3 messages:

Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:20:06 -0600
From: Susan Andrews <Susan_Andrews@tamu-commerce.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Exiting Connexion

This question was asked in the OCLC Union List discussion list.
Below is
the official OCLC reply.

Hope this clarifies things,

Susan

Susan Andrews
Head, Serials Librarian
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Susan_Andrews@tamu-commerce.edu
(903)886-5733
"Your Success Is Our Business"

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>Thread-Topic: Exiting Connexion
>Date:         Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:41:02 -0500
>Reply-To: Union Listing Discussion <UL-L@OCLC.ORG>
>Sender: Union Listing Discussion <UL-L@OCLC.ORG>
>From: "Myers,Myrtle" <myersm@OCLC.ORG>
>X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: Exiting Connexion
>Subject: Re: Exiting Connexion
>To: UL-L@OCLC.ORG
>
>Hi Everyone,
>The active records screen will always show records (both
bibliographic
>and Local Holdings) that are still in 'edit mode.' Whether you
intend to
>edit the record or not if you display a bibliographic or local
holdings
>record in edit mode that record will be kept on your active
records list
>until a final action is taken or you logoff and tell it to ignore
your
>active records.  In most cases where you have taken a final action
on
>the local holdings record the bibliographic record associated with
that
>Local holdings record is still considered open in edit mode (even
if you
>by pass the bibliographic record and go straight to the Local
holdings
>record the system views that as opening the bibliographic and local
>holdings record) so will show on your active records list.
>
>You do have the option in preferences to not display this reminder
>screen so it will automatically log you off even if there are
records
>still considered to be in 'edit mode'
>
>To do this:
>Logon to Connexion Browser
>Go to the General Tab
>Choose 'Preferences' from the 'Admin Options' Drop down list
>Hit the 'General Options' link
>Hit the 'Interface Customization Options' link
>Scroll down the list to the 'Show or Hide Logoff Warning'
>Choose 'Hide - Immediate Logoff. Active records closed and unsaved
edits
>lost'
>
>This will log you off without warning you of any bibliographic or
local
>holdings records that are still in 'edit mode' The one thing to
remember
>is that this is an all or nothing type of setting so even if you
had
>started to edit a record and forgot to take the final action and
then
>logged off the system would log you off without warning you about
the
>records you have open in 'edit mode'
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Myrtle
>OCLC

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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:23:47 -0600
To: "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
<SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>
From: "Mary J. Foster" <maryjfoster@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] OCLC Connexion for Union List

We are currently doing some "retrospective conversion" of shelf list
records, using the Update function and Connexion's web interface.  I
ignore the "active" records and "Log Off Anyway."

It IS nice the records are kept open throughout the duration of the
OCLC/Connexion session, in case you realize you forgot some little
something that you need to go back and do.  It means a complete
re-edit is not required.  (Yes, I speak from experience; just had to
do that this afternoon!)

As far as I can tell, though, there's nothing wrong with the "Log
Off
Anyway" choice when you are closing out your Connexion session.

Hope this helps.

Mary J. Foster
Serials Cataloger
Harry Ransom Center,
University of Texas

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From: Jeanne Little <jeanne.little@uni.edu>
Subject: RE: OCLC Connexion for Union list
To: "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
<SERIALST@LIST.UVM.edu>

I get this message even when all I do is a search for information,
even when there is nothing to update. It asks me this when I select
the Log off function. Haven't figured out why, when nothing was
done, it tells
me I have an active record. I always log off anyway, because I know
I didn't change anything!

Jeanne Little

Rod Library
Collection Management & Special Services
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA  50613-3675
Jeanne.Little@uni.edu
(319)273-7255