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The list below contains macros, templates, Z39.50 profiles, and card or label configurations that your colleagues have contributed (plus a few salted in by TLC).

If any of these contributions look like they can improve your workflow, feel free to download them and try them out. We also encourage you to "share the wealth" by uploading your own creations.


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Type Uploaded On Authoring Library DescriptionTLC CommentFile

Z39.50 Profile 

10/4/2008 

The Library Corporation 

Searches LC Current on the BiblioFile ITS.MARC server (Z3950.library.com), using an alphabetic ("begins with") search strategy. 

BiblioFile ITS.MARC server prototype 

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Z39.50 Profile 

10/4/2008 

The Library Corporation 

Searches LC Current on the BiblioFile ITS.MARC server using a keyword ("contains") search strategy. 

BiblioFile ITS.MARC server prototype 

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Z39.50 Profile 

9/15/2008 

The Library Corporation 

Searches Michigan State University. May be used as a prototype to search Innovative Interfaces (III) databases. 

Innovative Interfaces (III) prototype 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Begins-with searching against LC Authorities (names and subjects) 

LC Authorities: Begins With 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Phrase searching against LC Authorities (names and subjects) 

LC Authorities: Phrase 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Keyword searching against LC Authorities (names and subjects) 

LC Authorities: Keyword 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Keyword searching against Sears Subjects Headings 

Sears Subjects: Keyword 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Begins-with searching against Sears Subject Headings 

Sears Subjects: Begins With 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Phrase searching against Sears Subject Headings 

Sears Subjects: Phrase 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Phrase searching against Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) 

MeSH: Phrase 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Begins-with searching against Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) 

MeSH: Begins With 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/3/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Keyword searching against Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) 

MeSH: Keyword 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/2/2007 

The Library Corporation 

Search the NewPub MARC database of recently published and cataloged items. 

NewPubMARC 

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Macro 

7/23/2005 

The Library Corporation 

Permits an on-order title to be added to the database so that it will display in the public access catalog. Creates a unique "barcode" (item ID) to support patron holds from the PAC by copying the 001 field contents. When the item(s) arrive(s), this barcode should be replaced by one or more real barcodes. 

On-order macro 

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Z39.50 Profile 

5/5/2005 

The Library Corporation 

British MARC Backfile, containing about 6 million records from the British Library. 

British MARC Backfile 

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Z39.50 Profile 

2/1/2005 

TLC 

SchoolMARC Sears database, consisting of MARC records containing Accelerated Reader information, Lexile scores, Sears subject headings, and Dewey classifications. Sources: Baker & Taylor and MetaMetrix. 

SchoolMARC Sears 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches Last 5 (most recent changes in last 5 days) English Language on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access the most recent records Library of Congress English Language MARC database. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

Last 5 Days 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches LC MARC English Language on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access the complete Library of Congress English Language MARC database. This includes LC cataloging from 1990 to the present, plus recent changes to older records. For older records, use LC Backfile. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

LC MARC English 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches LC Backfile (older records) English Language on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access the older records (previous & up to 1990) Library of Congress English Language MARC database. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

LC Backfile 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches LC MARC Foreign Language on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access MARC database of non-English holdings cataloged by the Library of Congress. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

LC MARC Foreign 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches Canadian MARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access bibliographic data records from the National Library of Canada. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

CanMARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches MedMARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access a medical database comprised of medical and related bibliographic records from the National Library of Medicine and other national libraries. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

MedMARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches Docufile on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access records from government documents database, including publications of US state, US federal, and foreign governments, as well as the United Nations. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

Docufile 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches Spanish MARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access a distinctive MARC database with Spanish language titles cataloged by the Library of Congress, other national libraries, and TLC libraries. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

Spanish MARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches TheoMARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access records from theological and national libraries. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

TheoMARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

ConR/A - Searches Contributed Cataloging Research & Academic on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access records contributed from TLC users in research and academic institutions. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

Contributed Research & Academic 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches Contributed Cataloging School & Public on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access records contributed from TLC users in public libraries and school systems, perfect for retrospective conversion. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

Contributed School & Public 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches FrenchMARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access records comprised of French language titles cataloged by the Library of Congress, other national libraries & TLC libraries. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

FrenchMARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches AsianMARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access Chinese, Japanese and Korean records cataloged by the Library of Congress. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

AsianMARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches A/V Access database on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access MARC records of popular audio & visual items professionally catalogued by PMSC, the Library of Congress, and other national libraries. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile 

A/V Access 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches British MARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access unique records cataloged by The British Library. An excellent supplement to LC, this database contains many newer items, and other titles of interest to North America and Asian libraries. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

British MARC 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches NICEM A/V MARC on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access a bibliographic database of audio-visual materials from the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

NICEM 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Searches MediaMarc on TLC's ITS.MARC service. Use this profile to access high-quality, content-rich MARC resource for instructional audio & video materials. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile. 

MediaMarc 

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Z39.50 Profile 

7/20/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Use this profile to access TLC Authorities, the TLC hosted copy of the Library of Congress' Name Authority File (NAF) and its two subject files (LC Subject Headings and LC Subject Headings for Children's Literature). This profile searches by keyword. To perform an alphabetic search, download the LC-Begins With profile.  

TLC Authorities 

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Macro 

5/4/2004 

The Library Corporation 

This macro creates a 959 field and copies the 005 datestamp information into it, which could be useful to record the time and date of a record's first save. Note that the 005 field is not updated until a record is saved. Copy cataloging records bear the 005 datestamp of the cataloging agency.  

Note to Library.Solution users: this information is stored separately in the database, so this macro may be regarded as redundant.  

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Z39.50 Profile 

5/3/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Permits searching of the OCLC WorldCat database. A valid User ID and password must be added to this profile.  

OCLC 

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Template 

5/3/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Basic book template. 

Book 

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Macro 

5/3/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Use this macro to insert the degree symbol into a MARC record. The degree symbol is a valid special character but is not represented in the diacritic editor in the current version of the Cataloging software.  

Degree symbol 

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Label Configuration 

5/3/2004 

The Library Corporation 

This configuration uses 852 subfields kji for holdings information and works for a 1-spine and 2-pocket configuration. 

Label config 852 

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Card Configuration 

5/3/2004 

The Library Corporation 

Default card configuration shipped with the Cataloging program. 

Default card config 

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Z39.50 Profile 

5/3/2004 

Denton ISD 

Permits searching of the LINK+ database, a cooperative borrowing program among a growing number of California libraries (both academic and public).  

LINK+ 

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