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OCLC Update

By Regan W. Harper
Update: Union Listing Moving to Connexion
In the August/September 2005 timeframe, libraries will be able to use the OCLC Connexion browser (www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/browser/) to maintain holdings (LDRs), and OCLC will retire Passport for Union Listing at that time. This date change will allow more time for OCLC to implement the browser interface for local holdings maintenance. OCLC promises to provide a more specific timeframe in the next few months.

Connexion Client Upgrade Warning
Connexion client version 1.20 was released last November. Now support for version 1.10 of this software will end on March 1. All client 1.10 users must upgrade to 1.20 to be able to log on March 1. This impacts the Connexion client interface only, not the Connexion browser interface. When users open client 1.10, they now receive a message that they need to upgrade to the new version. Users can download the new version of the client directly from the warning message, or they can indicate that they would like to be reminded later.

Emery-Pratt Becomes PromptCat Vendor
OCLC has added Emery-Pratt Company as a new PromptCat vendor. Having been in business since 1873, the book distributor serves academic libraries, public libraries and hospitals throughout the United States. Emery- Pratt warehouses newly published titles from more than 2,000 publishers and has contacts with more than 70,000 publishing sources representing more than 2.8 million titles.

Free searching of Emery-Pratt's entire in-print database, including stocked titles, is provided along with online ordering and order tracking at www.emery-pratt.com/. To find out more, visit its Web site or call (800) 248-3887.

Libraries may now sign up for PromptCat with Emery-Pratt as a vendor. To see a list of all PromptCat vendors, go to www.oclc.org/promptcat/about/vendors/. For more information on the PromptCat service, go to www.oclc.org/promptcat/default.htm.

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