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*updated links December 2015, July 2019 

Standards for Cataloging Electronic Monographs 
 

Database Management and Standards Committee 
June 2010 

revised February 2012, August 2019 
 
 

For bibliographic records for OhioLINK e‐books and other electronic monographs, OhioLINK requires full 
level cataloging. OhioLINK prefers: 

 
•  OCLC records 
•  Provider‐neutral cataloging practice 

 
For MARC field‐by‐field standards, please refer to Provider‐Neutral E‐Monograph MARC Record Guide, 
pp. 4‐8. Look for this Guide from http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/bibco/index.html  

 
Vendors: Please refer to MARC Record Guide for Monograph Aggregator Vendors 
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/scs/documents/PN‐RDA‐Combined.docx  

 
The following requirements are specific for the OhioLINK environment: 

 
 

MARC Field 
 

Required Content or “Exact Phrase” 
Requirement for 
records created by 
OhioLINK members 

Requirement for 
records supplied 
by vendors 

Encoding Level I – full level from OCLC members 
or 
blank – full level (LC/NLM) 

M R 

001 OCLC control number M R* 
050/060/082/086 Classification numbers strongly encouraged R R 
506 “Available to OhioLINK Libraries” M O 
6XX #0 Library of Congress Subject Headings A A 
6XX #2 Medical Subject Headings R O 
710 2# “Ohio Library and Information Network” M M 
856u Unique URL to connect to e‐book. 

For e‐books loaded on an OhioLINK server, 
this is an ohiolink.edu URL. 

M M 

8563 “[Vendor/Collection name]” M M 

856z “Connect to resource” M M 
 

* Vendors not using OCLC as the primary cataloging source should create control numbers that are 
unique. The vendor‐created unique control numbers must have an alphabetic prefix and/or suffix in 
order to not conflict with OCLC record numbers in the OhioLINK state‐wide system. 

 
 

M = Mandatory 
A = Mandatory if Applicable 
R = Required if Available 
O = Optional 

http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/bibco/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/scs/documents/PN-RDA-Combined.docx