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<div class="PlainText">Steven Arakawa<br>
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation<br>
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University<br>
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa@yale.edu<br>
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<div id="divRpF860218" style="DIRECTION: ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> OCLC-Cataloging [OCLC-CAT@OCLC.ORG] on behalf of Dean,Rebecca [deanr@OCLC.ORG]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 23, 2013 8:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OCLC-CAT@OCLC.ORG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OCLC-CAT] OFFICAL: Changes to Connexion authorities<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Apologies for duplication; the message below will be cross-posted to various listservs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">As part of the Connexion install this past Sunday, September 23, 2013, changes have been made to resolve changes introduced to authorities browsing as part of a previous
install. These changes include the resolution of the separate entries for heading that contain different and or no terminal punctuation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Browsing</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Currently, headings containing terminal or no punctuation appear as separate entries.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Example 1a (Current)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Shakespeare, William, ǂd 1564-1616
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Shakespeare, William, ǂd 1564-1616,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Shakespeare, William, ǂd 1564-1616.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Following the install, the presence or absence of terminal punctuation are now once again collapsed into a single entry:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Example 1b (New)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Shakespeare, William, ǂd 1564-1616
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">As a result of the changes made to support the new indexing functionality, there has been an impact on the placement of the highlighted heading if an exact match is
not found. In some cases, the highlighted text will no longer be in the middle of the list.
</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">For example, if you were to browse the heading:
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">& violine
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">In the genre index, currently, if no match is found, the system automatically highlights the center of the displayed list:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Example 2a (Current)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Actualities (Motion pictures)
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Following the install, the highlighted entry is 3-D films, as the heading & violin would file at the top of the index.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Example 2b (New)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">3-D films
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Controlling</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Changes have been made to controlling to handle incorrect ordering of non-controllable subfields changes made involving $3 and $i. There are situations that could produce
unexpected results involving punctuation between the $3 and $i respectively, if the subfields were to be re-ordered. Please keep in mind that neither $3 or $i are controllable subfields, and the controlling software makes no attempt to modify punctuation
associated with uncontrolled subdivisions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">In situations of this type, please send information of these types to
</span><a href="mailto:support@oclc.org" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">support@oclc.org</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"> so that staff can investigate the problem and determine the appropriate action.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Please contact OCLC-Support at
</span><a href="mailto:support@oclc.org" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none">support@oclc.org</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"> with any questions or concerns related to
this announcement.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">--Becky Dean</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">Senior Product Analyst</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:deanr@oclc.org" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">deanr@oclc.org</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"></span></p>
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