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Barbara Vaughan, Column Editor


REVISED CAPC DOCUMENTATION

The CAPC Subcommittee on the Source of Title Note for Internet Resources has completed its charge of revising the original document on this topic. The new document is located at <http://www.olacinc.org/capc/stnir.html>.

Steve Miller
Susan Leister
Greta de Groat


REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS TO AUTHORITY TOOLS

This is a request for submissions and/or revisions to Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers : An Annotated List of Useful Resources.

What do we need? We need people to write reviews of information sources, describing their strengths and weaknesses in providing information that assists in creating or amending authority records. Also, if you composed a review in the past for this publication, you may wish to revisit it and annotate it.

Please visit the link <http://www.olacinc.org/capc/authtools.html> to look at examples of existing reviews, and if you know of resources that are not listed, then please, consider writing a review.

If you do plan to write reviews, please e-mail me the titles you would like to review as soon as possible. All completed submissions should be e-mailed to me <rbratton@umd.edu> by November 1, 2005.

Robert Bratton
Audiovisual Cataloger
University of Maryland Libraries


A CHANGE TO WEB-BASED CONNEXION TUTORIALS

The OCLC Connexion Browser and Client tutorials have been converted from Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to HTML. This applies to those that are marked as Web-based. This means that the individual HTML pages will display faster and, best of all, neither MS Java Virtual Machine nor Sun Java Run Time Engine will be needed for it to work.

With the conversion to HTML, the Web-based tutorials will also be compatible with:
The tutorials are located on the OCLC Website: <http://www.oclc.org/support/training/connexion/>.

Originally posted by:
Susan Walker
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.


2005 UPDATE OF AACR2

The Library of Congress has distributed the following announcement about the implementation of the 2005 update to AACR2. This update--the last update to AACR2 that will be published--is now available from the three publishers: the American Library Association (ALA), the Canadian Library Association (CLA), and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Please contact those organizations for information about ordering.


LC IMPLEMENTATION OF 2005 UPDATE TO AACR2

The Library of Congress implemented the 2005 Update to the 2002 AACR2 on August 1, 2005. The 2005 AACR2 Update is also now available in Cataloger's Desktop.

A list of the changes in the 2005 Update has been mounted on the CPSO Website at: <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/2005upd.html>

Please direct any questions about implementation of the changes to Bob Ewald, CPSO at: <rewa@loc.gov>

Originally posted by:

Ana Lupe Cristán
Cooperative Cataloging Specialist
Library of Congress

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Glenn Patton
Director, WorldCat Quality Management
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.


CATALOGING USER GUIDE


OCLC's Cataloging User Guide has been removed from the OCLC Website. The Guide was heavily oriented toward Passport, which was recently retired by OCLC. The Passport cataloging functions have been incorporated into both Connexion Browser and Connexion Client.

Therefore, any links or bookmarks to the Cataloging User Guide will automatically be re-directed to the OCLC Documentation page: <http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/>.

For documentation on the Connexion Browser, see: <http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/browser/default.htm>.

For documentation on the Connexion Client, see: <http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/default.htm>.

For those who would like a refresher on the Passport features now available in Connexion, see: <http://www.oclc.org/connexion/migrating/features/default.htm>.

Not all of the information in the Cataloging User Guide is obsolete. Information in Chapter 4 (Replace Master Records), Chapter 5 (Save, Validate, Take Final Actions) and Chapter 7 (Catalog Cards) is still current. OCLC's Documentation Department is currently at work re-purposing information from Chapters 4, 5, and 7. This information will be available on OCLC Web shortly, and that availability will be announced widely. The re-purposed information will also be incorporated into the next printed edition of Bibliographic Formats and Standards (scheduled for Spring 2006).

Originally posted by:

Peter Insabella
Manager, Product Documentation Content
OCLC, Inc.


CONNEXION CLIENT 1.50 COMING IN NOVEMBER

Attention Connexion Client users! Connexion Client 1.50 is coming in November, and it is full of enhancements! With Client 1.50, catalogers will be able to:

For more information, see the Connexion Client future enhancements page: <http://www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/Client/enhancements/future.htm>.

Originally posted by:
David Whitehair
Connexion Client Product Manager
OCLC Cataloging and Metadata Services


ARSC AUDIO PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION DIRECTORY

The Technical Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) is pleased to announce the publication of the ARSC Audio Preservation and Restoration Directory , which is available on the ARSC Website <http://www.arsc-audio.org/>.

By decision of the ARSC Board of Directors, the Directory includes ARSC members who offer preservation and restoration services and ARSC members and non-members who offer preservation and restoration supplies. Those who are not ARSC members may wish to join in order to take advantage of this membership benefit <http://www.arsc-audio.org/join.html>.

Corrections, additions, or deletions to the directory may be directed to Nathan Georgitis <Nathan_Georgitis@hotmail.com>. Please include ARSC Audio Preservation Directory in the subject line.

Originally posted by:
Nathan Georgitis, on behalf of the ARSC Technical Committee


2006 ARSC CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE

The 40th annual Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference will be held in Seattle, May 17-20, 2006, at the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue, and hosted by the University of Washington, School of Music.

A record-breaking 175 attendees, including 75 first-timers, enjoyed the 2005 ARSC Conference in Austin, Texas. The 2006 Conference promises to be just as spectacular and memorable. Make plans to join your friends and colleagues in Seattle. Check for more details at <http://arsc-audio.org/conference2006.html> .

Originally posted by:
Anna-Maria Manuel
Chair, ARSC Outreach Committee
Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)

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