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OCLC Connexion Client
Interface Now Available

By Regan W. Harper

The Windows-based client interface to OCLC Connexion is now available. This first release includes interactive online cataloging functionality along with macros and labels. More will be added to the client in future phases, including a macro recorder, additional authorities functionality, local files and batch processing.

The client software is available for free download to OCLC Cataloging members from the Connexion client Web site at www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/default.htm. You can download and begin using the client with your existing cataloging authorization and password. The Web site also includes a tutorial, documentation, a list of upcoming enhancements and tips to help Passport users migrate.

Connexion is OCLC's flagship cataloging service, a suite of tools with built-in access to WorldCat, the world's largest bibliographic database. Both this Windows-based client interface and a Web-based browser interface are available, and you can pick the interface of your choice. Connexion offers many new features including an enhanced save file, no record size limitations, linked headings from bibliographic records to authority records, keyword searching in the Authority File and more. For more information on this, visit the Connexion Web site or contact Regan Harper (rharper@bcr.org) at BCR.

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OCLC Connexion Client Interface Now Available

OCLC Connexion Client
Interface Now Available