries to offer a separate End User Account. Otherwise your users will have access to many functions that are intended for staff of the library.
Question: How do I get End User Access set up?
Answer: Libraries can either contact the Libraries Australia Helpdesk to get end user accounts set up, or can set these accounts up themselves.
If you want Libraries Australia staff to set up the account, contact the Help Desk and request us to set up the account. Please specify the organisation you are from, the username/password you would like to have for this account and what databases and functions you want to allow your users to have.
If you have a Customer Administration login, you can go to http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/laadmin and click on ‘View Organisation’ on the left hand side menu and click on ‘Users’. Then select the ‘Add User’ button. If you want to have personalisation turned on for this account, leave the account as the default ‘shared’ account type.
14. Personalisation
Question: What is Personalisation?
Answer: Personalisation lets individual users:
- Create their own personal account
- Choose their own user-id/password
- Save records and queries into a personal folder
- Choose which search screen to display on logging in
- Customise default databases for searching
- Choose up to three libraries as “your library”
- Create Alerts
- Access Enhanced Requesting
Question: Why should I offer Personalisation?
Answer: Personalisation is a way for your end users to have their own ‘account’ and to customise their Libraries Australia searching. It helps users of Libraries Australia within your organisation to search, find and get items quickly and easily.
You can offer enhanced Libraries Australia services to your users at no cost to your organisation.
Question: What choices do I have with offering Personalisation?
Answer: You can customise the functions and databases you you want individual personalised accounts to have.. You can choose if you want personalised accounts to have access to Alerts and Enhanced Requesting, and to specific databases. This is done by editing the template which is used to create the individual accounts.
You can also choose to let users access their personalised account from anywhere in the world or restrict it to library/organisation premises only.
Question: What do I need to do to offer Personalisation?
Answer:
- You need to create or nominate a shared end user account for personalised accounts to be created from.
- You need to request for Personalisation to be turned on for this end user account and to nominate the levels of access.
- You need to let your users know how to set up their own personalised accounts
Question: How do I get Personalisation turned on?
Answer: Contact the Libraries Australia Helpdesk and specify which shared end user account you would like to have personalisation turned on for. Also let us know if you would like the individual accounts to have access to enhanced requesting or alerts, and if you would like them to be able to login independently of the shared account (this means users can login to their personalised account from anywhere).
Question: How do I monitor what users are doing with their personalised accounts?
Answer: By using your ‘Customer Administration’ login to access the Libraries Australia Administration System, you can view how many individual accounts have been created and run reports on usage for each username. It is also possible to run a report on the usage of all personalised accounts created under a end user login. If you would like to be able to do this, please specify when requesting personalisation to be turned on.
Question: I would like to know more about how Personalisation works?
Answer: See Chapter 17 of the Libraries Australia Search Manual or contact the Libraries Australia Helpdesk
15. Customer Administration Access
Question: How do I get a Customer Administration Login?
Answer: Contact the Help Desk requesting Customer Administration access to be added onto an existing login, or request that a separate login be created with Customer Administration access.
Question: What can I do with my Customer Administration Login?
Answer:
- Add user accounts and reset passwords.
- See the hierarchical structure of your organisation and the account setup.
- View and edit access for each account.
- Run reports on usage.
- Keep contact details up to date.
16. OCLC agreement
- Why is the National Library entering into an agreement with OCLC?
The National Library has in recent years been exploring options for a closer relationship with OCLC which would support improved access to WorldCat for Australian libraries. At the same time OCLC has been expanding the scope of WorldCat to provide a global catalogue of library holdings and has substantially changed its position on how it relates to Libraries Australia. The merger of RLG and OCLC provided a new imperative for development of a closer relationship to support the cataloguing needs of libraries currently using the RLG Union Catalogue through Libraries Australia. A closer relationship will also allow Australian libraries to benefit from OCLC research and development.
- Which OCLC services are available under the agreement?
The agreement provides unlimited search and cataloguing access to WorldCat. It does not include access to other OCLC services such as FirstSearch or OCLC Resource Sharing. Libraries wishing to use other OCLC services will need to maintain their current arrangements with OCLC.
- Are all Libraries Australia subscribers included?
This agreement will cover all Libraries Australia subscribers in Australia including CAUL and NSLA members. Libraries need to be Libraries Australia subscribers to gain access to WorldCat through this agreement.
- What is the period of the OCLC agreement?
The agreement will commence on 1 July 2007 for an initial term of one year. Thereafter, the agreement will be renewed automatically for further periods of one year. The agreement can be terminated at any time by either party with 60 days notice .
- What are the financial arrangements in the OCLC agreement?
