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OCLC Cooperative Online Resource Catalog Debuts

CORC lets librarians work together to target the best Web resources available that fit local needs, minimizing duplication of effort and maximizing knowledge sharing across libraries from around the world. According to OCLC, CORC gives libraries the ability to make local resources available to the world and to make quality global resources available to local library users.

CORC offers a toolkit, based on technology developed at OCLC, that supports automated record creation, authority control, URL maintenance, and pathfinder creation. Libraries using CORC have the option of subscribing to the WebDewey service for access to the latest version of the enhanced Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) database (updated quarterly) and use of an automatic classification tool to generate candidate DDC numbers during record creation. A special feature of the WebDewey service is its inclusion of selected Library of Congress subject headings—linked to the LC authority files—that have been intellectually mapped to Dewey numbers by the DDC editors and statistically mapped to Dewey numbers in OCLC's WorldCat database.

More information about CORC is available on the OCLC Web site (http://www.oclc.org/oclc/corc/index.htm).

Source: OCLC