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OCLC PRODUCT OF THE MONTH : UNION LIST SERVICE
 
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND LOWER BORROWING COSTS BY SHARING RESOURCES

The OCLC Union List (UL) service multiplies your library's resources and lowers borrowing costs by helping you develop cooperative collections and use shared online holdings information to locate potential borrowers. OCLC offers online access to CONSER bibliographic records, the National Serials Data program, the U.S. Newspaper Program, 220 union list groups, and WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) with over 7.6 million Local Data Records (LDRs). OCLC offers offline access to the same serials holdings information through the Serials Union List Offline Products service.

Who Creates Union Lists?
Any library group can easily set up and maintain a national, state, regional, or topical (law, medical, theological, etc.) union list. OCLC members use OCLC Union List to enter holdings for serial and non-serial items as follows:

• Locate a record in the OCLC database
  
• List the copies and parts you hold
  
• Specify the location of each copy
  

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REPORT FROM OCLC MEMBERS COUNCIL MEETING

Presentations, minutes and a web cast of a portion of the May Members Council May meeting are now available on the OCLC web site at <http://www.oclc.org/oclc/uc/meet.htm>. During the three-day meeting, Council elected Larry Alford and Ian Mowat to the OCLC Board of Trustees and ratified amendments to OCLC's governance structure to facilitate broader participation in its cooperative by more libraries and institutions around the world.

Christa Burns
OCLC Member Services Coordinator
Nebraska Library Commission

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UPCOMING OCLC WEB INFORMATION SESSIONS

OCLC is offering FREE web information sessions that will include a live presentation that you will access via the web, with audio available via a conference call. Sessions are scheduled on QuestionPoint, Custom Cataloging services, Digital & Preservation Cooperative (Co-op), and ILLiad. You will be able to submit questions you have at any time during the presentation. Registration information can be found at the end of this article.

QuestionPoint
Make Digital Reference a Reality for your Library

Join OCLC to learn about the new QuestionPoint collaborative reference service that links a global network of reference librarians who interact with library users and share questions and answers. With QuestionPoint, your library will gain a powerful, easy-to-use resource to provide digital reference services. Your library users will gain a resource that enables them to submit questions at any time through your library's web site.

QuestionPoint extends reference support directly to your users through web-based forms and online chat capabilities, and it enables you to answer your users questions or route them to libraries within your group prior to escalating unanswered questions to the global network. In addition, learn about the QuestionPoint features that are coming soon as a result of a partnership with Convey Technologies.
 

Join us to learn more about the OCLC Custom Cataloging services and the OCLC MARC Record Service (OCLC MARS). OCLC Custom Cataloging services -OCLC TechPro and OCLC RetroCon- offer a complete range of cataloging and conversion services for all types of collections. We provide contract cataloging and physical processing for materials in all bibliographic formats and about 40 languages, for both long- and short-term solutions.

OCLC Custom Cataloging services let you add an experienced team of catalogers to your staff at a price you can afford. You can improve your users' search results by providing a complete and upgraded online catalog, with all of your records in full MARC format. Our services free your staff for higher priorities within your library, while giving your users access to your entire collection -even those you haven't yet found time to catalog.

To complement these services, we offer the OCLC MARC Record Service (MARS), providing authority control, bibliographic record upgrading, smart barcode number generation, ongoing authority updating and notification services, and record enrichment with tables of contents. And, if you're currently considering a change to a new local system, the time is right for you to consider authority control.

OCLC Digital & Preservation Cooperative
Managing Your Digital Library

Join us to learn more about the new OCLC Digital & Preservation Cooperative and an innovative new OCLC service --the CONTENTdm software suite.

The Digital & Preservation Cooperative provides a central knowledge base for digital activities throughout the information industry. It acts as a clearinghouse for information on grant and other funding resources and on digitization collaborative projects. Cooperative participants come together to share knowledge and to increase the value of digital collections by combining them with other collections. The Cooperative provides the latest in best practices, standards and technology white papers to help you learn more about digitization and preservation trends.

CONTENTdm enables your library to create, access and preserve special collections --on your library's computer or hosted on an OCLC server. CONTENTdm lets you start with a small number of images, demonstrate success to your staff, patrons, and funding sources and let your software grow with your collection. With CONTENTdm, you can turn your special collections into fully searchable online resources accessible from any web browser. And, as part of the Co-op, your library will receive a free starter kit to collect and store 500 images on the OCLC CONTENTdm hosted service. We'll review the software with you and show you how quickly you can begin using this cost-effective digital library resource.


