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Connexion Overview Session. OCLC CJK Users Group 2007 Annual Meeting March 24, 2007, Boston. Presenters. David Whitehair, Connexion client product manager, OCLC Sarah Elman, Associate Curator, East Asia Library, Yale University
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Connexion Overview Session OCLC CJK Users Group 2007 Annual Meeting March 24, 2007, Boston
Presenters • David Whitehair, Connexion client product manager, OCLC • Sarah Elman, Associate Curator, East Asia Library, Yale University • Teresa Mei, East Asian Catalog Librarian, Cornell University Library
Agenda • High level overview of some Connexion features from David • Specific migration presentations from Sarah and Teresa • Lots of discussion
Connexion features • Search WorldCat using over 90 indexes for records containing non-Latin script data; enter either script search terms or romanized search terms • Create records with Latin script only, non-Latin script only, or combination of both
Connexion features • Export records to your ILS in MARC 21 format with either the MARC-8 or UTF-8 Unicode character set • Import MARC 21 records with either MARC-8 or UTF-8 Unicode character set created in your ILS
Connexion features specific to CJK • CJK E-Dictionary to assist with CJK character selection • MARC-8 Verify tool to verify that all Unicode characters can be converted to MARC-8 • MARC-8 Convert tool to convert invalid Unicode characters to their MARC-8 equivalent
Connexion features specific to CJK • Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, and Korean interfaces • Chinese Name Authority File access
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