Vendor list for merging
Find a list of vendors used for merging records, including vendor names, OCLC symbols, and additional information.
| OCLC Symbol | Institution Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ACCAR | Accessible Archives | Electronic resources incorrectly cataloged; Merge freely |
| AFBKC | African Books Collective | eBooks |
| AUXAM | AMALIVRE | French books |
| BCBTC | Beijing Zhenben Technology Co. Ltd | Chinese books; 300 is often "1 v." if pre-pub. |
| BDX | Brodart | Brief records, only adding holdings at present |
| BENTH | Bentham Science Publisher | eBooks; Ceased contributing in 2015 |
| BIBBD | BiblioLabs/Biblioboards | eResources |
| BLOOM | Bloomsbury Publishing | eBooks |
| BTCTA | Baker & Taylor | Ceased contributions 2017; Merge non-upgraded records at will |
| BWK | Blackwell's Book Service UK | Older records; No longer contributing |
| BWX | Blackwell's Book Service | Older records; No longer contributing |
| C3L | Casalini Libri | Italian, Spanish, French titles -- some brief records, some very complete |
| CASSC | Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc. | Publisher's CIP |
| CHILD | Children's Plus | Merge at will; Majority of records were incorrectly cataloged |
| CINCO | Cinco Books | Spanish imprints; eng Language of cataloging |
| CNPIT | China National Publications Import & Export Company | Chinese books |
| CPLPT | Cedar Point Large Print | Large print |
| DEBUD | Verlag Barbara Budrich | German imprint; eng Language of cataloging |
| DEGRU | De Gruyter | eBooks; Merge non-upgraded records at will |
| DEUTG | UTB GmbH | ger Language of cataloging |
| DON | Donohue Group | Publisher's CIP; No longer contributing |
| EBLCP | Ebook Library (ProQuest eBook Central) | eBooks |
| EMG | Omnigraphics | Brief records |
| EMGRP | Emerald Publishing | eBooks |
| ERASA | Erasmus Boekhandel BV | European art books; Many records are pre-pub |
| ERASP | Librarie Erasmus | French are books; Many records are pre-pub |
| ESODI | Odilo | spa & eng Language of cataloging |
| EVIEW | East View Publications | Russian and other Eastern European books |
| FRGNR | Classiques Garnier | fre Language of cataloging; no catalogers were involved in the creation of this data; merge readily, but only into other records with 040 $b fre |
| GGVRL | Gale Virtual Reference Library | eBooks; Lacking 856 fields when contributed |
| GOSCI | GeoScienceWorld | eResources |
| GRASS | Grasshopper Films | eVideos |
| HUPRS | Harvard University Press | eBooks specific to https://www.loebclassics.com/ Do not merge. |
| I5B | Iberbook-Sánchez Cuesta | spa Language of cataloging |
| IBEAM | Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert | spa Language of cataloging |
| IEEEE | IEEE eLearning Courses | eResources |
| INARC | Internet Archive | eBooks |
| KNOPY | Kanopy | eVideos |
| KOGAN | Kogan Page | eBooks |
| MACKN | Mackin Book Company | eBooks |
| MAJOV | Joe | eVideos |
| MIPPI | MIPP International | Russian titles with non-Latin script; eng Language of cataloging |
| NARDE | Libreria gia Nardecchia (no ADDs) | Italian books usually duplicate C3L (or vise versa); Merge non-upgraded records at will |
| NFBCA | National Film Board of Canada/Office national du film du Canada | eVideos; fre & eng Language of cataloging |
| NHMCR | National Highlights/Mason Crest | Ceased contributions 2017; Merge non-upgraded records at will |
| NOWPB | Now Publishers | eBooks |
| NYDIS | Dis Magazine | eVideos |
| NYGHE | McGraw-Hill Education | Ceased contributions 2017; Merge non-upgraded records at will |
| NYINF | InfoBase Learning (Films on Demand) | eVideos |
| OHX | Otto Harrassowitz | German books, Scores |
| PASAE | SAE International | eBooks |
| PL# | Puvill Libros | spa Language of cataloging |
| PLAWI | Practising [sic] Law Institute | eBooks |
| PLAYA | Findaway | Playaway publications |
| PQDTG | ProQuest Ebook Centra - Thesis & Dissertations | Thesis & dissertations |
| RECBC | Recorded Books Audiobooks | Audio Books |
| RECBK | Recorded Books eBooks | eBooks -- dates are often incorrect |
| RECBX | Recorded Books | Audio Books |
| RTH | Rittenhouse Books (R2 Digital Library) | eBooks |
| RWNLT | Bloomsbury (Rowan and Littlefield) | eResources |
| SEGPB | Society of Exploration Geophysicists | Print and eBooks |
| SMPUB | Five Rainbows Publications | Publisher's CIP |
| TDF | Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc. | Scores, Sounds Recordings, Books; Data often subject to change |
| TETON | Teton Data Systems | eBooks not provider-neutral; Merge into records that follow PN guidelines |
| TRCLS | TRC Library Services | Japanese imprints; eng Language of cataloging |
| TYFRS | Taylor & Francis | eBooks |
| TZT | Touzot (now owned by AMALIVRE) | No longer supplying under this symbol; Now AUXAM |
| UKAHL | Askews and Holts Library Services | eBooks; Merge non-upgraded records at will |
| UKAMD | Adam Matthew Digital | eResources; Mostly individual serial volumes |
| UKDBK | Dawson Books | Not currently contributing |
| UKGRL | Taylor & Francis formerly Greenleaf Publishing | eBooks |
| UKHST | Henry Stewart Talks, Ltd | eVideos |
| UKOUP | Oxford University Press USA | eBooks |
| UKSKG | S. Karger AG (Karger Publishers) | eResources |
| ULVER | Ulverscroft Large Print Books Limited | Large Print book, Sound recordings |
| WKLRS | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory Solutions | eBooks |
| YDX/YDXCP | YBP (EBSCO GOBI) | Brief pre-pub records may be merged at will if ISBN matches |
Notes:
- Any records from vendors that are less than full are candidates for merging with others based on looser criteria. All are currently loaded with level M, so base fullness on looking at the record, not on encoding level.
- Publisher's CIP is provided by Cassidy and Five Rainbows. They provide incomplete 300 fields, so are easily identified. Full level records from these sources are usually good quality.
- If ISBN, title, and publisher are roughly matching, the date is close (1-2 years), and the records is less than full, consider merging into a fuller record.
Revision history
| Date | Last edited by | Description of changes |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2020 | Shanna Griffith | Updated the list to match the current document in the Member Merge Community Center |
| 02 Feb 2023 | Shanna Griffith | Updated the list |