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OCLC Update

By Regan W. Harper
Connexion Client 1.4 Label Patch Issued
A software patch is now available from the OCLC Web site that addresses some of the label printing problems with Connexion client 1.40. Some library staff reported they could not upgrade to client 1.40 until these problems were addressed, so OCLC issued a special software patch. See the Labels section of the Connexion client known problems document at www.oclc.org/connexion/support/client_known_problems.htm for a list of problems resolved and to download the software patch. Note that not all label printing problems are resolved with this patch. Additional label changes will be included in client 1.50 in November. If you currently use client 1.40, you can install the patch as instructed in known problems. If you use client 1.30, first upgrade to client 1.40 and then install the patch.

Language Script Macros Available
Do you catalog materials with the Cyrillic, Greek or Hebrew scripts? With Connexion client 1.40, you can now catalog using these scripts in WorldCat. See www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/enhancements/recent.htm for more information and to download the 1.40 software. Joel Hahn, Niles (IL) Public Library District, has created transliteration macros to help with cataloging in these scripts. See users.rcn.com/aardy/oml/connex.html to download Hahn's transliteration macro book, which includes macros to convert Cyrillic to Latin, Latin to Cyrillic, Greek to Latin, Latin to Greek, Hebrew to Latin and Latin to Hebrew.

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