Connexion browser glossary

• Order extra catalog cards (Ad option).
• Order catalog cards for all receiving catalogs (All option).
• Order a specified number (1-255) of copy catalog cards (Extra Cards option).
• Combine two or all three options.

See also Produce.

MARC fields applied. For MARC records, apply the whole CD record, the fixed field only or the variable fields only, as specified by the MARC Fields to Apply option in the default constant data record. Default setting: Variable Fields Only.

• Existing record. The system redisplays the record from the source database (WorldCat, the Connexion Authority File, the pathfinders database, etc.) in display mode. Any locks on the record are released.
• New record (saved). The system redisplays the record from the save file.
• New record (unsaved). The system deletes the record and returns you to the Create Record screen.

MARC fields applied. For MARC records, apply the whole CD record, the fixed field only or the variable fields only, as specified by the MARC Fields to Apply option in the default constant data record. Default setting: Variable Fields Only.

• Retrieves the linked record from the Connexion Authority File.
• Transfers selected content and/or supplies default fields/values to produce a new record based on the retrieved record and inserts NEW in the OCLC: field in place of an OCLC authority record number (ARN).
• Presents the resulting record in local edit mode, in a new browser window.

Enter diacritics after the letters they modify.

You can enter diacritics and special characters in the following ways:

• With Internet Explorer, use a window that lets you click a graphic of the desired character to insert characters in the ALA-defined set. (Windows only: not supported by Macintosh versions of IE.)
• Type Unicode characters using a Unicode-enabled keyboard.
• Copy and paste Unicode characters from other sources such as the Connexion Diacritics window, other documents or the Windows Character Map utility.
• Use a Connexion-modified, OCLC standard bar syntax. Bar syntax represents a diacritic or special character as a 2-character code between 2 pipe or vertical bar symbols (| |). For example, u with umlaut is entered as u|um|. See also bar syntax.

Dublin Core has as its goals the following characteristics: simple creation and maintenance, commonly understood semantics, international scope, and extensibility.

For more information visit the official DCMI site at: http://www.dublincore.org.

Each element also has a limited set of qualifiers, attributes that may be used to further refine (not extend) the meaning of the element.

• Headers, used to organize and label sections of content, control formatting for a section and support navigation. A Pathfinder Header contains the title for the pathfinder and provides formatting options that apply to the entire pathfinder.
• Links, which contain the URLs for resources selected for the pathfinder. Links usually include a description of the resource.
• Searches, used to include an embedded search that can automatically retrieve and add an updated list of relevant resources by running a user-defined query against WorldCat.
• Library Material, used to help users locate non-electronic resources relevant to the pathfinder topic.
• Licensed Resource, used to include links to resources that require user authentication or limit the number of simultaneous users.
• Flagged Pathfinders, used to import content of another pathfinder. The added content is not visible in the pathfinder you are building in edit mode. Imported links and text appear when you view the pathfinder in display mode. At least one pathfinder must be flagged in the pathfinders database before you can select this element.

See also pathfinder.

• Extracts appropriate elements from the selected field and supplies new tags and subfields or removes them as needed.
• Rearranges and adds the data from the bibliographic record to a name authority workform.
• Supplies NEW in the OCLC: field in place of an OCLC authority record number (ARN).
• Opens a new browser window in which you can edit the resulting name authority workform.

Any time you edit a record without first locking it, you are making local edits. The record is not locked. Therefore, other users can retrieve it, edit it locally or lock and edit the corresponding master record. You can edit a record locally regardless of whether another user has locked the master record. While editing a record locally, you can add, delete or change the record content to meet your library's needs and then export the record.

To unlock the master record, take the Release Record Lock action (Action list) or Cancel Changes (Edit list) or replace the record in the database (Replace Record or Replace and Update Holdings).

If you save a locked master record, the system saves the locked record for 14 days, and then (if you do not edit or resave the record) deletes it from the save file. Other catalogers can view the record and edit it locally while it is locked.

• Automatically inserts a controlled heading if the heading in the
• record can be fully controlled to either a single or multiple authority records and if the original heading requires no changes in tag, indicators or text.

  Or

• Opens the Control Multipart Heading window to allow you to control a subject heading that does not exactly or completely match a single authority record or multiple authority records.

A bar appearing at the top of all Connexion screens. Lets you navigate by clicking a tab, a button or an item on an Options list. Supports keyboard-only navigation if you prefer to avoid using a mouse. Can be customized to meet your needs.

Connexion provides tools to help libraries create and manage pathfinders and to facilitate collaboration on pathfinder development and maintenance.

• Print one label set for the current record
  • Retrieve a bibliographic record from WorldCat or the bibliographic save file.
  • Take the View Label in Label Program action on the record.
• Create and download a file to print a batch of labels
  • Flag the records in the bibliographic save file.
  • Take the Create Labels for Flagged Records action on the group of flagged records.

• Obtain catalog cards based on the bibliographic record for the receiving catalogs of the first holding library code in the 049 field, if you are profiled for catalog cards. Note: If multiple holding libraries are listed in field 049 subfield $a, the system produces cards only for the first holding library.
• Add the record to a file or tape you receive via the MARC Record Subscription service.
• Use the bibliographic record to generate an item on an accessions list if you subscribe to the OCLC Accessions List service.

See also Alternate Produce and Update.

Saved copies of existing authority records or pathfinders that remain in the save file for 180 days without being resaved are deleted automatically. Saved copies of existing bibliographic records that remain in the save file for 14 days without being modified or resaved are deleted automatically. New bibliographic records (without an OCLC control number) that remain in the save file for 28 days without being modified or resaved are deleted automatically.

To start a cataloging session, you need an OCLC Cataloging authorization number and password. To start a Dewey-Only session, you need an OCLC Cataloging service authorization that includes a subscription to WebDewey and/or Abridged WebDewey or an authorization for Dewey Services only. An inactivity timer ends a session automatically after a period of no interaction with the server. For cataloging sessions, 40 minutes of inactivity is the default setting; for Dewey Services-only sessions, 120 minutes.

View for editing in Dublin Core format. Provides lists for selecting DC element labels plus optional qualifiers and schemes (specific sets of qualifiers and schemes appropriate for each element). Uses full qualifier labels and standard syntax for adding qualifiers and schemes. Authority control functions are available.

View for editing Dublin Core format records. All fields are viewed and edited in a single large text box. Add Element function simplifies entry of labels, qualifiers and required punctuation and spacing. Direct access to input guidelines for DC elements not available. Authority control functions not available.

• Validate a record. You need to correct validation errors.
• Set your holdings. When the record is valid, your institution's OCLC symbol is associated with the record. For a new record, the system adds the record to WorldCat and assigns an OCLC control number.
• Display your copy of the record in local edit mode. Local data fields you added to the record are retained in your copy.