The National Library will pay an annual fee to OCLC that allows unlimited search and cataloguing access to WorldCat for Australian libraries and their end users. OCLC have the right to increase their fee annually by a maximum of 3%.
- How will the charges for WorldCat be passed on to Libraries Australia subscribers?
The National Library has developed a model to pass on OCLC agreement costs to Libraries Australia subscribers including the savings gained through the merger of RLG and OCLC. Key features of the model are:
- For existing subscribers to WorldCat, no library will pay more than their existing subscriptions;
- Where libraries currently subscribe to both WorldCat and RLG, future charges will be based on their WorldCat subscription only;
- Libraries that currently only subscribe to RLG will continue to pay a comparable amount for access to WorldCat;
- For Libraries that currently do not subscribe to RLG or WorldCat, a small proportion of existing Libraries Australia subscription payments will be used to pay for WorldCat access.
- Why is this agreement of benefit to Australian libraries?
This agreement will provide Australian libraries with unlimited access to WorldCat for copy cataloguing. This will be especially useful for the cataloguing of overseas materials and for retrospective cataloguing projects. Library end users will also have unlimited search access. The agreement will enable Australian libraries to benefit from OCLC research and development and service improvements.The National Library has been attempting to build a closer relationship with OCLC for over 10 years. The agreement builds on a previous agreement which provided “small libraries” (excluding CAUL and NSLA members) with charge per search access to WorldCat and also the National Library’s contract with OCLC PICA for the use of their CBS software to support the Libraries Australia Cataloguing service.
The National Library believes that this Agreement is of great benefit to Australian libraries while protecting their interests in maintenance of a viable Australian National Bibliographic Database and Libraries Australia service. It represents a major step forward in the sharing of Australian bibliographic data and exposure of the collections of Australian libraries internationally. Supporting this agreement will increase the value of Australian library holdings.
- Do contributing Australian libraries become governing members of OCLC?
Yes. Australian libraries who contribute current holdings to the Australian National Bibliographic Database (ANBD) and WorldCat through this agreement become governing members of OCLC.
- What is an OCLC governing member?
Governing Members elect representatives to OCLC Members Council, which in turn elects six members of the OCLC Board of Trustees. There are 66 Members Council delegates who are elected by and represent the OCLC member libraries in their respective regions. Council meets three times a year. These meetings, which are attended by OCLC management and members of the OCLC Board of Trustees, serve as a forum for exchanging ideas and raising issues. More information about the governance of OCLC can be found at: http://www.oclc.org/membership/governance/default.htm
- With the addition of so many Australian libraries, will OCLC governance arrangements change?
On 17 April 2007, OCLC announced that the OCLC Board of Trustees has appointed a special Governance Study Committee to conduct a study of OCLC's governance structure. See: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200660.htm.The National Library has commenced informal discussions with OCLC about our requirements for better representation as input into the study of OCLC’s governance structure. The National Library is considering the benefits of Australasian grouping within the OCLC governance structure.
- Does the agreement provide for end user search access to WorldCat?
Yes. Unlimited search access is available to Libraries Australia subscribers and their end users through Libraries Australia Search and the Libraries Australia Z39.50 Gateway.
- Which records from the ANBD will be uploaded to WorldCat?
Most ANBD bibliographic records which have holdings attached will be uploaded to WorldCat. A small number of records which have been supplied to the ANBD by commercial suppliers will be excluded where the supplier does not allow Libraries Australia to provide them to OCLC. Also under the agreement, existing and future WorldCat bibliographic records with Australian library holdings will be uploaded to the ANBD.
- Is there any cost involved in loading ANBD records into WorldCat?
The contribution of records from the ANBD to WorldCat is free under the agreement. This represents a large saving for Australian libraries – a saving in both monetary and technical terms through centralised contribution via the ANBD.
- How is the migration of the RLG Union Catalogue into WorldCat proceeding?
Information on the RLG Union Catalog integration into WorldCat project as is available at: www.oclc.org/community/rlg/cataloging-rlg/integration_status.htm.
- How will Libraries Australia subscribers access WorldCat?
Libraries can search and obtain copy catalogue records from WorldCat using Libraries Australia Search or the Libraries Australia Z39.50 Gateway. Later in 2007 it will be possible to access WorldCat using the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client. Libraries that are already using WorldCat for searching and cataloguing may continue to use their current access mechanism.
- Can I access WorldCat using Z39.50?
