REMINDER: Register now for the FEDLINK Fall OCLC Users Group Meeting

Wednesday, November 17, 2004
9:30 am to 3:00 pm (agenda below)

at The Library of Congress

Join your colleagues on November 17 for the FEDLINK Fall OCLC users meeting. FEDLINK and OCLC staff will present updates on OCLC Resource Sharing (Interlibrary Loan and Union Listing) featuring the new interface via FirstSearch, enhancements in OCLC Reference Services and NetLibrary, the new Connexion Client for cataloging, the status of the
Open WorldCat project that allows library holdings to be retrieved via web search engines such as Yahoo and Google, new statistical reports and the latest from the OCLC Members Council.

Date
Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Time
9:30 a.m.--3:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. There is no entry to the Library of Congress prior to 8:30 a.m.)

Place
West Dining Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101
Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C.

Metro
Capitol South (Orange and Blue lines)

Sponsor
FEDLINK Network Operations

Registration
Free--Open to all FEDLINK members but advance registration is required
Don't delay. Call the FLICC office to register at (202) 707-4800 or visit the FLICC Educational Programs Web site at
http://www.loc.gov/flicc/feveform.html to register online.

To view a PDF version of this Meeting Announcement, visit
http://www.loc.gov/flicc/ma/2005/ma0504.pdf.

Request ADA Accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 TTY or [log in to unmask]

Information
Call FLICC (202) 707-4800; TTY (202) 707-4995

Cancellations
Please notify FLICC (202) 707-4800 if you cannot attend so those on the waiting list have an opportunity to register.

FLICC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT MA2005-4

AGENDA

9:30 * 9:40     Introductions * Lynn McDonald, FEDLINK

9:40 * 10:00    Members Council Update * Eleanor Frierson, National Agriculture Library

10:00 * 10:30  OCLC Resource Sharing Update 
**WorldCat Resource Sharing with the FirstSearch Staff View * David Pachter, FEDLINK
** Pricing for Resource Sharing * Lynn McDonald, FEDLINK

10:30 * 10:45   Break

10:45 * 11:45   Cataloging and Metadata Services Update * Anne Harrison, FEDLINK
                ** Connexion Client update * ver. 1.20 release
                ** Cataloging Pricing
                ** Group Services

11:45 * 1:00    Lunch	

1:00 * 1:30     New OCLC Tools * Anne Harrison, FEDLINK
                ** Online Statistics * OPUS Reports
                ** OCLC Online Service Center  (Ordering)
                ** WorldCat Collection Analysis Service
                ** Open WorldCat

1:30 * 2:00     Reference Services Update * David Pachter, FEDLINK
                ** FirstSearch
                ** QuestionPoint

2:00 * 2:30     NetLibrary Update * John Gioeli, OCLC

2:30 * 3:00     ContentDM & OCLC Preservation Services * John Gioeli, OCLC