OCLC ILLiad
See all the new enhancements to OCLC ILLiad and learn how you can improve your library's ILL efficiency with OCLC ILLiad.

Imagine having a new interlibrary loan management tool that allows your users to get the materials they need more quickly, while you eliminate all of those paper files that your library currently maintains. With OCLC ILLiad, your staff saves time by managing all your library's borrowing, lending, and document delivery through a single, Microsoft Windows-based staff interface. It also saves you time and money through online, automated procedures, improving the efficiency of your ILL department while giving your staff more powerful tools to use. And, now that OCLC ILLiad is ISO-ILL compliant, you can transmit and receive ILL requests from other ISO-ILL compliant services.

And now Version 6.0 of OCLC ILLiad will provide libraries with even more time saving features for both ILL staff and library end users. Version 6.0 will offer:

• OpenURL - Utilization of the latest OpenURL technology will allow your patrons to link directly from citations in WorldCat and other OCLC FirstSearch databases to OCLC ILLiad. Citation data will be automatically transferred to the patron's ILL request form, giving you authoritative citation information that includes ISSNs and ISBNs.
  
  
• End of reliance on OCLC Passport - As OCLC moves away from support of OCLC Passport, ILLiad will provide libraries with an ILL Management system that uses direct machine-to-machine links to the OCLC ILL service for a seamless batch updating of ILL requests.
  
  
• Even more Statistics - OCLC ILLiad now supports links to the OCLC ILL Management Statistics. Now you can generate statistics base on LC, Dewey or NLM call numbers to provide your Collection Analysis staff with access to statistics that provide most frequently requested book and journal titles that include their classification scheme.

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OCLC FIRSTSEARCH FEATURED DATABASE AND ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS ONLINE FEATURED PUBLISHER FOR SEPTEMBER 2002

Featured Database for September 2002 is PsycARTICLES

PsycARTICLES, produced by the American Psychological Association, is available during Spetember as the FirstSearch Featured Database of the Month. The database is available for searching at no charge from the FirstSearch web site at <http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/databases/index.htm>.

PsycARTICLES indexes selected peer-reviewed U.S., Canadian, and European journals in general and specialized psychology and includes full-text articles linked to every record. It includes all articles from the journal issues indexed, as well as errata and letters to the editor.

Featured Publisher for September 2002 is Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. <http://www.liebertpub.com/> is the OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online Featured Publisher for September 2002. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishes journals, trade magazines, newsletters and books in the areas of biomedical research, clinical medicine and surgery, law, and technology. Its journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses is available during September for searching at no charge from <http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/databases/index.htm>
and also from <http://www2.oclc.org/oclc/fseco/frames/frames_pub.asp>.

Please contact NEBASE (402-471-3107 or 800-307-2665) with questions about discounts for the featured Database or Journal, or OCLC Support <http://www.oclc.org/support/> with general questions.

To request trials of additional FirstSearch databases or Electronic Collections Online journals, please contact NEBASE (402-471-3107 or 800-307-2665).

Christa Burns
OCLC Member Services Coordinator
Nebraska Library Commission

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OCLC FIRSTSEARCH SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS

This article includes information for library staff in reference, interlibrary loan, collection development and systems.

Please contact NEBASE at 402-471-3107 or 800-307-2665 or OCLC User and Network Support, 800-848-5800 or e-mail <support@oclc.org> with questions about these enhancements to the OCLC FirstSearch service.

JULY 2002 ENHANCEMENTS

WORLDCAT
Additional Fields Displayed in Vernacular
The following fields will be added to those now displayed in the language in which items were originally cataloged: Identifier (653/a), Geographic (651/avxyz), Named Corporation (610/abcdefgklmnoprstuvxyz), Conference Author (111/acdefgklnpqtu, 711/acdefgklnpqtux).

Modification to Indexes in Advanced Search
The drop-down list of indexes available in WorldCat Advanced Search mode is now grouped into logical categories; for example, all author-related indexes appear together in the list.

In response to requests from users, two additional indexes have been added to this list: "Musical Composition" and "ISSN" (under Standard number).

