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OCLC TO HOLD PROCES AT CURRENT LEVELS THROUGH JUNE 2004

In recognition of the current economic realities facing libraries
during the continued downturn in the global economy, OCLC will
hold prices at current levels next year, implement a number of
business restructuring actions to control and reduce operating
costs, and continue to invest in the future for libraries.

< http://www.oclc.org/oclc/press/20030430.shtm >

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ENTERS 126 MILLIONTH ILL
 REQUEST, ITS 6TH OCLC ILL MILLIONTH RECORD

Entered on April 25, the request was for the book Immediate
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entered the 93, 109, 116, 118, 124 and 125 millionth records
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< http://www.wiu.edu/library/index.php >
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WORKING GROUP DEVELOPING PRESERVATION METADATA RECOMMENDATIONS

The OCLC Digital & Preservation Cooperative, OCLC Research and
the Research Libraries Group are sponsoring PREMIS,
(PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies) a new working
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OCLC WELCOMES THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBER LIBRARIES:

OSHA Salt Lake Technical Center Library
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
OCLC Symbol: OSHAS
OCLC Network: FEDLINK
http://www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/index.html

National Central University Reference Department
Location: Jung-li City,Taoyuan, Taiwan
OCLC Symbol: CHNAT
OCLC Network: OCLC Asia Pacific
http://www.ncu.edu.tw/

Redeemer University College Library
Location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
OCLC Symbol: RDC
OCLC Network: OCLC Canada
http://www.redeemer.on.ca/library/library.htm

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
OCLC Symbol: BWHA
OCLC Network: NELINET
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/

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please visit < http://www.oclc.org/contacts/libraries/ >.

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Dutch public libraries now using QuestionPoint
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            <p>In recognition of the current economic realities facing libraries 
              during the continued downturn in the global economy, OCLC will hold 
              prices at current levels next year, implement a number of business 
              restructuring actions to control and reduce operating costs, and 
              continue to invest in the future for libraries. <a href="http://www.oclc.org/oclc/press/20030430.shtm">News 
              Release </a></p>
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            <h3 align="center">Percent change in HEPI <br>
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            <p><i><font size="-2">From OCLC Annual Report 2001/2002</font></i></p>
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      <h2>Western Illinois University Library enters 126 millionth request into 
        OCLC ILL system<br>
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      <p>Entered on April 25, the request was for the book <i>Immediate Action</i> 
        and was filled by the Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Texas 
        on May 1. The library has created and entered the 93, 109, 116, 118, 124 
        and 125 millionth records into the ILL service on behalf of the university.</p>
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      <h2>Working group developing preservation metadata recommendations</h2>
      <p>The OCLC Digital &amp; Preservation Cooperative, OCLC Research and the 
        Research Libraries Group are sponsoring PREMIS, (PREservation Metadata: 
        Implementation Strategies) a new working group that is developing recommendations 
        and best practices for implementing preservation metadata in digital preservation 
        systems. Visit the PREMIS Web site to view the group's objectives and 
        members. <a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/pmwg/">More</a></p>
      <h2>OCLC welcomes the following new member libraries </h2>
      <p><a href="http://www.ncu.edu.tw/">National Central University Reference 
        Department</a><br>
        Location: Jung-li City,Taoyuan, Taiwan<br>
        OCLC Symbol: CHNAT<br>
        OCLC Network: OCLC Asia Pacific<br>
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      <p><a href="http://www.redeemer.on.ca/library/library.htm">Redeemer University 
        College Library</a><br>
        Location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada<br>
        OCLC Symbol: RDC<br>
        OCLC Network: OCLC Canada<br>
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      <p><a href="http://www.brighamandwomens.org/">Brigham and Women's Hospital</a><br>
        Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA<br>
        OCLC Symbol: BWHA<br>
        OCLC Network: NELINET</p>
      <p><a href="http://www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/index.html">OSHA Salt Lake Technical 
        Center Library</a><br>
        Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA<br>
        OCLC Symbol: OSHAS<br>
        OCLC Network: FEDLINK<br>
        <br>
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      <p></p>
      <h3><a href="http://www.oclc.org/contacts/libraries/">More information about 
        OCLC participating institutions</a></h3>
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      <h2>Web updates</h2>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/tips/webdewey/smoothsearching.htm">New 
        classification tip: smooth searching</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/">WorldCat statistics</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/source.shtm">WorldCat 
        bibliographic records by source</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/encodinglevel.shtm">WorldCat 
        input records by encoding level</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/format.shtm">WorldCat 
        records by format</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/language.shtm">WorldCat 
        records by language distribution</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/news/">OCLC news</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/oclc/press/20030704.shtm">Dutch public libraries 
        now using QuestionPoint</a></p>
      <p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/oclc/press/20030430.shtm">OCLC to hold prices 
        at current levels through June 2004</a></p>
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      <h2>WorldCat update</h2>
      <p>Every 15 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, 
        which contained 49,770,475 unique bibliographic records, representing 
        884,616,746 holding locations as of May 3, 2003. Every 5 seconds an OCLC 
        member library fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which 
        has supported 126,187,327 interlibrary loan requests as of May 3, 2003. 
        Every 2 seconds a library user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch 
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