Te Puna Cataloguing

Te Puna Cataloguing offers members a choice of cataloguing tools: Te Puna WebCat (for copy cataloguing), Te Puna Cataloguing Client (for both copy and original cataloguing), and three bibliographic tools provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

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About Te Puna WebCat

WebCat is a web-based interface that allows you to add holdings or short bibliographic records to the National Bibliographic Database (NBD). Your records are updated immediately and can be viewed in WebCat or Te Puna Search.

WebCat also allows you to download MARC records into your own library catalogue.

Benefits of WebCat include:

• allows creation of holdings records
• ability to copy MARC 21 records across to the NBD from OCLC WorldCat and selected other remote sites, so you can add your holdings
• copy cataloguing
• choice of templates when creating bibliographic records
• real time updating for all new bibliographic and holdings records
• industry supported standards - Z39.50 to search databases, and MARC 21
• search the 010 to the 999 of the MARC bibliographic record
• batch files of MARC records (to which you added holdings) can be transferred to your local system via file transfer protocol (ftp).

About Te Puna Cataloguing Client

Cataloguing Client is designed for organisations who contribute to the NBD by doing original cataloguing and adding holdings. It offers the same functionality as Te Puna WebCat, plus the following:

• create full original bibliographic records in MARC 21 format
• cloning of bibliographic and holdings records
• validation of MARC 21 tags and headings
• automatic insertion of URLs into the 856 field
• online help available for MARC 21 tags
• diacritic data entry
• a choice of search types, including keyword, command, headings, Boolean and search limiting
• retain search history for each session
• download bibliographic, holdings and authority records to local systems
• work folders for working records
• all Library of Congress Name and Subject authority records available to search and use in your original catalogue record
• create your own templates or use provided templates for creating records
• choose your own font and colours for your cataloguing desktop.

Libraries can choose to use both the Cataloguing Client (for cataloguers doing original cataloguing) and WebCat (for staff doing copy cataloguing). To use Cataloguing Client software must be loaded onto a PC.

Criteria for using Cataloguing Client

Cataloguing Client is available to libraries who:

• agree to use the Te Puna Cataloguing Client for all original cataloguing
• fulfil the technical requirements laid down for Cataloguing Client users
• can take responsibility for technical maintenance of the Cataloguing Client at their site
• acknowledge that they understand the Cataloguing Client cannot be upgraded other than at the stated time without it adversely impacting on functionality at their site
• have a trained cataloguer (experienced in original cataloguing).

Partnering agreement with OCLC

The National Library brokered a partnering agreement with OCLC on behalf of Te Puna Subscriber Services member libraries in 2006.

All members have access to the bibliographic resources on OCLC's WorldCat, including non-book materials and CJK bibliographic records. Members can catalogue on either OCLC, the National Union Catalogue (NUC), or both. Synchronised copies of New Zealand records are available through both bibliographic utilities.

Members also have access to:

• Connexion Client – OCLC's cataloguing service
• Connexion Browser – the web version of Connexion Client
• CatExpress – OCLC's simple web-based copy cataloguing tool
• FirstSearch – OCLC's collection of reference databases

Download 'Frequently asked questions about the OCLC agreement'

Email discussion list

Members also have access to the TePuna-L email discussion list. This list is for members to share information and discuss matters relating to Te Puna Subscriber Services.

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