Additional "More Like This" Options
The "More Like This" option, which allows a user to launch a search to find more items with the same title and author, now offers additional options for customizing the search. By clicking on the "Advanced Options" link in the "More Like This" field in the Brief or Detailed Record display, the searcher may use checkboxes to select from many more elements of the record to match on, including Publisher, Language, Material Type, Document Type, Subjects, and Class Description. The user may also combine choices using Boolean operators. This is a powerful and efficient way for users to extend successful searches in WorldCat.

FIRSTSEARCH CONTENT
New Electronic Collections Online Journals
Sixty-two new journals from thirteen publishers have been added to OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online. The new titles and their ISSNs are available at <http://www2.oclc.org/oclc/fseco/index.asp>.

Thesaurus Now Available in MLA International Bibliography
Users of the MLA International Bibliography database are now able to search the MLA Bibliography Thesaurus. As in the thesauri and subject heading files available in other FirstSearch databases, users access the MLA Thesaurus by clicking the Subjects icon on the basic, advanced, or expert search screen, then typing in a word or concept. The MLA Thesaurus supplies preferred term(s) for the search concept, along with broader and narrower terms, that may be expanded. Clicking a hotlinked term automatically launches a search.

FIRSTSEARCH FUNCTIONALITY
Simplified Chinese User Interface and Administrative Module Interface
The FirstSearch User Interface and Administrative Module Interface are now available in Simplified Chinese, in addition to the Japanese and Chinese (Traditional) interfaces that have been available since earlier this year. To optimally view the Asian language interfaces, users must have Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or above, or Netscape version 6.0 or above loaded on their computers. Although the use of a Japanese or Chinese operating system is not required, some interface display features (tool tips, title displays and alerts) may not display properly without the appropriate operating system. Characters in the Chinese and Japanese interfaces are displayed using Unicode (UTF-8 encoding). To view the interface with the intended character set, download and install a Unicode font such as Arial Unicode MS from <http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/aruniupd.aspx>.

AUGUST 2002 ENHANCEMENTS

WORLDCAT
Detailed Record Display Improved
In response to users' suggestions, the detailed record display has been changed slightly, making the information it contains easier to find, understand, and use:

• A copy of the abstract is included in the gray banner with the cover art and basic bibliographic information. (Long abstracts will be truncated after a certain number of characters.)
  
• The Mark checkbox is moved up, to the right of the Next navigation arrow
  
• The label TOC is changed to Table of Contents
  
• The label Class Descrpt is renamed Class Descriptors
  
• The name of the database is moved to the bottom of the record.
  

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OCLC FIRSTSEARCH FEATURED DATABASE AND ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS ONLINE FEATURED PUBLISHER FOR SEPTEMBER 2002

Featured Database for September 2002 is PsycARTICLES.

PsycARTICLES, produced by the American Psychological Association, is available during September as the FirstSearch Featured Database of the Month. The database is available for searching at no charge from the FirstSearch web site at <http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/databases/index.htm>.

PsycARTICLES indexes selected peer-reviewed U.S., Canadian, and European journals in general and specialized psychology and includes full-text articles linked to every record. It includes all articles from the journal issues indexed, as well as errata and letters to the editor.

Featured Publisher for September 2002 is Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. <http://www.liebertpub.com/> is the OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online Featured Publisher for September 2002. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishes journals, trade magazines, newsletters and books in the areas of biomedical research, clinical medicine and surgery, law, and technology. Its journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses is available during September for searching at no charge from <http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/databases/index.htm>
and also from <http://www2.oclc.org/oclc/fseco/frames/frames_pub.asp>.

Please contact NEBASE (402-471-3107 or 800-307-2665) with questions about discounts for the featured Database or Journal, or OCLC Support <http://www.oclc.org/support/> with general questions.

To request trials of additional FirstSearch databases or Electronic Collections Online journals, please contact NEBASE (402-471-3107 or 800-307-2665).

Christa Burns
OCLC Member Services Coordinator
Nebraska Library Commission

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OCLC ADDS ENHANCEMENTS TO INTERLIBRARY LOAN

OCLC has made the following changes to the ILL Web and Passport ILL interfaces as of July 14, 2002:

1. When the ILL Web interface was released last September, we included pre-programmed access keys that activated various links on the web pages. For example, from any screen, <Alt><2> would take the 'focus' to the Search & Create tab and then you would hit <Enter> to display the Basic Search screen. The new enhancement includes an automatic <Enter> which activates the choice immediately. For more information on the various keystrokes available, see the Local Browser Settings (on the logon screen), item #21.

