[DCRM-L] Friday afternoon question

[Schneider, Nina]

I've been noticing that the ESTC references in OCLC are using a leading 0 between the letter and the first digit in the ESTC number. Instead of ESTC $c N26206, I see ESTC $c N026206. 

Someone unfamiliar with ESTC might search the database with the leading zero, resulting in no hits, but if you take out that zero, then the record is easy enough to find.

The Friday afternoon question: Is there a problem in taking out that leading zero when working on a record in OCLC?

Thanks,

Nina

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Nina M. Schneider
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