SINGAPORE LIBRARIES MOVE CLOSER TO OCLC

摘要

Several of the larger libraries which form part of the Singapore national cataloguing cooperative have switched to cataloguing using OCLC software, including those of the National Institute of Education, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic, with Nanyang Polytechnic to follow shortly. The 56 member libraries of Singapore Integrated Library Automation Services (SILAS), Singapore's cataloguing network, were given the option in 2002 to use OCLC's cataloguing software instead of the local CARL system. Although libraries can download bibliographic records in OCLC's WorldCat database through the Z39.50 protocol implemented on CARL's cataloguing client, some have now opted to perform their cataloguing using OCLC Connexion or CatME instead.