2. In June we announced that any ILL records created from a WorldCat record in the ILL Web interface would include the bibliographic record's format information in the Verified field in addition to the existing bib information that is mapped to ILL fields. This month we have added the enhancement to ILL records created in the Passport interface. ALL OCLC ILL records created from WorldCat records will now include the format data in the Verified field.

Lenders will be able to immediately respond No or Conditional to requested items based on their format. Electronic books and serials will be easily identified.

Examples:
Author Darnay, Arsen.
Title The Karma Affair /
Imprint New York : Ace, 1979,c1978.
Series Ace Science fiction
Verified OCLC [Format: Book]

Title Pow Wow Times /
Imprint Saskatoon : The College, [199-?]-
Verified OCLC ISSN: 1203-8555 [Format: Serial]

Title The amateur astronomer
Imprint New York : J. Wiley, c2001.
Verified OCLC [Format: Book Electronic]

We hope this enhancement will help our lenders streamline their workflows by identifying non-circ items more efficiently.

Judith Carter & Cathy Kellum,
OCLC ILL Web Interface Managers

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OCLC RESOURCE SHARING AND PASSPORT

Heard any good Passport rumors lately?

Passport for Resource Sharing is not going away any time soon. In order for OCLC Resource Sharing to end its support for Passport we need to provide appropriate alternatives for ILL, for the Name-Address Directory (NAD) and for Union Listing. We have a great ILL web interface <http://illweb.oclc.org> and we are improving it to meet the needs of power users. It's not ready yet to replace Passport for production-oriented offices. The upcoming Policies Directory will be a total replacement for the NAD and we will be disabling NAD for ILL at some point in 2003. We do not yet have a schedule for a web interface for Union Listing.

Until we have all those alternatives in place-ILL web, Policies Directory and Union Listing-we will not end support for Passport for Resource Sharing. ILL ME doesn't use Passport so end of support for Passport does not effect ILL ME.

As another way of keeping up-to-date on OCLC Resource Sharing plans you might want to check out our updates to the ALA RUSA MOUSS ILL Committee. Those updates are always posted to the ALA site in connection with ALA and Midwinter. Here's a link to our most current update:
<http://www.ala.org/rusa/mouss/archives/ill/reports02/oclc_ann02.htm>.

Will we eventually end support for Passport for Resource Sharing? Yes, eventually, but there is no date set-it won't be in 2002. When we do have a date we will give you many months notice.

Collette Mak [edited]
Manager, Resource Sharing Product Management
 

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OCLC CONNEXION: CATALOGING AFTER OCLC PASSPORT

Visit the OCLC Web site or attend an OCLC conference presentation and there is no avoiding the phrase, "extending the cooperative." As part of its global strategy to transform the current library cooperative into a global digital community, OCLC will extend the content and scope of its WorldCat database and broaden the collective to include new participants and contributors, such as museums, archives, and publishers.

WorldCat will move beyond a bibliographic database to contain resources in all forms-text, graphic, sound, and motion. OCLC will automate new tools for capturing, creating, and managing metadata to improve productivity. This will require OCLC to replace its current data processing infrastructure with new, state-of-the-art systems built on open systems architectures that abide by international standards and promote information sharing. To that end, OCLC is planning to migrate from the current cataloging service and interfaces to a single system that takes advantage of the latest Web technology. For the latest information on OCLC's Strategic Direction, see <http://www.oclc.org/strategy/>.

Please note that the following discussion relates only to OCLC Cataloging. There is currently no time frame to discontinue Passport for ILL, the Name-Address Directory or Union Listing.

The new cataloging service, called OCLC Connexion, combines the most useful features of OCLC's Web browser-based systems such as CORC and Windows-based interfaces such as CatME. First released in July 2002, OCLC Connexion provides general cataloging functionality for all types of library materials. The system will be enhanced in a later release with an optional Windows-based tool set providing advanced functionality.

The first release includes the following capabilities:

• MARC or Dublin Core
  
• Workforms (templates) in all bibliographic formats
  
• Constant data
  
• Single or multiple record creation
  
• NACO functionality
  
• Linked authorities
  
• Importing records from your local system
  
• Offline products, such as catalog cards and accession lists
  

• Macros
  
• Offline local files
  
• Batch functions
  
• Customizable interface
  
• Labels
  
• Unicode support
  
• Additional metadata types
  
• Enhanced WorldCat
  
• Scoping
  

• Full-record views-Display and edit full records, not just one screen at a time.
  
