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Polaris ZMARC

 

The easy way to eliminate your catalog backlog.

The ability to get library materials cataloged and into your patrons' hands as quickly and accurately as possible is essential to every library. Polaris ZMARC provides access to over 11 million bibliographic records and 7 million name authority records cataloged by the Library of Congress. In addition, your library will have access to the latest AV records from Baker & Taylor, with over 17,000 new records added each year.

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  • Library of Congress Bibliographic Records
    • 10,000,000+ Records
      • LC Books (1968+)
      • LC Serials (1973+)
      • LC Maps (1973+)
      • LC Music (1984+)
      • LC Visual Materials (1972+)
      • LC Computer Files (2006+)
    • LC Records include the following languages
      • English (1968+)
      • French (1973+)
      • German, Portuguese, Spanish (1975+)
      • All remaining records written in Roman alphabets (1976-77)
      • Romanized South Asian languages and Cyrillic alphabet languages (1979+)
      • Romanized Greek (1980+)
      • Romanized Chinese, Japanese, Korean (1983+)
      • Romanized Hebrew, Yiddish (1983+)
      • Romanized Arabic and Persian (1983+)
  • Authority Records
    • 7,000,000+ Name Authority Records
      • Name Authority Records (1977+) for personal, corporate, conference, and geographical name headings, uniform titles, and series established by LC and cooperating libraries under the National Coordinated Cataloging Operations (NACO) program. (Names written in non-Roman script appear in Romanized form.) Averages 250,000 new records per year.
    • 2,970,000+ Subject Authority Records (1986+) in MARC format for subject headings established by LC. Averages 6,000 new records per year.
  • AV Records
    • 250,000+ audio and video titles
      • Original cataloging provided by Baker & Taylor for ¼ million audio and video titles, using Library of Congress name and subject authorities. Averages approximately 17,000 new records per year.
What’s more, automated authority control comes standard with your Polaris ZMARC subscription. With automated authority control your Polaris ILS will seamlessly provide authorized headings for new records being added to your Polaris database. Designed to save your staff time and resources, automated authority control expedites the cataloging process and eliminates the need for batch processing and manually updating your authority control records.