LTLS Services

Statewide Cataloging and Resource Sharing Vendor

We've received word from the Illinois State Library that OCLC has been chosen as the statewide Cataloging and Resource Sharing vendor for the next two years.  OCLC member libraries will receive letters and two-year agreements soon, with information about costs as well. Costs, which were held close to FY2011 levels, will remain the same for the two-year contractual period.  The ISL/OCLC agreements must be signed and returned within 60 days (except for schools).  Please watch for the official letter in June.

The Illinois Heartland Library System will continue to be the OCLC billing agent.  OCLC bills will be sent out, after July 1, 2011, by IHLS.

 

Charleston High School Library's copies of Breaking Point and Freak Observer Missing in Transit

The following books are missing in transit between the LTLS Cataloging Center and Charleston High School Library. The were sent to the Cataloging Center on April 16 and returned in late April--early May:

Breaking Point by Alex Flinn, ISBN 978-0-06-447371-2

Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston, ISBN 978-0-7613-6212-8

If your library has received these items in error, kindly return them to Leigh Ann Cloud at Charleston High School Library.

Clifton Central High School Library's Copy of Juiced Missing in Transit

Clifton Central High School Library's copy of Juiced by Jose Canseco (New York : Harper, c2005) is missing in transit from LTLS headquarters.If you have received this book in error,  kindly return it to Kerry Weaver, telephone: 815-694-2800, email: kweavs@yahoo.com

Library of Congress Subject Headings Related to Survival

Library of Congress subject headings "Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc." and "Survival skills" have been cancelled. The subject headings "Survival", "Airplane crash survival", "Shipwreck survival" , and "Survival at sea"-- all new-- should be used instead. In addition, the following narrower terms for survival may also be used when appropriate: "Combat survival", "Desert survival","Jungle survival", and "Wilderness survival".

LTLS Cataloging Center staff have made necessary changes in LINC bib records as of this date. If you find that corrections or further changes need to be made, please contact Vanessa Whippo at: vwhipp@lincolntrail.info or 217-352-0047, ext. 211.

LTLS Cataloging Center Operations During April 7-8 Horizon Upgrade

The LTLS Cataloging Center will operate as usual during the Horizon software upgrade on April 7 and 8. However, cataloging  staff will not be able to import new bibliographic records into LINC until the upgrade is complete. This means that while items cataloged on April 7 and 8 will be returned via the LTLS Delivery Service as usual, the matching bibliographic records that would normally be imported into LINC on April 7 and 8 will not be accessible until Monday April 11. WorldCat Cataloging Partners (formerly PrompCat) records will also be affected.

Missing: Tolono Public Library's Copy of Enemy Rising by Tracey West (Turtleback Binding)

Tolono Public library reports that their copy of the above title (ISBN-13: 9780606140881; first book in the series Hiro's Quest), sent to the LTLS Cataloging Center on August 9, has not been returned, and the Cataloging Center has no record of having received it.

If you have received this item by mistake, please direct it to Vanessa Whippo at the Cataloging Center so we can catalog it and return it to Tolono Public Library.

Missing: Marshall Public Library's Copy of The Dawn by Jo Edwards

Marshall Public Library's copy of Jo Edward's The Dawn should have been delivered from the LTLS Cataloging Center to the library on Friday July 23,  but we discovered today that the library has not received this book.

If you have received it in error, please contact Alissa Tipton at Marshall Public Library ((217) 826-2535) at once. The book is needed for an author signing Thursday, August 19.

Library of Congress Subject Heading Revisions

As of June 22, the Library of Congress issued its list of new and revised subject headings for materials on cooking and cookbooks. The word "Cookery" has been changed to "Cooking" in approximately 800 subject headings. In addition, both a topical subject heading and a genre/form heading for Cookbooks have been approved and are available for use. 

Most of the children's subject headings in the form Cookery--[Ingredient] have been canceled in favor of the adult heading Cooking ([Ingredient]). However, three of those headings have been retained and revised: Cooking (Buffets), Cooking (Garnishes), and Cooking (Natural foods). 

The LTLS Cataloging Center is importing the new authority records into LINC,as well as changing locally generated authority records to conform to the new usage, as rapidly as possible. In the meantime, please be aware that materials will continue to be found with searches involving the word "Cookery," while authorized forms of the subject headings will be mixed until our work is complete.

As of June 22, the Library of Congress issued its list of new and revised subject headings for materials on cooking and cookbooks. The word "Cookery" has been changed to "Cooking" in approximately 800 subject headings. In addition, both a topical subject heading and a genre/form heading for Cookbooks have been approved and are available for use. 

Most of the children's subject headings in the form Cookery--[Ingredient] have been canceled in favor of the adult heading Cooking ([Ingredient]). However, three of those headings have been retained and revised: Cooking (Buffets), Cooking (Garnishes), and Cooking (Natural foods). 

The LTLS Cataloging Center is importing the new authority records into LINC,as well as changing locally generated authority records to conform to the new usage, as rapidly as possible. In the meantime, please be aware that materials will continue to be found with searches involving the word "Cookery," while authorized forms of the subject headings will be mixed until our work is complete.

LTLS Cataloging Center Users

The LINC Directors Group is scheduled to meet this Wednesday, November 15th. All directors that use the LTLS Cataloging Center are invited to stay after the LDG meeting for an update on our plans. After Wednesday's Cataloging Center update, other sessions will be offered in the system to provide those of you not attending an opportunity to learn about the plans directly.