Re: CatMe batch export

[Joanne_She_AT_JIS.ccmail@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi, Stephen,

According to my experience, we could try batch exporting on CatMe. But, the
system actually still export one by one. I prefer exporting the records one
by one not by batch, since I like to check each record on the local system
after exporting.  So, batch exporting doesn't matter to us.

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Joanne She
Head of Technical Services
Maryland State Law Library
Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401-1697
(410)-260-1430 Fax 410-974-2063

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Subject: CatMe batch export
Author:  innopac@xxxxxxxxxx (innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx) at MDCOURTS
Date:    01/03/2002 4:15 PM





       Greetings in the New Year,

            I am very new to using CatMe for exporting into III.

            Prior to last week, we exported from Passport/CatMe into
       III via cable and
       the lantronix boxes. Each record exported from Passport
       produced a report
       that printed out from a thermal printer.
       Occasional batch exports of up to 500 records were done via CatMe
       into III.
       To save us from the lengthy printout, the person exporting
       simply shut off
       the thermal printer.

            We now export exclusively by OCLC gateway. This is great,
       since we are no
       longer limited to using "export only" terminals. But one thing
       has changed:
       the report is now produced in an on-screen window generated
       after each
       export instead of onto the thermal paper.
            This means that when I batch export 100 records, that
       report window must
       be closed 100 times. I have attempted to have this information
       diverted to
       a printer. This won't work for me in CatMe (although it is
       supposed to) and
       when I try it from Passport, the report is still generated in
       an on-screen
       window in addition to being printed.
            So, in gaining more exporting versatility, we appear to
       have lost some
       functionality, just at the moment when batch exporting is
       becoming a real
       need at my library.
            Technical support at III told us that the on-screen export
       report cannot
       be disabled. Has any other III library found a way to bypass
       this problem
       (without resorting to FTS)?
            Our only solution so far is to re-activate the cable/lantronix
       box method.

       Stephen T. Early
       Cataloger
       Center for Research Libraries
       6050 S. Kenwood Ave.
       Chicago, IL  60637
       773-955-4545 ext. 326
       early@xxxxxxxxxx

       Center's web site: wwwcrl.uchicago.edu





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