Local Holdings Maintenance Online Sessions

WiLS and the MINITEX network are collaborating to offer more training opportunities for our member libraries. To kick off this partnership, WiLS is hosting the following web sessions on Local Holdings Maintenance; Dave Linton, MINITEX, is the instructor. There is a $25 fee for each registered site, but WiLS is covering the cost for Wisconsin libraries. Please register for these sessions through the WislineWeb link next to each course description.
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Local Holdings Maintenance, Part 3, Thursday, May 8, 2008, 1:30-3:00PM (recording)
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.
Who should attend?: Library staff responsible for updating their library's Local Holdings in OCLC. It is not necessary to attend this session if your library doesn't have holdings of this type.

Prerequisites: Must have taken Local Holdings Maintenance - Parts 1 and 2.

Download handouts for Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 3

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Local Holdings Maintenance, Part 2, Thursday, May 1, 2008, 1:30-3:00PM (recording)
This session will expand trainees knowledge of Local Holdings Record maintenance though the OCLC Connexion Browser. Through live demonstration and excercises, we will learn how to create new LHRs either from scratch or by deriving a new LHR from an existing one.

Who should attend?: Library staff responsible for updating their library's Local Holdings in OCLC.

Prerequisites: Must have taken Local Holdings Maintenance - Part1. It is strongly recommended that staff have viewed the OCLC Local Holdings Tutorials covering creating and deriving LHRs in the Connexion Browser.

Download handouts for Local holdings Maintenance - Part 2

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Local Holdings Maintenance, Part 1, Thursday, April 24, 2008, 1:30-3:00PM (recording)
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.

Who should attend?: Library staff responsible for updating their library's Local Holdings in OCLC.

Prerequisites: It is strongly recommended that staff have viewed the OCLC Local Holdings Tutorials and/or have searched for LHRs in the Connexion Browser.

Handouts for Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 1