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This list represents all the courses available through OCLC Western, although they may or may not be scheduled at this time. Classes range from as little as 2 hours to as long as 5 weeks. Most are half or daylong classes.

A B C

• AACR and MARC for Sound Recordings—(2 Days)
• AACR and MARC for Video Recordings—(2 Days)
• Administering OCLC QuestionPoint—(2 Hours)
• Audio/Video Materials: Preserving and Managing Collections—(1 Day)
• Basic Copyright for Digital Materials Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Basic Serials Cataloging—(2 Days)
• Basic Subject Cataloging Using LCSH (CCT)—(2 Days)
• Billing Enhancement Webinar—(1 Hour)
• Book Blitz I: How to Make MARC Records that Really Work—(4 Days)
• Book Blitz II—(2 Days)
• Book Blitz III—(2 Days)
• CatExpress Online—(2 Hours)
• Connexion 101 - Intro to Connexion Client—(1 Day)
• Connexion 102 - Building Efficiencies with Connexion Client—(1 Day)
• Connexion 103 - Tools for Original Cataloging—(1 Day)
• Connexion Client Module 1 - WorldCat, MARC, and Client Basics—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 10 - Batch Processing—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 2 - Basic Bibliographic Searching—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 3 – Basic Editing and Record Processin—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 4 - Save Files and File Management—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 5 - Automation and Customization—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 6 - Editing Master Records—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 7 - Advanced Bibliographic Searching—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 8 - Original Cataloging—(2 Hours)
• Connexion Client Module 9 - Authority Control—(2 Hours)
• CONTENTdm® Basic Instruction for Users—(1 Day)
• CONTENTdm® Intermediate Topics—(1 Day)
• Copyright and Intellectual Property Management—(1 Day)
• Creating an Environment of Continuous Assessment: Practical Appr—(1 Day)
• Creating Digital Newspapers for the Web Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Creating Digital Objects with CONTENTdm—(1 Day)
• Custom Holdings in WorldCat Resource Sharing Online—(2 Hours)

D E F

• Deflection on WorldCat Resource Sharing Online—(2 Hours)
• Developing and Managing Digital Programs—(1 Day)
• Digital and Preservation Program Information Session—(2 Hours)
• Digital Content Management Online Course—(5 Weeks)
• Digital Image Quality Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Digital Licensing Online Course—(9 Weeks)
• Digital Photograph Collections: Long-term Preservation and Manag—(1 Day)
• Digital Preservation: First Steps for Action Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Disaster Planning and Recovery Skills—(1 Day)
• Dynamic Metadata and Data Curation Webinar—(2 Hours)
• EAD Encoding Practices and Policies—(1 Day)
• eContent Licensing and Negotiations—(1 Day)

G H I

• Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Preservation and Digita—(1 Day)
• If They Don't Know About it, They Won't Come! Marketing—(2 Hours)
• Image Capture, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure—(1 Day)
• Integrating Resources Cataloging—(2 Days)
• Introduction to Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Introduction to Funding for Digital Programs Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD)—(1 Hour)

J K L

• Just for Copy Cats—(2 Days)
• Keep Up! Blogs, Wikis and RSS—(2 Hours)
• Keep Up! Extending Library Services with Social Technologies—(1 Hour)
• Keep Up! Podcasting Made Simple—(2 Hours)
• Keep Up! Taggging, Social Bookmarking and Folksonomies—(2 Hours)
• Keep Up! WorldCat.org—(1 Hour)
• Kick Start Your Digital Program Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online—(2 Hours)
• Licensing and Negotiations: Intellectual Property Issues for Dig—(2 Hours)
• Local Holdings Foundations—(1/2 Day)
• Local Holdings Foundations Online: Principles and Standards for —(2 Hours)
• Local Holdings Introduction—(1 Hour)
• Local Holdings Maintenance—(1 Day)
• Local Holdings Maintenance I: Basic Serials Local Holdings—(2 Hours)
• Local Holdings Maintenance II: Beyond the Basics—(2 Hours)

M N O

• Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction—(1 Day)
• Managing Copyright Issues Online Course—(5 Weeks)
• Managing Libraries in the Digital Age Webinar—(2 Hours)
• Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service—(2 Hours)
• MARC 21 in Your Library—(1 Day)
• MARC Bibliographic Format—(1 Day)
• MARC Holdings Introduction—(1/2 Day)
• MARC21 Authority Format—(1 Day)
• MARC21 Introduction—(1 Day)
• Metadata Practices for Digital Collections—(1 Day)
• Metadata Standards and Applications—(2 Days)
• Newspaper Collections: Digital Access Planning and Activities—(1 Day)
• OCLC QuestionPoint: Delivering Virtual Reference—(4 Hours)
• Overview of Metadata for Digital Programs Webinar—(2 Hours)

P Q R

• Patron-Initiated Resource Sharing in WorldCat Resource Sharing—(2 Hours)
• Preservation 101: Basics for Paper and Media Collections—(8 Weeks)
• Preserving Born Digital Collections—(1 Day)
• Promoting Digital Collections to Attract Users Webinar—(2 Hours)
• QuestionPoint Reports for Evaluation and Improvement—(1 Hour)
• Risk Assessment and Disaster Planning for Collection Management—(6 Hours)

S T U V

• SCCTP MARC21 Holdings Format/Serials Format—(2 Days)
• Strategic Funding for Digital Collections—(1 Day)
• Strategies for Preservation of Historical Materials—(1/2 Day)
• Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories—(1 Day)
• Text Processing for Digital Resources Webinar—(2 Hours)
• The Challenge of Ephemera Webinar—(2 Hours)
• U.S. Copyright Law Online Course—(5 Weeks)
• Using NetLibrary eAudiobooks—(1 Hour)

W X Y Z

• Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers—(1 Day)
• WorldCat Resource Sharing - Beyond the Basics—(1 Day)
• WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics—(1 Day)
• WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics Online—(4 Hours)
• WorldCat Resource Sharing Searching—(1/2 Day)
• WorldCat Resource Sharing Searching Online—(2 Hours)