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OCLC Mailing

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

  • October/November 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 473 KB)
    OCLC's New Training Portal; Attention MN, ND, and SD Libraries; Fall Conference Wrap Up; New Training Session: Dublin Core for Beginners; WorldCat.org Enhancements; Helpful Links for Resource, Description and Access; New Version of Catalogers Desktop; Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting; CONTENTdm Featured Collections

Previous Issues

2009

  • September 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 408 KB)
    A Reminder About Minitex and OCLC Changes; Come See Us At Fall Conferences; Fundamentals for Library Staff; Searching OCLC Electronic Resources with WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local; Expert Community Experiment Update; New Connexion Client and CatExpress Online Courses; Basic Steps for OCLC Batch Updating; CONTENTdm User Group Agenda Online; CONTENTdm Featured Collections
  • August 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 592 KB)
    WorldCat Local Quick Start; WorldCat Collection Analysis News; Thanks to Our Host Institutions; ALA Annual Conference Review; OCLC Technical Bulletin 257; New BATS Webinars; Local Holdings Training Scheduled; CONTENTdm User Group Registration Open; CONTENTdm Featured Collections
  • July 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 349 KB)
    Minitex and OCLC Changes; WorldCat Collection Analysis News; OCLC Events at ALA Annual; Parallel Records in WorldCat; ALCTS Events at ALA Annual; OCLC Cataloging Events at ALA Annual; OCLC Resource Sharing Events at ALA Annual; MDL Annual Meeting Summary
  • June 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 439 KB)
    Minitex Staff Retire; OCLC Members Council Meeting Summary; NetLibrary Announcements; WorldCat Local Quick Start; WorldCat.org Enhancements; Expert Community Experiment Update; New OCLC WorldCat Collection Set; Terminologies Service Update; Dewey Group Pricing; CONTENTdm Featured Collections; Introducing the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
  • April/May 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 461 KB)
    OCLC Subscription Renewal Quotes; Susanne Nevin Retires; Site Visits to St. Cloud; Midwest Library Technology Conference Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want; WorldCat.org Redesign; New WorldCat Collection Set; Project Muse: A New WorldCat Partner; ALCTS Resources; Registration Open for MDL Annual Meeting; CONTENTdm Featured Collections
  • March 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 363 KB)
    Minitex (Not MINITEX) and MnKnows; Feedback to the OCLC Record Use Policy Review Board; OCLC Presentations from ALA Midwinter; Calling All Catalogers: OCLC's Expert Community Experiment; A Few Highlights from ALA Midwinter; Upcoming BATS Cataloging Training; WorldCat Resource Sharing Credits; LHR Updating Service User Guide; Save the Date: 2nd Annual Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting; New Training For Digital Project Staff
  • February 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 876 KB)
    OCLC Record Use Policy Delay; New WorldCat Registry Tutorial; Top 10 Original Catalogers; CatExpress for Copy Cataloging; New Quick Reference: Searching Authorities; Two Vendors Join OCLC Vendor Record Contribution Program; Playaway Titles in WorldCat; New MULS Webinars Scheduled; MULS Training Options; Top Ten OCLC ILL Lenders; WebJunction Online Course Available; CONTENTdm Featured Collections Attachments: Quick Reference Searching Authorities
  • January 2009 Adobe PDF Icon (PDF; 400 KB)
    OCLC Annual Report for Fiscal 2008; NetLibrary Launches New Media Center; Three New NetLibrary eBook Collections; On the Road with BATS; New OCLC Authorities User Guide; Recent Changes in MARC Fields for Series; Cataloging Sessions at ALA Midwinter; Resource Sharing Sessions at Midwinter; CONTENTdm 5 Released Midwinter; CONTENTdm Featured Collections

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