• Constant data-Use templates to contain often used text and fixed-field elements.
  
• Automatic data extraction from online resources-Create preliminary records automatically from online resources.
  
• Dynamically linked authority headings-Easily determine if headings are linked to authority records.
  
• New keyword indexes for authorities searching-Make your authorities searching more precise.
  
• New Save File indexes-Search the Save File by author, title, record number, and record status.
  
• New workflow statuses-Set workflow statuses for your saved records such as "in process," "exported," and employ the user-defined, free-text "My Status" to enter notes about records.
  

• December 31, 2002: End of OCLC Support for Passport for Windows for cataloging. At this time OCLC will cease providing support or answering questions about Passport for cataloging, but the software will remain operational with the OCLC cataloging service until December 31, 2003.
  
• Second Quarter 2003: Release of Windows Client. First release will be online functionality and macros. Later in 2003, offline batch functionality and local files will be added.
  
• December 31, 2003: End-of-life date for Passport for Windows for cataloging. After this date Passport will no longer work with the cataloging service. Users must access the OCLC cataloging service with OCLC Connexion, CatME, the Windows Client, or another interface.
  

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OCLC CONNEXION LABEL ENHANCEMENTS

The OCLC Connexion August 2002 installation was successful on August 25, 2002 and included Label Printing for Cataloging along with various other enhancements. (See the separate N³ article for details about the other enhancements.)

Label printing will allow you to generate labels from the Cataloging tab using the OCLC Cataloging Label Program. You will be able to generate a single label from bibliographic records. The system will automatically launch the Label Program (if it is already installed and if it is not already open) and will display the label for you to edit, print, or save to the Label Program file. For single label creation, the View Label in Label Program command will be an entry on the Action menu for bibliographic records in edit mode for records retrieved from the WorldCat or the bibliographic save file. The command will only be available for the MARC Template and MARC Text Area views; it will not be available in Dublin Core views. You will be able to assign the View Label in Label Program command to a keystroke.

A Connexion version of the OCLC Cataloging Label Program (version 1.22) will be used to print labels. The first time you select the View Label in Label Program action using an authorization number, a warning message will display indicating that the Label Program is needed for printing labels. This warning message will appear only one time per authorization, even if you share the authorization with several persons. The message will read: OCLC Connexion uses the OCLC Cataloging Label Program for printing labels. You need to have Label Program 1.22 installed on your workstation to print labels with Connexion. The OCLC Cataloging Label Program is available for download from the OCLC web site at: <http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/label.htm>. Label Program 1.22 will be made available for download from the OCLC Access Suite download site. Label Program 1.22 will be available for electronic download only; it will not be available on compact disc.

In addition, Cataloging users will be able to flag records in the bibliographic save file to generate a label file. You will be prompted to save the file to your computer, and then you can import it into the Label Program as can be done with label files generated from Passport, CatME, etc. You do not need to have the Label Program installed to generate label files in this manner. You can create a label file on a workstation by flagging records in the Connexion bibliographic save file without the Label Program and then move the file to another workstation for printing.

Go to General/Admin Options/Preferences/Cataloging options to select a default label format of SL4, SL6, SLB, or SP1. The format specified is used for viewing a single label. However, you create a file of labels by flagging records in the bibliographic save file, the labels will be created in the SL4 format even if a different format is set in preferences. You can import the SL4 file into the Label Program and change the labels to the desired format in the Label Program.

An action status of Completed will be set for records pulled from WorldCat or from the bibliographic save file when a label display is successfully created. The status will be set to Failed if a label cannot be created. The status will work if you are creating a file of records for label printing or printing labels one by one. For bibliographic save file records, the status will only be set on records that are added to the save file after the label functionality is installed in Connexion. Records already in the save file will not have a label status set for them.

The Label Program allows you to print multiple copies of labels and add print constants and volume numbers to labels. You can save labels to the Label Program file to print groups of labels in batch. Batch printing is especially useful when printing to laser stock. The Label Program allows you to print to pin feed or laser stock.

OCLC expects to add single label printing to CatExpress in September 2002. More information on CatExpress will be announced in September 2002.

