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Can a PINES library purchase bib records from a vendor and batch load them into PINES Union catalog?

April 26, 2017batch bib catalog library load Pines purchase records Union vendor

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Can a PINES library purchase bib records from a vendor and batch load them into PINES Union catalog?

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No, the only source of PINES bib records is OCLC’s World Cat. New records have to be imported one by one via z39.50 interface. Batch loading records is allowed only for exceptional cases such as when a new system joins pines or for a major Recon project for manual collections.