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OCLC has announced the availability of WorldCat Metadata API 2.0. This upgraded version offers new functionality, like the ability to read and write Local Holdings Records (LHRs), including registering shared print commitments; search WorldCat and receive single best-match WorldCat bibliographic record from multiple matches; and search Local Bibliographic Data (LBD) records on a variety of indexes, as well as by OCLC Number or control number. In addition to new functionality, users of WorldCat Metadata API 2.0 benefit from the new API infrastructure, greater interoperability, and enhanced security features.

WorldCat Metadata API 2.0 provides bidirectional access to WorldCat, allowing users to create and interact with MARC records as well as access information about Local Holdings Records (LHRs). The API builds on functionality that was introduced in WorldCat Metadata API 1.1—like the ability to search WorldCat on a variety of indexes rather than only by OCLC Number—and is available to libraries who maintain an OCLC Cataloging & Metadata Subscription.

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