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WebJunction turns 2!

In May 2005, WebJunction.org celebrates its second anniversary. Since its release, the site “Where minds meet” has grown to include six community partners, more than 13,000 members, 1,900 pieces of content, 50 online courses and nearly 6,000 messages posted to discussion forums. Become part of this community of librarians by registering today!

WebJunction is an online community of library staff dedicated to sharing knowledge and experience to provide the broadest public access to information technology.

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College libraries set aside books in a digital age

An article in The New York Times says that students attending the University of Texas at Austin will find something missing from the undergraduate library this fall. Books.

By mid-July, the university says, almost all of the library’s 90,000 volumes will be dispersed to other university collections to clear space for a 24-hour electronic information commons, a fast-spreading phenomenon that is transforming research and study on campuses around the country.

“In this information-seeking America, I can’t think of anyone who would elect to build a books-only library,” said Fred Heath, Vice Provost of the University of Texas Libraries in Austin.

Their new version is to include “software suites” - modules with computers where students can work collaboratively at all hours - an expanded center for writing instruction, and a center for computer training, technical assistance and repair.

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Chinese-language periodicals now available from NetLibrary

Through a partnership with Dragonsource.com, NetLibrary now features a new subscription service to the most popular magazines and journals published in mainland China.

The Dragonsource.com database of Chinese-language magazines consists of more than 1,100 titles that span 34 subject areas. Issues are updated on an ongoing basis, with many magazines available online before the print edition publication date. All articles are fully indexed and can be searched by author, title or keyword.

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OCLC welcomes these new member libraries

University of Strathclyde, Graduate School of Informatics
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
OCLC Symbol: UKGSI
OCLC Network: OCLC PICA

Earlville Public Library
Location: Earlville, Illinois, USA
OCLC Symbol: ILETP
OCLC Network: ILLINET

Mount Olive Public Library
Location: Mount Olive, Illinois, USA
OCLC Symbol: ILMOP
OCLC Network: ILLINET

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WorldCat update

WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive bibliographic database. Updated at a rate of nearly one new record every 10 seconds, WorldCat contains more than 60 million bibliographic records and holdings information contributed by more than 8,600 libraries around the world. The new Open WorldCat program makes the items in library collections—physical and digital, popular or special—discoverable by people searching the Internet.

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