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Does OCLC use the single-record or multi-record approach when setting holdings?

April 26, 2017approach holdings multi-record OCLC setting

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Does OCLC use the single-record or multi-record approach when setting holdings?

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OCLC is using the multi-record approach—we don’t set holdings for the electronic serials against records representing print manifestations; rather we set holdings for electronic serials only on records representing the electronic manifestation. This makes ongoing maintenance much more efficient.