Yes. From 1 July 2007 all Libraries Australia subscribers in Australia will have the option of accessing WorldCat via the Libraries Australia Z39.50 Gateway For more information about the Z gateway see http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/manuals/laz3950.html and: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/redevz3950.html
The LA Z39.50 Gateway connection details are:- Domain name: oclc.librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
- IP address: 192.102.239.150
- Port: 210
- Bibliographic Database Name: OLUCWorldCat
- Authority Database Name: OCLCAuthoritiesLC
- Username/Password: As per your Libraries Australia account
Prior to using the production system users should configure access using the OCLC Z39.50 Cataloging test database. This is a much smaller version of the production database. The records in the test database are not up-to-date but can be used for testing.
The OCLC Z39.50 test system details are:- Domain name: zgate-test.oclc.org
- Port: 7210
- Authority Database Name: oclcauthoritieslc
- Bibliographic Database Name: olucworldcat
- User name for the test database: 100-028-254
- Password for the test database: oclc
Please read the configuration guide: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/z3950/config_guide/
Note: Please disregard the Production Server Domain name and Port details given in the document and use the Libraries Australia Z39.50 Gateway details instead (see above).
Searching tips for Z39.50 access to WorldCat are also available:
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/z3950/searchtips/
- Who do I call if I have questions about access to WorldCat via Libraries Australia?
If you have any questions about access to WorldCat via Libraries Australia please call the Help Desk on 1800 026 155
- How can I find out more about WorldCat?
More information about WorldCat is available at: http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/databases.html#oclc
- What are some workflow examples when using WorldCat?
The options below are based on the following scenario (please note - example #2 is dependant on the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client being able to access WorldCat. See #15 for detail): You want to catalogue an item. You search the ANBD to find a matching record (or close match) for the item in hand. There are no hits, so you search WorldCat and find a result(alternatively, a broadcast ANBD/WorldCat search could be done).
The following methods of searching and contributing records are suggested:
- You search WorldCat (using Libraries Australia Search) and use Webcat to download the record to the ANBD and add your holdings.The record is then exported to your local system via the Record Export Service.
- You search WorldCat (using the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client) and copy the record into the ANBD.The record is then exported to your local system via the Record Export Service.
- You search WorldCat (via your local client using the Libraries Australia z39.50 Gateway) and copy the record to your local system, add holdings, then send the record via the Record Import Service to the ANBD.
- You search WorldCat (using Libraries Australia Search) and use Webcat to download the record to the ANBD and add your holdings.The record is then exported to your local system via the Record Export Service.
- Implementation of Search/Retrieval via URL Record Update (SRU Record Update)
SRU Record Update went live in January 2009. It supports the near real-time updating of WorldCat with records from Libraries Australia. It ensures that Australian library data in
WorldCat is up to date.
The initial load of Libraries Australia data into WorldCat commenced on 16 March and was completed on 30 April 2008. Two gap loads were completed in the second half of 2008. The implementation of SRU Record Update completes the project to load, synchronise and maintain Australian library holdings in WorldCat.
- How SRU Record Update happens
When a new bibliographic record is added or updated in Libraries Australia, or if holdings are added, changed or deleted, the record is sent to WorldCat. Later in 2009 we plan to implement an enhancement to support transmission of bibliographic record updates. Libraries Australia receives an OCLC bibliographic record identifier which is inserted into the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Database, if an OCLC identifier is not already present in the NBD record.
The OCLC record identifier is stored in the Libraries Australia bibliographic record. It does not display in either the Libraries Australia Search or Cataloguing interface. In the future we plan to add these numbers to the Libraries Australia Search Service and make them available to customer libraries but before doing so we will consult libraries as once they are added to the Search Database they will be received in Record Export Service (RES) and Products files. We will advise users of an implementation timeline for including OCLC identifiers in Libraries Australia services. We estimate that they will be applied and utilised in all relevant services by late 2009.
The OCLC record identifiers will provide a valuable new key for matching records when they are exchanged between Australian libraries, Libraries Australia and WorldCat. Currently they are not used for matching in the Record Import Service (RIS) or other Update services. The OCLC identifier will also enable libraries to improve support for deeplinking from WorldCat to their local library system. OCLC identifiers will also allow OCLC Work Level Identifiers to be used to provide improved displays of search results. Libraries Australia will use them to build work cluster displays in the new Single Business Discovery Service and the presence of these identifiers in records will allow libraries to use the OCLC Work Set Algorithm to improve displays in their own catalogues.
The WorldCat data loads including SRU Record Update do not include records for which Libraries Australia does not have the rights to copy the data, this includes some records for electronic and microform resources.
Read more about the technology at the SRU Record Update Web page hosted by the Library of Congress at www.loc.gov/standards/sru/record-update/.

