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OCLC Connexion Client Version 2.10 Released
Connexion client version 2.10 is available for download from the Software download area of the OCLC Product Services Web. You will be required to upgrade to version 2.10 by April 1, 2008. An upgrade warning message will begin appearing when you start version 1.7x or 2.00 beginning in early February 2008.
If you have been using version 1.7x, you will receive all the enhancements from version 2.00 in addition to the enhancements in version 2.10. You can upgrade directly from 1.7x to version 2.10. For more detail and to download the client, go to Connexion client recent enhancements. http://www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/enhancements/recent.htm

Enhancements in version 2.10 include:

Please contact OHIONET at 1-800-686-8975 or memserv@ohionet.org if you have any questions or need further information.

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OCLC Releases OCLC Connexion Import for Digital Collections

The new OCLC Connexion digital import feature allows catalogers using the Connexion client (version 2.0 and higher) to add digital items to CONTENTdm collections during the Connexion cataloging process. This new feature streamlines digital collection creation by integrating it with standard cataloging workflows.

The latest release of the CONTENTdm® Digital Collection Management Software (version 4.3) supports the Connexion digital import and makes it even easier for libraries to integrate digital collection growth into their current cataloging workflows.
Connexion catalogers can attach a digital file (or files, if more than one digital file is associated with the same record) to their WorldCat record by using the Connexion client. The digital file is then added to the designated CONTENTdm collection along with its associated metadata record. Metadata records are mapped to Qualified Dublin Core when added to the CONTENTdm collection, TIFF images are converted to JPEG2000, and OCR is performed for TIFF images comprising compound objects. PDF processing occurs if enabled in the CONTENTdm collection. Additionally, the OCLC number from the WorldCat record is added to the new OCLC number administrative field in CONTENTdm.

Digital items added to CONTENTdm using the Connexion client are discoverable from OCLC FirstSearch, WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local. Each digital item added to CONTENTdm using the Connexion client is associated with its WorldCat record via a persistent URL based on the OCLC number (WorldCat accession number) of the WorldCat record. The persistent URL of the form

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/<oclc#>/viewonline

provides one-click access to the digital content. By integrating digital collection creation with standard cataloging workflows, Connexion digital import provides an additional option for organizations looking to expand participation in growing and maintaining their digital collections.
The Connexion digital import requires both an OCLC Cataloging subscription and the use of CONTENTdm Hosting Services.

CONTENTdm offers a complete set of tools to store, manage and deliver digital collections such as documents, photographs, newspapers, audio and video on the Web.

More information about Connexion digital import is available here.

Further questions may be directed to OHIONET at 1-800-686-8975 or memserv@ohionet.org.

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Checking your OCLC WorldCat Registry Profile

Have you checked your WorldCat Registry profile?

OCLC’s WorldCat Registry is a Web-based directory for libraries and library consortia. The Registry is designed to save you time by serving as a single distribution point of information that defines your institutional identity, including services, relationships and contacts.

You no longer have to use different interfaces and methods to communicate this key data to other libraries, vendors, funding agencies and additional third parties. Instead of a tangle of faxed paper forms, phone calls and Web sites, you maintain one profile in one placeand share it with the people who need access to its information.

You may have a profile already—check for it now!

The Registry is open to all libraries and consortia inside and outside the OCLC cooperative. OCLC has automatically created WorldCat Registry profiles for many institutions, including its member libraries, and pre-populated those profiles with existing data.

OCLC recommends that you visit the WorldCat Registry home page and search the Registry for an auto-generated profile for your library. You can create a user account online or log in with your user account for the OCLC Online Service Center or WorldCat Services (FirstSearch) and begin updating and adding information to your registry’s profile.

Why it's Important

OCLC member libraries' WorldCat Registry profiles will be relied upon more and more as OCLC consolidates the collection of many types of data in the Registry. OCLC will also automatically transfer applicable profile information such as OPAC URL, OpenURL Server location or your library's Web site address into WorldCat.org. All libraries will benefit as profile information is syndicated across the Web sites where information seekers start to search, including WorldCat.org. So make a note to keep your profile current!

You can learn more about the Registry at:
http://www.worldcat.org/webservices/registry/xsl/about

 

OCLC MEMBERS: A note about maintaining IP address data

If you currently maintain an IP address setting for your institution in the FirstSearch Administrative Module and/or other OCLC applications, for the moment you should continue to maintain the setting in those interfaces. IP address information stored in a WorldCat Registry profile is, temporarily, provided only for the informational purposes of parties with whom you share your profile. OCLC will be applying data from the IP address portion of your Registry profile to other OCLC applications at a later date.

If you have further questions, please contact OHIONET at 1-800-686-8975, or memserv@ohionet.org.

