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A monthly publication containing announcements, explanations, procedures and technical information about OCLC services, systems and products. It includes sections targeted at Cataloging, Resource Sharing and Reference staff as well as items of general interest.

Current Issue

  • January/February 2012 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.19 MB)
    Upcoming Minitex/OCLC Training • ALA Midwinter Summary • ALCTS Continuing Education Opportunities • Genre/Form Webinar • OCLC Research Webinar: Libraries as Read/Write Services • Minitex RDA Mailing List • RDA Training • Connexion Client Update • Article Exchange Integrated Into WorldCat Resource Sharing • ALA Midwinter CONTENTdm User Group Meeting

Previous Issues

2011

  • December 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.92 MB)
    Mark Wilhelmi Retires from Minitex • Retirement Celebration for Bill DeJohn • Introducing OCLC WorldShare • Top 25 US Public Libraries' Collective Collection • New Minitex Genre Webinar • RDA Notes • New ALCTS Webinars Announced • OCLC FAST Prototype Has New User Interface • CONTENTdm User Group Summary
  • October/November 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.51 MB)
    OCLC Americas Regional Council Nominations • Regional Fall Conferences Summary • RDA Notes • Toward A New Bibliographic Framework • WorldCat Quality Report Released • Minitex RDA Discussion List Survey Results • End of Life for Connexion Client 2.2/2.1 Pushed Back • Virtual ALCTS Midwinter Symposium • Two New Minneapolis Resource Sharing Workshops
  • September 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.46 MB)
    Minitex Staff at Fall Conferences • OCLC Research Launches New Publication & Report • Changes to OCLC’s Electronic Collections Online • Deadline To Upgrade to Connexion Client 2.3 • Reminder: Minitex RDA E-mail Discussion List Proposal and Survey • OCLC’s “Good Practices” Series Recordings Available • Upcoming ALCTS Webinars and E-Forums • WorldCat Resource Sharing Update • Upcoming OCLC Research Webinar: Scan and Deliver
  • August 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.59 MB)
    No Cost OCLC Training • New Oral History Interview: Kathy Drozd • OCLC Recordings from ALA Annual Now Online • OCLC Membership Report Released • Minitex RDA E-mail Discussion List Proposal and Survey • RDA and FRBR/FRAD Webinars on the Docket • Minitex/OCLC Training Scheduled • OCLC’s Article Exchange • Save the Date and Call for Proposals
  • July 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.16 MB)
    The Minitex Oral History Project • 2011 ALA Annual Conference Summary • Sizing Up RDA: A Summary of the Test Coordinating Committee Report • Upcoming ALCTS Webinars on RDA • Contract Cataloging Pricing for FY12 • Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Update • ALA CONTENTdm User Group Summary
  • June 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.48 MB)
    End of MULS as Separate Minitex Program • OCLC at ALA Annual • WorldCat Registry Changes • New Palgrave Macmillan and OCLC Partnership • FirstSearch Database Changes • RDA: The Waiting Game • Connexion Client Authority Control Enhancements • New OCLC Cataloging Efficiencies Portal • WorldCat Resource Sharing Enhancements • New OCLC Research Report: Rapid Capture
  • May 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.44 MB)
    Fond Farewell To Retirees • Congrats to Ann Pederson, OCLC Global Council Member • Short-Term Access to E-books from MyiLibrary in WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad • New Collection Management Blog: Collection Connection • OCLC Events at ALA • Connexion Client Version 2.30 Has Arrived • Upcoming Training Opportunities • OCLC Best Practices Webinar • MDL Annual Meeting Registration • Scan and Deliver: Managing User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives • CONTENTdm Collections
  • April 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.47 MB)
    Meet The BATS Staff • NISO Publication Now Open Access • More Publisher Content in WorldCat Local • OCLC Usage Statistics Update • Library Technology Conference • RDA Test Records Available for Download: Update • U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Report News • DDC 23 is Coming Soon! • MDL Annual Meeting: Save the Date • CONTENTdm 6 Released • CONTENTdm Featured Collections
  • March 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 4.54 MB)
    OCLC Holds Prices Flat for FY12 • What’s New at OCLC • OCLC Research Report: Cloud Sourcing Research Collections • OCLC Usage Statistics Enhancements • OCLC Research YouTube Channels • New Geek the Library Report • RDA at ALA Midwinter • University of North Dakota Testing RDA • New Cataloging Resources on Minitex Website • Amigos Online RDA Conference • CONTENTdm Featured Collections
  • February 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.46 MB)
    Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community • Vote For OCLC Council Officers and Delegates • ALA Midwinter Summary • New WorldCat Knowledge Base • Cataloging with RDA: Frequently Asked Questions Answered and Unanswered • Webinar: RDA Ask-the-Experts • OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Training from WiLS
  • January 2011 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 2.21 MB)
    OCLC Research Update • WorldCat Collection Analysis: Conference Call Summary • EZproxy Hosted Service Now Available from OCLC • OCLC Increases Content Accessible through WorldCat Local • Connexion Client Tip • Upcoming ALCTS Webinars • RDA Test Records Available for Download • Upcoming RDA Training from Minitex • Minitex OCLC Training • OCLC Courses to Maximize Your Subscriptions • Archived ISBN Webinar • CONTENTdm 6 Preview • CONTENTdm Featured Collections

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