New Minitex OCLC Webinars

Those of you taking LIBT 2200 Introduction to Cataloging this semester or if you're a graduate - you may want to sign up for one or more of these webinars as continuing education. We use the web browser version of Connexion in our classes, but the Connexion client software is a free download if you want to play with it. Contact me to discuss getting temporary student access to Connexion if you're not working in a library that could provide it to you.

Minitex Bibliographic and Technical Services has scheduled the following webinars on OCLC-specific cataloging topics for February.

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Tools for Original Cataloging with Connexion Client

Do you do original bibliographic cataloging? Are you uncertain when original records are required and how to input them? This webinar will discuss criteria for creating new records and demonstrate Connexion Client tools (work forms, constant data, text strings, etc.) that can help you work faster and more efficiently.

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=98

Advanced Copy Cataloging Tools in Connexion Client

Are you looking for tools that would enable you to copy catalog more efficiently? In this webinar we will explore Connexion Client features that can help you when you’re editing a record—covering constant data and text strings, key mapping, and other labor-saving tools.

Monday, Feb. 7, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=264

Connexion Client Module 10: Basic Batch Processing

If you want to know how to use Connexion Client to perform searches and record actions (i.e. setting & deleting holdings, exporting, creating labels) using batch processing, you should attend this webinar.

Thursday, Feb. 17, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=298

Cataloging Options: When Full-Level Records Are Too Much

Sometimes new items in your collection require original cataloging, but you don’t have the time or the training to create full-level records for all of them. This webinar describes two less than full-level cataloging options— minimal-level records and core records — that can help you provide access to those items in a timely manner.

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=153

Local Holdings Maintenance

Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 1

This webinar will introduce library staff to the basics of editing Local Holdings Records (LHRs) through the OCLC Connexion Browser. We will discuss the implementation of MARC 21 format in OCLC, and demonstrate the steps required to update LHRs. In Part 1, the focus is on LHRs created by the automated migration from Passport UL, and trainees will learn how to update and delete holdings currently in the system. This webinar will include live demonstration of updating in OCLC Connexion.

Tuesday, February 15, 10:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=99

Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 2

This session will expand trainees' knowledge of Local Holdings Record maintenance though the OCLC Connexion Browser. Through live demonstration and exercises, we will learn how to create new LHRs - either from scratch, or by deriving a new LHR from an existing one.

Tuesday, February 22, 10:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=100

Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 3

Third in our series on Local Holdings Record (LHR) maintenance through the OCLC Connexion Browser. In this session, we'll work with less common holdings requiring extra fields, including multiple levels of detail, microform or supplemental materials, and more. For this session, you are invited to contact us with your examples of records that require more than a simple LHR.

Tuesday, March 1, 10:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=101

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Upcoming Webinars

Minitex Webinars offer great learning opportunities for students and recent graduates.

Minitex Bibliographic and Technical Services has scheduled the following webinars on cataloging in August and September.

Connexion Client Modules 3 & 4: Basic Editing, Record Processing, and Save File Maintenance

This course demonstrates how to use Connexion Client to process MARC records one at a time — including editing, update holdings, exporting, and creating labels. It also covers online and local save files.

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Central
Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=248

RDA: What It Is and What It Means To You

This information session will introduce participants to Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new manual of cataloging rules designed to succeed AACR2. The instructor will present a thumbnail sketch of RDA's contents, how these guidelines differ from AACR2 and relate to FRBR/FRAD, and what effects these may have on your library catalog. Information on the RDA Toolkit and the U.S. national libraries' RDA test will also be addressed. This is the first in a series of training sessions Minitex will offer on RDA and the RDA Toolkit.

Friday, Aug. 27, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=302

Tools for Original Cataloging with Connexion Client

Do you do original bibliographic cataloging? Are you uncertain when original records are required and how to input them? This webinar will discuss criteria for creating new records and demonstrate Connexion Client tools (workforms, constant data, text strings, etc.) that can help you work faster and more efficiently.

