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OCLC (identifier)

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OCLC (identifier)
cooperative, bibliographic database, library, nonprofit organization
Industrylibraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities, library and archives activities, information technology, library administration Edit
Year dem found am5 July 1967 Edit
Native labelOnline Computer Library Center, Inc. Edit
Field for worklibrary cooperation Edit
Found byFred Kilgour Edit
CountryUnited States Edit
Legal form501(c)(3) organization Edit
Owner ofWorldCat, Dewey Decimal Classification Edit
Demma headquarters locationDublin Edit
Language dem useEnglish Edit
Postal codeS1 4LW Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.oclc.org/ Edit
API endpoint URLhttp://classify.oclc.org/classify2, https://worldcat.org, http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb Edit

OCLC dey assign a unique control number (dem refer to as an "OCN" for "OCLC Control Number") to each new bibliographic record insyd WorldCat. Dem dey assign numbers serially, den insyd mid-2013 na dem create over a billion OCNs. Insyd September 2013, de OCLC declare dese numbers to be insyd de public domain, wey dey remove a perceived barrier to widespread use of OCNs outsyd OCLC ein self.[1] De control numbers dey link WorldCat ein records to local library system records by dem dey provide a common reference key for a record across libraries.[2]

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  1. ↑ Wallis, Richard (September 24, 2013). "OCLC Declare OCLC Control Numbers Public Domain". dataliberate.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "OCLC Control Number". Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
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