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OCLC announces no-charge access to FRBR algorithm |
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Available for downloading at no charge, the algorithm converts
bibliographic databases to the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
Records (FRBR) model, in which individual records are brought together
under the concept of a work. OCLC Researchers Thom Hickey and Jenny
Toves developed the new algorithm as part of the OCLC Research Open
Source Software program. Project page| FRBR Algorithm announcement | Download the Algorithm |
Aloha! Hawaii State Library enters 128 millionth request into the OCLC ILL service
Created on July 24, the request was for a French book, Stations centrales; postes de transformation et lignes de force, and was filled by the Library of Congress on July 30. More than 7,000 libraries use the OCLC Interlibrary Loan service, which began operation in 1979. The service arranged 9.3 million loans in fiscal year 2002-2003.
Hawaii State
Library
Library of Congress
OCLC ILL Service
IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2004 named
Fellowship Program explores common challenges among libraries, librarians
worldwide
Four newly named Fellows will join the five named for 2003 whose fellowships were postponed due to SARS illness concerns. All nine Fellows will travel to OCLC's Dublin, Ohio headquarters in May 2004 for several weeks of study to enhance their understanding of information technologies and global cooperative librarianship.
OCLC welcomes the following new member libraries
Camp
Zama Library
Location: United States Army Garrison-South Camp, Japan
OCLC Symbol: CAMP
OCLC Network: OCLC Asia Pacific
Culpeper County Library
Location: Culpeper, Virginia, USA
OCLC Symbol: COLBT
OCLC Network: Independent
More information about OCLC participating institutions
Web updates
OCLC Member Council Task Force on OCLC's Role in Staff Development
OCLC
Member Council Task Force on OCLC's Role in Staff Development
FY01 Network Training Survey
OCLC
Member Council Task Force on OCLC's Role in Staff Development
Staff Development Bibliography
WorldCat update
Every 12 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, which contains more than 52 million records representing 892,948,939 holding locations as of August 9, 2003. Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which has supported 128,317,615 interlibrary loan requests as of August 9, 2003. A library user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch service every second.
See the latest WorldCat record
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