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Robert S. Martin to join OCLC
as consultant
after completing term as IMLS Director
Robert S. Martin, who recently completed his four-year term as Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington, D.C., will join OCLC as Special Advisor to the President for Cultural Heritage Institutions. Dr. Martin will consult for OCLC on special assignments beginning August 1.
“I have followed the work of OCLC closely over the past four years, and I am optimistic that I can help OCLC extend the value of its services to even more cultural heritage institutions around the world,” said Dr. Martin.
Can cell phones become a key learning tool?
There are 1.5 billion cell phones in operation around the world, and a large percentage of them are in the hands of students. Yet these phones are barred in most classrooms because they interrupt lessons and can enable cheating. An article in Innovate, The Online Journal of Education by Marc Prensky encourages educators to reconsider their view of mobile technology—and to imagine a pedagogy that embraces its potential. Essentially small computers, cell phones can support language lessons, display animations of medical and chemical processes, be used for polling and testing, serve as a gateway to larger learning resources—and so much more.
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NetLibrary forms partnership with CybraryN™ for remote patron authentication solutions
CybraryN™ Solutions, a leader in public access control and security software, and 
NetLibrary, the world's leading provider of eBooks and a division of OCLC, have announced a new strategic partnership where NetLibrary will offer the CybraryN™ Patron Authentication Server as an alternative solution to its library customers.
OCLC welcomes these new member libraries
State Library of Louisiana
Location:
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, USA
OCLC Symbol: GSLSL
OCLC Network: SOLINET
Damelin—Krugersdorp Campus
Location:
Krugersdorp, South Africa
OCLC Symbol:
ZAKRU
OCLC Network: OCLC PICA
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