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Take a look at the power and reach of libraries
A new OCLC report shows that libraries are logistics experts, valued destinations, economic engines and home to a vibrant and sizable profession
Five
times more people visit U.S. public libraries each year than attend sporting
events. Each day, libraries circulate nearly 4 times as many items as
Amazon ships—and about the same number as FedEx ships in a day. Annual
purchases by U.S. libraries exceed U.S spending on videos, athletic footware
and bars and taverns. Libraries: How they stack up provides a snapshot
of the impact of libraries and some comparisons of library activities
to other sectors, professions and destinations in the worldwide economy.
Reformed
Theological Seminary Library contributes 53 millionth record to WorldCat
Entered on September 10, the record was for A Worship Guide for the Season of Advent for the Adult Choir of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a 2002 thesis publication by David. M. Ellison.
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Check out the latest enhancements to OCLC Connexion
New hotlink functionality, expanded automatic logon features, WebDewey, save file improvements and new searching features—including a search history button and a new quick search—are among the recent enhancements made to Connexion, the new face of OCLC cataloging.
OCLC welcomes the following new member libraries
Documentation Centre for Modern Japanese Music
Location: Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
OCLC Symbol: JADCM
OCLC Network: OCLC Asia Pacific
Federal Highway Administration,
Technical Reference Center
Location: McLean, Virginia, USA
OCLC Symbol: FHATR
OCLC Network: FEDLINK
More information about OCLC participating institutions
WorldCat update
Every 12 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, which contains more than 53 million records representing 896,272,615 holding locations as of September 13, 2003. Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which has supported 129,104,718 interlibrary loan requests as of September 13, 2003. A library user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch service every second.
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