Rebecca French

Direct database access to OCLC Connexion’s local save file

Code4Lib Journal, 38 Abstract A feature of OCLC’s Connexion cataloging client unknown to most librarians is the ability to directly work with the Microsoft Access database underlying the local save file. This article provides an overview of the metadata made available through this method, including fields that cannot be accessed through the regular Connexion interface, […]

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You are welcome here: The genesis and evaluation of a new employee orientation program within the library

Co-presented with Jennifer Keach, Elizabeth Price, Susan Thomas, and Michael Trocchia Poster presented at the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA Abstract Your library may hire new employees throughout the year, but do you prepare them to succeed in your environment? Learn how James Madison University Libraries developed a new employee orientation program designed

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Winds of change: James Madison University Libraries’ participation in the VIVA/Zepheira/Atlas linked data pilot

Co-presented with Steven W. Holloway Presentation at ACRL Technical Services Interest Group, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL Abstract The Virtual Library of Virginia Consortium (VIVA) contracted in 2016 with Zepheira and Atlas to launch a pilot project using archives/special collections records from seven member schools in a Linked Data experiment. The records are converted to

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