In a consortium in which only a few libraries use WorldCat Local but share bibliographic records, how would this work so that the results are correct?
WorldCat Local uses the WorldCat database for discovery. As long as your holdings are set and up-to-date in WorldCat and the OCLC number is indexed in your local catalog, users will find your library’s resources. When each library is identified in the local catalog as holding the item, then sharing of bibliographic records is not an issue.
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