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Did you miss the OCLC Symposium at ALA Midwinter,
“Extreme Makeover: Rebranding an Industry”?
Now you can watch the webcast or listen to the podcast
At this symposium, a panel of experts shares their insights on rebranding the library. Hosted by Cathy De Rosa, OCLC Vice President of Marketing and Library Services, the distinguished panelists include: Antony Brewerton, Subject Team Leader at Oxford Brookes University; Patricia Martin, President and Founder of LitLamp Communications Group, Inc.; Jennifer Rice, President of Mantra Brand Communications; and Omar Wasow, Executive Director of BlackPlanet.com and Internet Analyst for NBC.
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Internet users line up for video
Yahoo! leads Google in potential market share for video content offerings
As networks and other content creators line up to bring video to the Web, anticipation for rich media programs grows. Research from Points North Group finds TV junkies waiting for implementation from providers like Yahoo! and Google.
One third of survey respondents said they are interested in the yet-to-be-launched Google Video. A preference for Yahoo! Go resonated with 41 percent of the group. Stewart Wolpin, senior analyst at Points North Group, suggests Yahoo!'s offerings have more market share in this situation because the portal has set itself up as more than a search engine.
OCLC Canada helps Manitoba Library
Consortium develop
digitized information about the
province and its people
OCLC Canada recently worked with the Manitoba Library Consortium to digitize over 122,000 pages of historically significant newspapers and other content, including an atlas, books and historic maps, to make them freely accessible on the World Wide Web.
This digitization effort is part of the Manitobia: Life and Times project. “Manitobia” was coined by combining Manitoba, the keystone province located in the heart of Canada, with Utopia, signifying an ideal place—the new term meaning a perfect place to find information about Manitoba.
OCLC welcomes these new member libraries
Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Location: Newark, Delaware, USA
OCLC Symbol: NEMOU
OCLC Network: PALINET
Girls Inc. of Indianapolis
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
OCLC Symbol: INGIR
OCLC Network: INCOLSA
Algonquin Middle School
Location: Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
OCLC Symbol: INAMS
OCLC Network: ILLINET
WorldCat update
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