OCLC Meridian users can create a new entity when creating or editing a bibliographic record in the MARC 21 bibliographic editor. To create new entities you must have an OCLC Meridian subscription and have one of the following roles assigned to your WorldShare account:
The following entities can be created in Record Manager for these bibliographic fields:
MARC bibliographic field | Entity type | Entity subtype |
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100, 600, 700 | Agent |
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110, 610, 700 | Organization | |
647 | Event | |
651 | Place |
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For more information, see OCLC Meridian and OCLC Meridian roles.
When creating a new WorldCat Entity, the appropriate entity type, and applicable entity subtype options will display based on the bibliographic field where the creation is initiated. For example, when creating an entity from the 100 field, the entity type will be set as Agent with entity subtype options available in the Entity subtype drop-down menu.
Note: If needed, the Create WorldCat Entity window can be closed by clicking Cancel. If the window is closed before the Create and insert URI button is clicked, all data entered will be lost.
Note: When entering a name, do not invert (e.g. use Renée Green instead of Green, Renée).
Note: If you attempt to create a WorldCat Entity that already potentially exists, an error message will alert you that you will need to continue creating the entity with OCLC Meridian.
After clicking Create and insert URI, the Create WorldCat Entity dialog closes and the identifier (URI) for the newly created entity is inserted into the bibliographic record. You can continue editing the new entity from OCLC Meridian. See Sign in to OCLC Meridian and Edit an entity.