Connexion client self-paced training

Intended audience: OCLC strongly recommends that newly assigned copy catalogers take Foundations of Connexion client, Bibliographic searching, and Record editing and processing in sequence. Together, these three courses provide the foundation of knowledge for newly assigned copy catalogers to work successfully with Connexion client.

Intended audience: This course is designed for learners who have little or no previous experience with Connexion client, and who may be new to library work. This course will be of particular benefit to new copy catalogers. It will also be beneficial to original catalogers who need to determine, before creating an original record, that no matching record exists.

Intended audience: This course is intended for learners who are new to Connexion client and copy cataloging but have a basic familiarity with the MARC record. Established but basic users of Connexion may also benefit from the course by thoroughly reviewing the MARC record editing process and learning about enhanced functionality and record validation.

Intended audience: This course is intended for learners who already use Connexion client to do individual searches, set/delete holdings, and export records one at a time; but want to use Connexion client’s batch processing features to increase their efficiency in processing large numbers of records. This course will be of particular benefit to library staff members who use acquisitions or copy cataloging for large orders of materials or who process large numbers of holdings deletions. Supervisors who oversee these activities and manage workflows will also find it useful.

Intended audience: This course is intended for learners who are familiar with Connexion’s basic copy and/or original cataloging functions and are looking to make the process faster and easier. This course will be particularly beneficial for catalogers who do a significant amount of consistent editing or follow repetitive manual processes for copy or original cataloging.

Intended audience: This course is intended for learners who have a basic understanding of cataloging principles and MARC, have some cataloging experience, and are comfortable with using Connexion client to search WorldCat, navigate through search results, and do basic editing. This course will be of particular benefit to catalogers who create original bibliographic records or do extensive editing of existing records, library staff who need to find and export authority records to provide cross-reference structures in their local catalog, and technical services managers who oversee these activities.