[DCRM-L] Language-of-cataloging forthcoming enhancements to Connexion

[dooleyj]

Some of you have noted that the zillions of non-English catalog records that
have been loaded into WorldCat from national libraries can be a real pain
when searching for copy for rare books, so I thought these future
enhancements would be of interest:

Language of Cataloging Limiter in Search WorldCat dialog
* Users can limit WorldCat searches by language of cataloging by selecting a
language from a dropdown in the Search WorldCat dialog. The limiter can be
checked or un-checked as needed.  It is retained until changed.
* The language of cataloging limiter applies to the Command Line and
Keyword/Numeric areas of the Search WorldCat dialog and the quick tool
search on the toolbar.
Language of Cataloging display in search results
* A CatL column is added to the Column Settings list in the local
bibliographic save file search results.
* The language of cataloging displays in local file and WorldCat truncated
lists by default. 
* The language code displayed is based on data in the 040 $b of the record.
If no 040 $b exists, the cell is blank.

The full list of planned future enhancements (release dates not yet
determined) is here:
<http://www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/enhancements/future.htm>

--Jackie

-- 
Jackie Dooley
Program Officer
OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership

949.492.5060 (work/home) -- Pacific Time
949.295.1529 (mobile)


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