WiLS OCLC Summaries

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WiLS OCLC Summary - April 23-May 5, 2008 (pdf)

Contents:

WiLS News

• Upcoming WiLS FREE Web Conferences

May 8, 1:30-3:30p.m.: Local Holdings Maintenance, Part 3

WiLS is hosting three web sessions on Local Holdings Maintenance; Dave Linton, MINITEX, will be the instructor. The final session will cover special cases such as those that need 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.

For more information and to register, visit the WiLS Local Holdings Maintenance web page.

May 8, 2008, 10:30-11:30a.m.: WiLS Financial e-Account Update: New Options and Functionality

Learn more about navigating and managing your WiLS financial e-Account with Kathy Schneider.

May 13, 10:30a.m.: Authorities and Identities (Connexion Editing Techniques)

In this session for catalogers, NOT just authoritarians, Victor Gorodinsky, cataloger at UW-Madison Memorial Library, will give a whirlwind tour of authorities, authority records, and authority control. We'll also look at how authorities, in combination with FRBR concepts, have been leveraged for use in the innovative new project, WorldCat Identities. For more information visit the Connexion Editing Techniques web page.

See our full listing of FREE Web Conferences: >>> calendar


General

• Save the date: WiLSWorld 2008, July 22-24

The 2008 WiLSWorld Conference will be July 23-24 at the Madison Pyle Center. The outstanding speaker lineup includes Roy Tennant, John Blyberg, and R. David Lankes - don't miss out!

In addition, on July 22 you can join us for the first ever WiLSWorld Camp, a half day pre-conference designed and delivered by the attendees. In this our inaugural effort the topics will be concentrated on the upcoming next generation of library catalogs and integrated library systems.

For more information visit the WiLSWorld web site.

• Getting to Success with NetLibrary: Live Web Sessions

Attention current NetLibrary customers: join OCLC for free live Web sessions dedicated to the success of your NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook collections. Upcoming topics include:

For more information, visit the OCLC web site.

• NetLibrary Spring Collection Reminder

Remember to sign up for the Wils 2008 Spring Collections by June 23 and increase the quality and size of your eBook collection with the new NetLibrary Shared eBook Collections. Now you can expand your library's catalog of authoritative frontlist titles in key subject areas and provide 24/7 access to users. You can choose from three collections hand-picked by the OCLC ccollection development team: Ready Reference, Community College, and Academic.

Contact Nichole Fromm at 608-890-2356 or nfromm@wils.wisc.edu; or Mike Morey at OCLC at 800-898-6252 x3810 or moreym@oclc.org to place your order. Visit the WiLS web site for additional information.

Cataloging

• See also Connexion Editing Techniques.

• Peer Council Update

We're excited to announce more details on the afternoon concurrent session for Peer council, a discussion of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control's report, "On the Record." From the report:

The future of bibliographic control will be collaborative, decentralized, international in scope, and Web-based. Its realization will occur in cooperation with the private sector, and with the active collaboration of library users. Data will be gathered from multiple sources; change will happen quickly; and bibliographic control will be dynamic, not static. The underlying technology that makes this future possible and necessary - the World Wide Web - is now almost two decades old. Libraries must continue the transition to this future without delay in order to retain their significance as information providers.

Join us for a discussion of this landmark report and the response from the library community. We'll hear reactions and perspectives from panelists with varied backgrounds: Michael Cohen, Head, Copy Cataloging & Catalog Maintenance Units at UW-Madison General Library System; Amy Gannaway, Cataloging and PAC Support Specialist at SCLS LINK; Allison Kaplan, Associate Faculty Associate at UW-SLIS; and Deb Shapiro, Instructional Program Manager at UW-Madison SLIS. Bring your comments and questions for what promises to be a lively discussion.

Worried about missing out on the DEMCO book repair workshop? Even if you choose to attend the panel, you may take home a complimentary book repair kit. Attendants to the book repair workshop are reminded to bring a pair of scissors and a HARDBOUND book with a spine width of 3/4" to 1" (no smaller, no larger). This book should be a DISCARDED BOOK as the cover will be cut off and repaired for training purposes.

For more information and to register, visit the Peer Council web site.

• Temporary hold on Local Holdings Offline Product orders

In order to install a fix to a problem with the Local Holdings Offline Product process, OCLC has decided to hold LHOP orders placed May 1st-11th. No action is necessary, as any affected libraries will be notified, and further OCLC expects that the promised three week turnaround time frame will not be affected. Contact Nichole Fromm (nfromm @ wils.wisc.edu) or Jane Richard (jrichard @ wils.wisc.edu) for more information.

Reference and Resource Sharing

• AskAway News

The March/April 2008 AskAway Newsletter is now available on the AskAway Wiki. Editor Martha Farley Berninger is eager for feedback on how to make this a more valuable resource for AskAway participants and members of the larger library community, so do feel free to share your thoughts.

• MidwestILLiad Users Group Wiki

The MidwestILLiad Users Group is pleased to invite you to their wiki, a place to learn about the Users Group, contribute your ideas, tips, tricks and problems. Share and learn with your ILLIad colleagues across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. To contribute or for more information, contact Mark Beatty (mbeatty @ wils.wisc.edu).

 

Digitization and Preservation

• CONTENTdm Featured Collections: April 2008

Every month, OCLC features digital collections that use ContentDM. The featured collections for April are:

For more information, visit the CONTENTdm Featured Collections page.

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Compiled by Nichole Fromm, nfromm at wils.wisc.edu

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