OCLC
Cataloging and Metadata Services

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OCLC CONNEXION MONTHLY MAINTENANCE INSTALLATIONS

OCLC plans to do monthly maintenance and quarterly enhancement installs for OCLC Connexion. The monthly installs include minor enhancements that do not affect documentation or training, as well as some problem fixes.

JULY INSTALLATION
The OCLC Connexion July maintenance installation was successful on Sunday, July 28, 2002. Changes include revised or additional confirmation messages, additional or revised Actions or Function dropdowns, as well as fixes such as the ability to resave records in the Save File, tabbing through Fixed Field elements, and reinstallation of the Extraction Shortcuts.

Confirmation message changes:

• The current Cataloging delete holdings confirmation message "Holdings have been deleted for your institution" will be changed to "Holdings deleted".
  
• Cataloging, Authorities, and Pathfinders Constant Data confirmation message added: Sorted by Constant Data Name.
  

• Pathfinder and Pathfinder Save File new confirmation messages include: Sorted by title; Sorted by descending date; Sorted by ascending date; Record/s flagged; Flag/s cleared; Sorted by Constant Data Name.
  
• User option to unflag the same set of RC records inserted into a Pathfinder record.

• User Note new confirmation messages include: Sorted by DDC; Sorted by title; Sorted by type of note.
  
• Dewey Notes Express, Abridged Dewey Notes, and Abridged Dewey Notes Express confirmation message changed from "Records added and holdings updated" to "Notes added" or "Note replaced".
  
• Abridged Dewey Notes confirmation message changed from "Record deleted" to "Note deleted".
  
• User Notes Actions dropdown "Clone Note" changed to "Derive New Note".
  

• Digital Archive Save File confirmation message changed to include the save file number.
  
• New Save File and Constant Data confirmation messages include: Sorted by title; Sorted by descending date; Sorted by ascending date; Record/s flagged; Flag/s cleared; Sorted by Constant Data Name.
  

• General tab/Admin/Extraction Shortcuts functionality restored.
  
• Changed holdings statement from "Held by XXX + XXX other institutions" to "Held by XXX and XXX other holdings".
  
• When saving a record to the save file (first time or subsequent) from Cataloging or Authorities, a prompt is returned. The user has the ability to set the status and select yes/no to save the record. The focus will now be on "Yes" so that Enter may be used to save the record. Previously, if Enter was pressed, the record was not saved in Cataloging and nothing happened in Authorities. The text on the screen has been changed to "Select Yes or press Enter to save the record" to make this more clear to users.
  
• CatExpress libraries with Electronic MARC subscriptions should now get the prompt "Download Records".
  
• Users have the ability to set their preferences so that fixed field labels on bibliographic records are help links. When this preference is turned on, tabbing through the fixed field moves from element box to element label. When this preference is turned off, tabbing through the fixed field moves from element box to element box.

• Label printing functionality to allow you to easily view labels in the OCLC Cataloging Label Program directly from displayed bibliographic records in Connexion - See separate N3 article for details.
  
• New logoff screen includes session duration information to help you track your online time
  
• New index to search the bibliographic save file by lock status to retrieve all of your saved records that have the master record locked in WorldCat
  
• Additional options to customize tabs and menus so you can set up your authorization number to only see the items that you use
  
• Changes to the MARC Template view so that the two indicator positions display in separate cells to make it easier to see which data is in indicator 1 and indicator 2 positions
  
• New Dewey-only session logon option, which allows Dewey Services subscribers to access WebDewey or Abridged WebDewey without per minute or simultaneous user Access and User Support Fees

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THREE NEW PROMPTCAT VENDORS

OCLC has added three new vendors who are now active participants in the OCLC PromptCat service.

• Coutts Library Services, Inc., U.S. and Canada divisions
  
• Matthews Medical Books
  
• Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.
  

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N³ (Ncubed) Newsletter is published bimonthly by the Nebraska Library Commission Network Services team. It is the intent of Network Services to promote and support libraries in their cooperative efforts to share resources and information. Circulation: 600. Published on PC software. Editor: Shannon Behrhorst. Word Processing: Jeannette Powell. ISSN 1082-4383 Send mail to: N³ Editor Nebraska Library Commission, The Atrium, 1200 N St., Suite 120, Lincoln, NE, 68508 Phone: 402-471-4031 or 800-307-2665 Fax: 402-471-2083 E-mail: Shannon Behrhorst Home Page: </netserv/netserv.html>

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