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Recent Web sessions and recorded presentations

Topic and brief descriptionDate recorded
OCLC CJK User Group Chinese Cataloging Webinar
Charlene Chou of Columbia University leads a webinar on Chinese cataloging. [50 minutes]		 September 28, 2011
Update on Controlling Headings in WorldCat and Connexion Changes
Becky Dean, OCLC discusses changes to controlling functionality in WorldCat along with changes to Connexion that apply to users of both the Web-based Connexion browser interface and the Windows-based Connexion client interface. The changes covered include those that support automatic date expansion for personal names, reduce unexpected automatic subfield flips, and resolve known problems in controlling. Information about Connexion changes related to the OCLC-MARC Bibliographic, Authority and Holdings Formats Update 2011 and upcoming controlling efforts in WorldCat, is also provided. [WebEx recording, 45 minutes]		 August 18, 2011
From Charles Cutter to Tim Berners-Lee: Data Quality in the 21st Century
Lars Svensson of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek discusses the DNB's work with linked data, Adam Schiff of the University of Washington and Michael Norman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talk about their libraries' participation in the Expert Community, and Glenn Patton from OCLC tells about collaborative initiatives involving WorldCat that improve data quality, collective metadata management and access to library resources. 		June 26, 2011
OCLC CJK User Group Japanese Cataloging Webinar
Keiko Suzuki, Japanese Officer for the OCLC CJK Users Group and Japanese Catalog Librarian at Yale University, leads a webinar on how to identify and handle catalog records that originate in Japan. [52 minutes]		 June 08, 2011
Genre/Form Headings webinar
Linda Gabel, OCLC, discusses changes to the way the Library of Congress genre terms are tagged in MARC records. The discussion also includes usage of other genre/form vocabularies in MARC records.		 May 12, 2011
Connexion Enhancements
Learn about authority control improvements that will apply to Windows-based Connexion client and Web-based Connexion browser users. The enhancements to Connexion client version 2.30 are also discussed. [49 minutes]		 April 20, 2011
Cataloging Defensively: When to Input a New Record in the Age of DDR
"Cataloging Defensively: When to Input a New Record in the Age of DDR". During the session, Jay Weitz, OCLC, discusses the importance of creating a new WorldCat record that distinguishes itself from others.

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 October 28, 2010
Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference
Karen Calhoun, Vice President, Metadata Services, OCLC, shared the latest perspectives on metadata and cataloging trends. Mary Alice Robinson, Senior Training Coordinator, OCLC, provided the latest tips and tricks for cataloging efficiencies. We also featured the following speakers from our member community, who highlighted efficiencies and discussed challenges at their libraries during the panel discussion portion of the program:

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 October 01, 2010
Controlling headings in Connexion

An overview during which you'll learn:

  • The benefits of incorporating controlling into your cataloging workflow,
  • An overview of the three different types of controlling (single, multi-control, control all),
  • Use of fixed field elements in controlling,
  • The scope of current controlling functionality,
  • A review of current 'known problems'.

Prerequisite: The session is aimed at those that are familiar with controlling functionality in the Connexion client. Attendees are encouraged to view the Controlling Headings in Bibliographic Records tutorial beforehand.

Download the presentation [PowerPoint: 1.24 MB]

 August 31, 2010
Cataloging Alchemy: Making Your Data Work Harder
OCLC staff provide a cataloging update and discuss tools that help WorldCat data work harder for you and lay a foundation for more effective use of bibliographic data on the web. 		June 28, 2010
Redesigning Technical Services Workflows

Recorded at the ALA Annual 2010 conference.  Panelists discuss the discoverability, synchronization and syndication of library data and new ways of updating library holdings information.

Speakers include Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic, The University of Auckland Library, and Ted Fons, OCLC.

 June 26, 2010
Redesigning Technical Services Workflows
Leaders in the global technical services community share their perspectives on the theme, "Dollars and sense: paying for the collaborative national bibliographic framework." Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services, Alasdair Ball, Head of Collection Acquisition and Description, British Library, Ruth Fischer, R2 Consulting LLC, and Brian E. C. Schottlaender, The Audrey Geisel University Librarian, UC San Diego, presented. 		January 16, 2010
Provider-Neutral Webinar
New provider-neutral cataloging policy changes the cataloging of online monographic resources resulting in fewer bibliographic records. Also see the Powerpoint slides. 		December 15, 2009
Expert Community Experiment Wrap-up Webinar
The webinar, recorded on Sept. 25, 2009, provides a report on the results of the Experiment.  54 minutes in length.		 September 21, 2009
Online catalogs: designing with users in mind
The webinar, “Online Catalogs: Designing with Users in Mind”, recorded Aug. 13, 2009, featured Karen Calhoun and Christie Heitkamp of OCLC reporting on their online catalog research findings, discussing user and usability studies and describing resulting changes made to WorldCat, WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local. During the event, the presenters chatted virtually with participants and the chat dialog is available along with the event recording and polling results.		 August 13, 2009
Redesigning Technical Services Workflows  [Streaming video, 1:54:15]
Presentations include "Streamlining Book Metadata Workflow":  A Report from NISO and OCLC presented by Todd Carpenter, NISO, and Renee Register, OCLC; The Only Constant is Change presented by Arlene Klair, University of Maryland Libraries; and Technical Services for a Radically New Reality presented by Rick Anderson, University of Utah. 		July 11, 2009
Parallel Records Webinar  [Video, 00:59:07]
This webinar discusses non-English records, parallel records, hybrid records, and what to do when you come across any of these in WorldCat. 		June 17, 2009
Expert Community Experiment Webinar  [Streaming video, 00:58:00]

The webinar introduces the Expert Community Experiment pilot.

 February 25, 2009
Redefining Technical Services Workflows with OCLC

OCLC is helping libraries reenvision the technical services workflow in order to eliminate redundancy, improve efficiency and enhance access to library materials. A panel, consisting of four leaders in the library community, shares their approaches to improving their technical services workflows and user experiences.

 January 24, 2009

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