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-------------------------- OCLC Web Information Sessions The OCLC web information sessions will include a live, FREE presentation that you'll access via the web, with audio available via a conference call. You'll be able to submit questions you have at any time during the presentation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- (1) Learn how to give your patrons improved access to your entire collection. Join us to learn more about the OCLC Custom Cataloging services and the OCLC MARC Record Service (OCLC MARS). OCLC Custom Cataloging services -OCLC TechPro and OCLC RetroCon- offer a complete range of cataloging and conversion services for all types of collections. We provide contract cataloging and physical processing for materials in all bibliographic formats and about 40 languages, for both long- and short-term solutions. OCLC Custom Cataloging services let you add an experienced team of catalogers to your staff at a price you can afford. You can improve your users' search results by providing a complete and upgraded online catalog, with all of your records in full MARC format. Our services free your staff for higher priorities within your library, while giving your users access to your entire collection -even those you haven't yet found time to catalog. To complement these services, we offer the OCLC MARC Record Service (MARS), providing authority control, bibliographic record upgrading, smart barcode number generation, ongoing authority updating and notification services, and record enrichment with tables of contents. And, if you're currently considering a change to a new local system, the time is right for you to consider authority control. Wednesday, August 7 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) OR Tuesday, October 1 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Registration Space for this OCLC Digital & Preservation Resources session is limited, so please register early. To register, send the following information via e-mail to [log in to unmask]: (1) session name, (2) session date & time, (3) your name and title, (4) institution name, and (5) your e-mail and phone number. Details for logging on to the web information session will be sent after you register. To optimize your experience, you'll need access to the web during the session, as well as a telephone with a mute button. Additionally, if several staff in your library want to attend, we recommend a telephone with both speaker and mute functionality. If you have questions about the web information sessions, please contact OCLC at 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6251, or [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- (2) Learn how you can digitize your historic newspapers Join us to learn how your library can provide fully searchable web access to your valuable historic newspaper collections through OCLC Digital & Preservation Resources. Using Olive Software, designed for newspaper digitization, we can efficiently convert newspapers in print or microform to digital format and deliver an online file for your library's web site or for OCLC's hosted site. As a result, your library users will have easily accessible historic content, presented in context, with the newspaper's original layout, graphics and reading experience. Wednesday, August 7 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Registration Space for this OCLC Update session is limited, so please register early. To register, send the following information via e-mail to [log in to unmask]: (1) session name, (2) session date & time, (3) your name and title, (4) institution name, and (5) your e-mail and phone number. Details for logging on to the web information session will be sent after you register. To optimize your experience, you'll need access to the web during the session, as well as a telephone with a mute button. Additionally, if several staff in your library want to attend, we recommend a telephone with both speaker and mute functionality. If you have questions about the web information sessions, please contact OCLC at 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6251, or [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- (3) Managing Your Digital Library Join us to learn more about the new OCLC Digital Preservation Cooperative and an innovative new OCLC service --the CONTENTdm software suite. The Digital & Preservation Cooperative provides a central knowledge base for digital activities throughout the information industry. It acts as a clearinghouse for information on grant and other funding resources and on digitization collaborative projects. Cooperative participants come together to share knowledge and to increase the value of digital collections by combining them with other collections. The Cooperative provides the latest in best practices, standards and technology white papers to help you learn more about digitization and preservation trends. CONTENTdm enables your library to create, access and preserve special collections --on your library's computer or hosted on an OCLC server. CONTENTdm lets you start with a small number of images, demonstrate success to your staff, patrons, and funding sources and let your software grow with your collection. With CONTENTdm, you can turn your special collections into fully searchable online resources accessible from any web browser. And, as part of the Co-op, your library will receive a free starter kit to collect and store 500 images on the OCLC CONTENTdm hosted service. We'll review the software with you and show you how quickly you can begin using this cost- effective digital library resource. Thursday, August 22 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) OR