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Future enhancements to Connexion Client

Changes to controlling headings (Expected: 02 2012)

The following applies to all currently supported versions of Connexion client (versions 2.10, 2.20, and 2.30).  For Edit > Control Headings > All: The system

  • Uncontrols incorrectly controlled headings (descriptive name headings and/or subject headings).
  • Automatically checks for an updated version of the heading text and updates the text if needed.
  • Automatically updates a previously fully or partially controlled heading with punctuation-only changes.
  • Automatically re-evaluates some types of partially controlled headings and attempts to fully control them.

Connexion client version 2.40 (Expected: 04 2012)

OCLC expects to release Connexion client version 2.40 during the March/April 2012 timeframe.  Version 2.40 will include the following enhancements:

  • GLIMIR:  Set an option to show search results in GLIMIR (Global Library Manifestation Identifier) clusters of WorldCat bibliographic records that have different languages of cataloging for the same work (called “parallel” records). For each cluster, GLIMIR search results show the number of records that your library holds, the total number of holdings, and the total number of records. GLIMIR clusters make it easier to identify and select the exact record you need for cataloging. In the client only, you can also show the GLIMIR cluster for any displayed bibliographic record by using a new menu item Cataloging >  Show > All GLIMIR Cluster Records.
  • Classify:  Use a new command Classify on the Tools > Options menu to automatically supply a Dewey or Library of Congress classification number in a displayed record for a book, DVD, CD, or other material type in a field you specify. The new command uses the FRBR-based Classify Web service to provide a classification number from a WorldCat record with a matching standard number in this order: OCLC number, ISBN, ISSN, UPC, LCCN.
  • RDA workforms:  Set an option in the client using Tools > Options > RDA tab (formerly the RDA Toolkit tab) to use RDA versions of the existing AACR2 workforms to create records. Set the option separately for bibliographic and/or authority workforms. Existing workforms open by default when you create new records unless you set the RDA workform option(s).
  • 264 field in WorldCat search results:  Record descriptions in a brief or truncated list of WorldCat search results include data from the 264 field, if present in the record and if no field 260, 261, or 262 is present. Field 264 contains RDA production, publication, distribution, and manufacture information.
  • MARC Update 2011 changes: New indexes are added to the drop-down index lists in search and/or browse windows, as appropriate.  For details, see Technical Bulletin 260: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2011.  Language names are updated in:
    • The “Language” and “Language of Cataloging” drop-down lists in the Search WorldCat window
    • The “Language” drop-down list in the Search Online Heritage Printed Book (HPB) Database (if the HPB menu is activated in Tools > Options > Heritage Printed Book tab).
  • Macro changes: 
    • A new macro command is available -- GetClassNumber -- for the new Edit > Classify functionality.
    • Two new OCLC-supplied macros are available in the OCLC.mbk macro book:
      • ClearELvl3Workform—This macro clears candidate fields from an encoding level 3 bibliographic record and replaces them with workform prompts. The prompts are a blend of two sets of workforms—AACR2 versus RDA.
      • GenerateERecord—This macro creates a workform to represent an online version of an item based on the print, microform, or another format version of a bibliographic record for the same title.  (Note: The GenerateERecord macro replaces the following two OCLC macros: GenerateESerial and GenerateESerialCONSER.)

Details about these planned future enhancements will be provided closer to their availability. For details about these enhancements, log on to Connexion and search Connexion News. A link to News appears on the View menu. To list enhancements, choose the category "System Updates" on the News search screen.