Wednesday, Sept. 1, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=98

Advanced Copy Cataloging Tools in Connexion Client

Are you looking for tools that would enable you to copy catalog more efficiently? In this webinar, we will explore Connexion Client features that can help you when you’re editing a record—covering constant data and text strings, keymapping, and other labor-saving tools.

Thursday, Sept. 9, 9:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=264

Connexion Client Module 10: Basic Batch Processing

If you want to know how to use Connexion Client to perform searches and record actions (i.e. setting & deleting holdings, exporting, creating labels) using batch processing, you should attend this webinar.

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m., Central

Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=298

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Upcoming Webinar from MINITEX

This webinar would be good brush-up for those of you who have taken INFS 1200 and/or INFS 2200, and good prep for those who will be taking these courses in our program.

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Connexion Browser Module 2: Basic Searching in Connexion Browser (Webinar)

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., CST
Cost: $50.00
Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#240

Description: Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching.

This online module provides instruction on performing basic bibliographic searches using OCLC’s Connexion Browser cataloging software. After completing this web-based training, learners will be able to conduct basic searches for bibliographic records in WorldCat, and evaluate whether a given record matches the item to be cataloged.

This is the second part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Browser.

Who should attend?: This course is designed for learners who have little or no previous experience with Connexion Browser, and who may be new to library work. This class will be of particular benefit to new copy catalogers. It will also be beneficial to original catalogers who need to determine, before they create an original record, that no matching record exists.

Prerequisites: Ability to log on to Connexion Browser; knowledge of MARC records sufficient to recognize components such as field and subfield and to identify data such as title, edition, publisher, physical description.

Cataloging Volunteer Opportunity in NY

Cataloging Assistant volunteer position available at The Morgan Library & Museum (NYC)

The Collection Information Systems Department of The Morgan Library & Museum is seeking volunteers to assist in various cataloging activities.

Reporting to the Head of Cataloging and Database Maintenance, the Cataloging Assistant will create and update records in CORSAIR, the Morgan’s online collections catalog, in OCLC’s WorldCat, and in the local collection management system. The Cataloging Assistant will also assist the Department of Collection Information Systems in gathering and standardizing metadata about collection items, such as exhibition histories and bibliographies. Training will be provided as needed.

Library cataloging background is preferred, including experience with the MARC format, AACR2, authority control, online library systems in general, and OCLC’s Connexion client. Other computer skills, such as experience with Microsoft Access, and knowledge of foreign languages, are appreciated. Work involves sitting at a computer terminal and typing for extended periods of time. Applicant is expected to work independently as well as part of a team.
The Morgan welcomes inquiries from qualified candidates. Please contact Jane Lattes, Director of Volunteer Services by phone at 212-590-0327, or by e-mail at jlattes@themorgan.org. In your e-mail, please be sure to include your phone number and best times to reach you.

Elizabeth O'Keefe

Elizabeth O'Keefe
Director of Collection Information Systems
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016-3405

TEL: 212 590-0380
FAX: 212-768-5680
NET: eokeefe@themorgan.org
Visit CORSAIR, the Library’s comprehensive collections catalog, now on
the web at
http://corsair.themorgan.org

Minnesota Library Association Conference Coming Up

The Minnesota Library Association's annual conference will be held on October 24-26, 2007, in Mankato. The bad news is that the Early Bird discounted registration period is already over. The good news is there's a not-quite-so-early-bird discount available until September 9th. Check out the conference program at:

http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/conf_2007/emlaprogram_2007.pdf

Yours truly will be presenting, with Nicole Herold of Ramsey County Library, on Wednesday, October 24, in Session B5 - "Top 3 Cataloging Things to Spend Your Time On." Tom Eland and I will be at an information table for our program as well.

Come spend some time schmoozing with your library colleagues, and network, network, network!