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WorldCat
making digital collections accessible with new CONTENTdm link
Libraries and other cultural heritage institutions that use CONTENTdm™
Digital Collection Management Software will soon be able to make unique
digitized collections more visible and accessible to libraries through
WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog. With the WorldCat link, a new
feature of CONTENTdm version 3.5 to be released this month, metadata harvested
automatically from CONTENTdm servers is converted to MARC format, loaded
into WorldCat and made available to library patrons searching the OCLC
FirstSearch service.
WebJunction
video now available
Support public access computing by joining WebJunction, a new online
community of libraries and other agencies sharing knowledge and experience
to provide the broadest public access to information technology. View
this six-minute video from the WebJunction Home Page (scroll down to Launch
Announcement) or order it online to learn how WebJunction was formed and
how it can help you
The University of Montreal reaches patrons virtually through QuestionPoint
The Universite of Montréal's ÉPC-Biologie Library recently announced its migration to QuestionPoint after a year-long trial using a commercial client support service. QuestionPoint, the collaborative virtual reference service developed by the Library of Congress and OCLC, combines a local reference solution with a global reference resource-sharing network to provide a cooperative, comprehensive and cost-effective service.
OCLC welcomes the following new member libraries
Universidad Iberoamericana
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
OCLC Symbol: UIAA
OCLC Network: OCLC Latin America and the Caribbean
Pro Libra Associates, Ltd.
Location: Maplewood, New Jersey, USA
OCLC Symbol: TEFPL
OCLC Network: Independent
University of California, Merced
Location: Merced, California, USA
OCLC Symbol: MERUC
OCLC Network: OCLC Western Service Center
More information about OCLC participating institutions
Web updates
OCLC Member Council Meeting May 2003
Members Council Meeting Minutes
OCLC Members Council PowerPoint Presentations May 2003
President's Report: Kristin Senecal, President, Members Council
OCLC President's Report: Jay Jordan, President and CEO
Chair's Report: Bill Crowe, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees
OCLC Member Council Interest and Library Group Minutes May 2003
View the following OCLC Member Council presentations: (webcast)
New Classification Tip: Meditations on a Number
LCSH/DDC Numbers
of Current Interest: New Headings:
(Weekly List 2002 no. 46)
WorldCat update
Every 12 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, which contains more than 52 million records representing 888,936,808 holding locations as of July 5, 2003. Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which has supported 127,551,285 interlibrary loan requests as of July 5, 2003. A library user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch service every second.
See the latest WorldCat record
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