-------- Original Message -------- Subject: OCLC QC Tip of the Month DEC 2011: Free web sessions available Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:41:40 -0500 From: Goodson,Luanne <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: askqc <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> [Cross-posted to multiple lists-- please excuse/ignore duplication] ************************************************************************ ************************************* A number of OCLC cataloging-related webinars are recorded and freely available on the OCLC website here: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/quality/expert/websessions.htm A few of the more recent presentations include: Update on Controlling Headings in WorldCat and Connexion Changes Becky Dean, OCLC discusses changes to controlling functionality in WorldCat along with changes to Connexion that apply to users of both the Web-based Connexion browser interface and the Windows-based Connexion client interface. The changes covered include those that support automatic date expansion for personal names, reduce unexpected automatic subfield flips, and resolve known problems in controlling. Information about Connexion changes related to the OCLC-MARC Bibliographic, Authority and Holdings Formats Update 2011 and upcoming controlling efforts in WorldCat, is also provided. [WebEx recording, 45 minutes] OCLC CJK User Group Chinese Cataloging Webinar Charlene Chou of Columbia University leads a webinar on Chinese cataloging. [50 minutes] OCLC CJK User Group Japanese Cataloging Webinar Keiko Suzuki, Japanese Officer for the OCLC CJK Users Group and Japanese Catalog Librarian at Yale University, leads a webinar on how to identify and handle catalog records that originate in Japan. [52 minutes] Genre/Form Headings webinar Linda Gabel, OCLC, discusses changes to the way the Library of Congress genre terms are tagged in MARC records. The discussion also includes usage of other genre/form vocabularies in MARC records. May 12, 2011 Connexion Enhancements Learn about authority control improvements that will apply to Windows-based Connexion client and Web-based Connexion browser users. The enhancements to Connexion client version 2.30 are also discussed. [49 minutes] If you have an idea for a webinar which you feel would be helpful to most users please let us know via email to: [log in to unmask] Luanne Goodson Consulting Database Specialist OCLC Quality Control Section 6565 Kilgour Place MC 139 Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395