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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">On 13 March 2025, OCLC installed changes to WorldCat Validation. See the
<i><u><a href="https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/WorldShare_Record_Manager/WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_and_known_issues/2025_release_notes/100WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_March_2025" target="_blank" title="https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/WorldShare_Record_Manager/WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_and_known_issues/2025_release_notes/100WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_March_2025"><span style="color:black">WorldCat Validation Release
Notes, March 2025</span></a></u></i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"> at
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/hMDrCyPzO9h6XjqYiQDSwY?domain=help.oclc.org" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/hMDrCyPzO9h6XjqYiQDSwY?domain=help.oclc.org. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="color:#0563C1">oc.lc/validation-release-notes</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">for
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">This validation installation includes the following new features and enhancements:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced 4 September 2024-6 February 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Standard Identifier Source Codes <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white">
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">MARC 21 Bibliographic Update No. 39 (Announced December 2024) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fill characters in fields 006, 007, and 008 <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Duplicate value check for subfields $0 and $1 <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Duplicate value check for subfield $4 <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Duplicate value check for subfield $e <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Subfield $a no longer required in bibliographic field 341 <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">The following bug fix is also included:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Subfield $2 in bibliographic field 083 now allows the same edition information as field 082<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">These features and enhancements are the result of announcements of new MARC elements and codes by the Library of Congress as well as
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">Please forgive any duplication of this message.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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