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Coutts Information Services and YBP Library Services Become WorldCat Selection Partners

OCLC is pleased to announce that Coutts Information Services and YBP Library Services have agreed to become a WorldCat Selection partners

Coutts Information Services provides book supply, collection management and shelf-ready services to libraries throughout the world. Coutts offers approval and new title notification plans based on customized library profiles, as well as firm and standing orders. Coutts is a global partner able to help libraries with the transition from print to electronic content, offering the MyiLibrary aggregated eBook platform, and integrated workflow processes. With offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Coutts serves libraries around the world. To find out more about Coutts, go to: http://www.couttsinfo.com/.

YBP Library Services, founded in 1971, provides books and supporting collection management and technical services to academic, research and special libraries around the world. Acquired by Baker & Taylor in 1999, YBP has over 300 employees and supports a growing database of nearly 3 million English-language titles. YBP's headquarters are located in Contoocook, New Hampshire, a village 70 miles north of Boston. Their U.K. office, Lindsay and Croft, is in Godalming, a town in the county of Surrey, approximately 35 miles southwest of London. For more information about YBP or Lindsay and Croft, please see http://www.ybp.com/ or http://www.lindsayandcroft.com/.

To see a complete list of WorldCat Selection vendors, both currently active and forthcoming, go to:
http://www.oclc.org/selection/partners/default.htm.

For further information, please contact OHIONET at memserv@ohionet.org, or 1-800-686-8975.

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Blackwell Book Services becomes an active WorldCat Selection service partner

WorldCat Selection subscribers can now receive notification records for Blackwell Book Services materials within the WorldCat Selection interface. WorldCat Selection, based on ITSO CUL (Integrated Tool for Selection and Ordering at Cornell University Library), allows selectors of library materials to view new title data from multiple materials vendors in one central, comprehensive system.  Libraries are able to get WorldCat records for newly selected materials into their integrated library systems early in the technical services process, as well as share selection decisions with others in their institutions.
For 128 years, Blackwell has supplied academic and research libraries with books and bibliographic support.  Blackwell aims to help its customers keep the costs of identifying and acquiring materials, both print and electronic, as low as possible.  Blackwell's services, tools, and partnerships reflect their commitment to creating efficient library workflow solutions.  Blackwell has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia. It is their mission to be the partner of choice in building library collections. Blackwell accomplishes this by providing innovative responses and solutions to the rapidly changing ways in which information is published, distributed, and accessed. 

You can find out more about Blackwell at http://www.blackwell.com. Information about OCLC’s WorldCat Selection can be found at http://www.oclc.org/selection/default.htm. If you have specific questions, please contact OHIONET at 1-800-686-8975 or memserv@ohionet.org.

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CONTENTdm 4.3

OCLC is pleased to announce the upcoming release of CONTENTdm 4.3. CONTENTdm 4.3 will be available in October and is free to all users with a current Annual Maintenance Agreement.  

Update kits will be available for download from the User Support Center. CD copies will also be available by request for those organizations that wish to do a new install. All primary contacts will be notified when the software is available and notices will also be posted to the CONTENTdm listserv.

To introduce CONTENTdm 4.3, OCLC will be hosting Web-based user meetings for CONTENTdm users on Tuesday, October 2nd from 1:00-3:00 p.m. and Wednesday, October 3rd from 2:00-4:00 p.m. (all are Eastern Time).

The sessions will cover the latest release of CONTENTdm and will include time for your questions. For those of you who are unable to attend one of the sessions, a recording will be available on the User Support Center. Additionally, the CONTENTdm User Meeting at ALA will cover the same material.

To signup for a Web session, follow the registration instructions below. You do not need any special equipment to participate; all you need is a computer with an Internet connection and a telephone. If multiple people from your organization wish to attend the Web session we ask that you share a phone line to make space available for other CONTENTdm users.

Registration
To register, please go to the registration page for the date of your choice (select one):

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 1:00-3:00 PM EDT

Wednesday, October 3 from 2:00-4:00 PM EDT

If you are attending as a group with others from your organization only one person needs to register. Details for logging on to the CONTENTdm Web session will be sent to you before the meeting. If you have questions about using MS Live Meeting, please contact Terri Dawson at OCLC at 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6251, or dawsont@oclc.org.

 Feature preview 

CONTENTdm 4.3 will have several new features, a few of which are described below.

The search engine upgrade, which was originally planned for this release, has been postponed until Version 4.4. This version will incorporate the powerful OCLC Find search engine that is used for OCLC’s WorldCat.  

A complete feature list will be available on the CONTENTdm User Support Center when the software is released.  

If you have any further questions, please contact OHIONET at 1-800-686-8975, e-mail memserv@ohionet.org, or Claire Cocco at 1-860-216-5507, e-mail claire_cocco@oclc.org.

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CONTENTdmCONTENTdm Users Wiki

The CONTENTdm Western Users Group has established a CONTENTdm Users Wiki. The resource can be found at:

http://www.consultdm.com/wiki/

The wiki was established to facilitate the use and development of CONTENTdm for displaying digital assets. It should serve as a knowledge base and a discussion of all things related to CONTENTdm including metadata, digitization, enhancement requests, customizations, policies, and procedures. Users are encouraged to add their ideas, methods, code, and best practices.

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