User Manuals
Policy on batch loading of catalogue records and their holdings from New Zealand libraries
This policy describes the aim and purpose of batch loading bibliographic records and holdings statements from New Zealand libraries to the National Bibliographic Database. Scheduling priorities and the scope and process of batch loading are also described.
Te Puna Interloan Report descriptions
Explains how to request reports. Contains descriptions of these Te Puna Interloan reports:
- Interloan Batch Report
- Interloan Activity by Service Type
- Library to Library Activity Summary
- Copy Requests by Title
- Loan Requests by Title
- Requester’s Turnaround Time Summary
- Responder's Turnaround Time Summary
- Periodicals on Demand
- Monographs on Demand
- Client Demand Report
- Health Library Group Interloan Statistics.
Includes illustrations of what most of these reports look like.
Te Puna Cataloguing Report descriptions
Explains how to request reports and retrieve reports from the website. Contains descriptions of these Te Puna Cataloguing reports:
- Library Title List
- New Holdings Report
- Monographs List
- Periodicals List
- Sole Holder List.
Includes illustrations of what the reports look like.
Trans Tasman Interlending guide
A guide to the Trans Tasman Interlending service, covering:
- what Australian resources are available
- billing and charges
- services levels
- finding Australian libraries' details
- accessing the Trans Tasman Interlending gateway
- search results
- creating requests
- actioning requests
- reports.
Te Puna Interloan quick reference guide
A guide to creating, responding to and monitoring interloan requests.
Te Puna Interloan manual
A comprehensive guide to:
- locations
- searching for items
- creating requests
- interloan lifecycle and statuses
- work queue
- searching, and viewing requests
- printing
- requests
- actioning requests
- responder actions
- requester actions
- DocStore
- completion of requests and archiving
- reports.
DocStore functionality guide
DocStore is a feature of Te Puna Interloan that enables responding libraries to supply electronic copies of documents by attaching them to the interloan request. This guide has information for requesting and responding libraries, and answers to frequently asked questions.
OCLC cataloguers' information sheet
Provides links to online information and tutorials related to the Connexion Client, Connexion Browser and Cat Express cataloguing tools. Includes contact information for setting up a new OCLC account, and ongoing support from OCLC.
Holdings maintenance using CatExpress and Connexion guide
A guide to adding, updating and deleting your holdings to ensure holdings and enumeration detail maintained on WorldCat can be transferred and loaded to the New Zealand National Union Catalogue.
Guidelines for cataloguing e-serials on the NBD
These guidelines are designed to help you create and edit bibliographic records and holdings for serial electronic resources on the National Bibliographic Database (NBD), whether they are added by batch load or manually.
They are intended to be applied alongside existing cataloguing standards for electronic resources, as outlined in AACR2 (2nd edition, 2002 revision) and the CONSER (CCM) Cataloguing Manual, 2004 edition.
WebCat quick reference guide
Guide to adding holdings and short bibliographic records to the National Bibliographic Database (NBD) using the WebCat cataloguing tool.
WebCat user manual
A comprehensive guide to using the WebCat cataloguing tool to: search for records; add, delete and update holdings; add short bibliographic records; obtain MARC records.
Includes two appendices: Standards for serial holdings on Te Puna; List of GMD designations for Title field.
Cataloguing Client user manual
A comprehensive guide to using the CatClient cataloguing tool for: searching; importing, editing and saving records; templates; creating original bibliographic records; creating original holding records.
Includes two appendices: Diacritic mode mapping and Keyboard commands for cataloguing.
Index New Zealand (INNZ) quick reference guide
An introduction to searching Index New Zealand (INNZ), covering:
- finding articles on a particular subject
- limiting searches to a particular serial
- emailing titles
- getting the full text of articles.
New Zealand Libraries OCLC Symbols
An alphabetical list of New Zealand libraries' NLNZ library symbols and OCLC library symbols.
OCLC Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions regarding the partnering agreement between the National Library of New Zealand and OCLC for the supply of bibliographic services to Te Puna Subscriber Services member libraries. Topics covered:
- The OCLC partnering agreement
- Getting started
- Choosing a cataloguing service
- Using OCLC cataloguing services
- Using National Library cataloguing services
- First search
- Library holdings on WorldCat and the National Union Catalogue
- Deep linking
- Resource sharing
- National Library services and the partnering agreement.
Te Puna Interloan tutorial
Instructions on creating and managing interloan requests using Te Puna Interloan. Includes :
- Getting started using Te Puna Interloan
- Searching for an item to request
- Placing a request
- Supplying a request
- Further requester actions.
Te Puna Search Manual
A guide to using Te Puna Search databases. Includes:
- Simple search
- Advanced search
- Emailing, printing and saving titles
- Saved records, saved searches, and search history
- Simultaneous searching of multiple databases.
New Zealand Libraries Catalogue quick reference guide
An introduction to searching the National Bibliographic Database (NBD) covering:
- finding books on a particular subject
- finding books when you know the title or author
- emailing, printing and saving titles.
Standards for USMARC bibliographic records
The Te Puna standards for USMARC bibliographic records make recommendations on the minimum level of information that should be included in catalogue records on the Te Puna Bibliographic Utility.
Standards for USMARC holdings records
The Te Puna standards for USMARC holdings records make recommendations on the minimum standards to be adhered to for addings holdings to Te Puna online through the cataloguing client and the web interface.
Deeplinking from WorldCat
Information on enabling deeplinking from WorldCat and the National Union Catalogue to the web OPACS of individual libraries.
Directory of NZ Libraries Recent Updates 13 January 2009 - 20 February 2009
Recent updates to the Directory of New Zealand Libraries 13 January 2009 - 20 February 2009.
Directory of NZ Libraries Recent Updates to 15 March 2009
Recent updates to the Directory of New Zealand Libraries to 15 March 2009.
Directory of New Zealand Libraries updates to 15 April 2009
Recent updates to the Directory of New Zealand Libraries to 15 April 2009.
VDX Troubleshooting
A list of known bugs in the VDX 3.2.1 interloan software, along with basic troubleshooting advice, and some quick keys and short cuts.
Cataloguing Standards for National Union Catalogue contributors
The Te Puna standards for USMARC holdings records make recommendations on the minimum standards to be adhered to for addings holdings to Te Puna online through the cataloguing client and the web interface.

