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# November 2006 RLG-OCLC Transition Forum—Middle East Librarians Association Date & Location: Saturday, November 18, 2006. Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA. ## Agenda ### 2:00 – 2:05 pm Introductions to the RLG-OCLC staff Karen Smith-Yoshimura, OCLC Service Center Arthur Smith, OCLC Middle East & Northern Africa David Whitehair, OCLC Connexion client product manager ### 2:05 – 3:35 pm Experiences Using Connexion for Arabic-script Cataloging Hikmat Faraj, Middle Eastern Studies Bibliographer Emory University Libraries Roberta L. Dougherty, Middle Eastern Studies Librarian University of Texas Libraries, University of Texas at Austin ### 3:35 – 4:00 pm Transitioning RLG Services to OCLC Karen Smith-Yoshimura, on behalf of the OCLC-RLG Technical Services Transition Team Discussion: Share your questions about integrating the RLG Union Catalog into WorldCat and migrating RLIN21 use to Connexion! Background: RLG-OCLC Technical Services Transition Scenarios