Video Tutorials

Cataloging/Bibliographic Records

• Understanding a Dewey Call Number (3 min 51 sec)
  -- Learn what a Dewey Decimal call number consists of.
• Understanding a Serials Bibliographic Record (7 min 4 sec)
  -- Learn what serials are and what to look for in the various fields of a serial record.
• Copy Cataloging of Monographs (9 min 30 sec)
  -- Learn the basic workflow procedure for copy cataloging monographs.
• Understanding Analytics (8 min 38 sec)
  -- Learn what analytics is and how analysis of monographic series and serials is handled.

Holding Records (MFHDs)

• Understanding a Holdings Record (14 min 18 sec)
  -- Learn what a holding record consists of for both monographs and serials.
• Relinking Holdings to Bibs (9 min 5 sec)
  -- Learn how to relink holding records from a short, incomplete bib. record to a new bib. record.
• Linking Multiple Bibliographic Records to One Holding Record (4 min 7 sec)
  -- Learn how to link multiple bib. records to a single holding record.

Preferences/Importing/Exporting

• Setting up Preferences in OCLC Connexion and Voyager (9 min 22 sec)
  -- Learn how to set the correct preferences in these programs.
• Searching in OCLC Connexion (9 min 38 sec)
  -- Learn how to do keyword, command line, scan, and browse searching.
• Exporting Records from OCLC to Voyager (6 min 50 sec)
  -- Learn how to export a record from OCLC and import it into Voyager.

Serials Check-In/Transfers

• Serials Check-in Process (6 min 1 sec)
  -- Learn how to check-in new issues of serials in Voyager Acquisitions.
• Serials Check-in Components
  • Searching for an Existing Serial Check-In Component (3 min 13 sec)
    -- Learn how to search for an existing check-in component for a serial title.
  • Creating a Gift/Exchange Purchase Order (4 min 16 sec)
    -- Learn how to create a purchase order for a gift or exchange serial.
  • Setting-up a Serial Check-In Component (3 min 40 sec)
    -- Learn how to set-up a check-in component for a serial title.
• Serials Transfers from One Location to Another
  • Problems Encountered When Transferring Serials from One Location to Another (10 min 28 sec)
    -- Learn about some of the problems encountered when transferring serials from one location to another.
  • Transferring Serials Properly - Step 1 (4 min 58 sec)
    -- Learn how to create a new holdings record and copy over the holdings lines.
  • Transferring Serials Properly - Step 2 (4 min 34 sec)
    -- Learn how to relink the corresponding item records to the new holdings record.

Metadata

• MarcEdit: MarcBreaker, MarcMaker, MARC to MARC21XML & MARC21XML to MARC (5 min 6 sec)
  -- Learn how to convert MARC records into various formats with these four MarcEdit functions.
• MarcEdit: MarcEditor (7 min 7 sec)
  -- Learn how to edit multiple MARC records in a batch with MarcEditor.