Wednesday, September 18 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Registration Space for this OCLC Update session is limited, so please register early. To register, send the following information via e-mail to [log in to unmask]: (1) session name, (2) session date & time, (3) your name and title, (4) institution name, and (5) your e-mail and phone number. Details for logging on to the web information session will be sent after you register. To optimize your experience, you'll need access to the web during the session, as well as a telephone with a mute button. Additionally, if several staff in your library want to attend, we recommend a telephone with both speaker and mute functionality. If you have questions about the web information sessions, please contact OCLC at 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6251, or [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- (4) Make Digital Reference a Reality for your Library Join us to learn about the new QuestionPoint collaborative reference service that links a global network of reference librarians who interact with library users and share questions and answers. With QuestionPoint, your library will gain a powerful, easy-to-use resource to provide digital reference services. Your library users will gain a resource that enables them to submit questions at any time through your library's web site. QuestionPoint extends reference support directly to your users through web-based forms and online chat capabilities, and it enables you to answer your users questions or route them to libraries within your group prior to escalating unanswered questions to the global network. In addition, learn about the QuestionPoint features that are coming soon as a result of a partnership with Convey Technologies. Wednesday, August 7 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) OR Thursday, August 22 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) OR Wednesday, September 18 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Registration Space for this OCLC Update session is limited, so please register early. To register, send the following information via e-mail to [log in to unmask]: (1) session name, (2) session date & time, (3) your name and title, (4) institution name, and (5) your e-mail and phone number. Details for logging on to the web information session will be sent after you register. To optimize your experience, you'll need access to the web during the session, as well as a telephone with a mute button. Additionally, if several staff in your library want to attend, we recommend a telephone with both speaker and mute functionality. If you have questions about the web information sessions, please contact OCLC at 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6251, or [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- (5) See all the new enhancements to OCLC ILLiad and learn how you can improve your library's ILL efficiency with OCLC ILLiad. Imagine having a new interlibrary loan management tool that allows your users to get the materials they need more quickly, while you eliminate all of those paper files that your library currently maintains. With OCLC ILLiad, your staff saves time by managing all your library's borrowing, lending, and document delivery through a single, Microsoft Windows-based staff interface. It also saves you time and money through online, automated procedures, improving the efficiency of your ILL department while giving your staff more powerful tools to use. And, now that OCLC ILLiad is ISO-ILL compliant, you can transmit and receive ILL requests from other ISO-ILL compliant services. And now Version 6.0 of OCLC ILLiad will provide libraries with even more time saving features for both ILL staff and library end users. Version 6.0 will offer: OpenURL - Utilization of the latest OpenURL technology will allow your patrons to link directly from citations in WorldCat and other OCLC FirstSearch databases to OCLC ILLiad. Citation data will be automatically transferred to the patron's ILL request form, giving you authoritative citation information that includes ISSNs and ISBNs. End of reliance on OCLC Passport - As OCLC moves away from support of OCLC Passport, ILLiad will provide libraries with an ILL Management system that uses direct machine-to-machine links to the OCLC ILL service for a seamless batch updating of ILL requests. Even more Statistics - OCLC ILLiad now supports links to the OCLC ILL Management Statistics. Now you can generate statistics base on LC, Dewey or NLM call numbers to provide your Collection Analysis staff with access to statistics that provide most frequently requested book and journal titles that include their classification scheme. Thursday, August 22 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) OR Wednesday, September 18 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Registration Space for this OCLC Update session is limited, so please register early. To register, send the following information via e-mail to [log in to unmask]: (1) session name, (2) session date & time, (3) your name and title, (4) institution name, and (5) your e-mail and phone number. Details for logging on to the web information session will be sent after you register. To optimize your experience, you'll need access to the web during the session, as well as a telephone with a mute button. Additionally, if several staff in your library want to attend, we recommend a telephone with both speaker and mute functionality. If you have questions about the web information sessions, please contact OCLC at 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6251, or [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------