Good afternoon Over the next few weeks National Library will send out a series of key messages about the new services which your library, as a Te Puna subscriber, is encouraged to use. Today we talk about the WebCat development that was so well-received at the recent Road Shows up and down the country WebCat now has the ability to save records from remote databases to Te Puna when the relevant record is not found in Te Puna. You can then add your library’s holding and retrieve records as you currently do. This new WebCat functionality was expressly developed by National Library to support the OCLC initiative, as a way of providing New Zealand libraries with access to a greatly extended range of bibliographic records. For contractual reasons links to WorldCat will not be available until 1 July, but we are pleased to let you have a preview of the functionality by providing links to two other databases unhindered in this way. For those who would like to look at how this will work you can now save records from: · National Bibliographic Archive · Libraries Australia Bibliographic Database · Others will follow You can either go into Te Puna and trial it for yourself or look at some screen shots at http://subscribers.natlib.govt.nz/news/future.htm The click on WEBCAT GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT Points to note: New buttons are labelled: o REDO your search on OCLC WorldCat (next to search button - if your search returned no results) o Import from Gateway (Far left on top toolbar) o Save this record to the NBD (immediately above the Detailed/MARC view of the record) When you are in a remote database the screen is coloured slate grey and blue, and a message about which database you are using is displayed at the top of the result set You will know when you have been successful in saving the record from the remote database of your choice when you are back with the familiar pink and blue WebCat colour scheme. The Webcat development uses Z39.50 capability and here are some search tips to help you get started when connected to Worldcat’s Z39.50 server using Webcat: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/z3950/searchtips/ Digital Solutions National Library of New Zealand P.O. Box 1467 Wellington 6140 Email: ruth.miller@natlib.govt.nz Telephone: +64 4 474 3089 Mobile: 021 540 978 Read latest Te Puna news at http://subscribers.natlib.govt.nz/ This e-mail is intended for the addressee only and may contain information which is subject to legal privilege. The contents are not necessarily the official view or communication of the National Library of New Zealand. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail or any information in, or attached to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately or return the original message to the National Library by e-mail, and destroy any copies. The National Library does not accept any liability for changes made to this e-mail or attachments after sending. All e-mails have been scanned for viruses and content by security software. The National Library reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its network.