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OCLC to make library collections more visible and accessible on the Internet

The Open WorldCat pilot is a year-long initiative that makes library resources available from nonlibrary Web sites. The pilot aims to test the effectiveness of Web search engines in guiding users to library-owned materials, making libraries more visible to Web users and more accessible from the Web sites many people turn to first.

Open WorldCat pilot Web site

netLibrary eBook collection reaches 60,000-title milestone

With the addition of new content from HarperCollins, Taylor & Francis, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill Professional and other leading publishers, the netLibrary collection has grown to include more than 60,000 eBook titles. Certain Ideas of France: Essays On French History and Civilization, published by Greenwood Press, was the 60,000th title loaded to the site. To view more new titles, or search our complete collection, login to TitleSelect. netLibrary is a division of OCLC.

netLibrary Web page

OCLC FirstSearch service has new look, new interface for resource sharing, more options for customization

The OCLC FirstSearch service, the online reference service for libraries, has a new, updated appearance along with a new, integrated resource sharing interface for library staff, improved navigation and more customization options. The new look, enhancements and features are based on feedback from librarians and usability tests with FirstSearch users.

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OCLC welcomes the following new member libraries

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Location: Monterrey NL, Mexico
OCLC Symbol: NEUAD
OCLC Network: OCLC Latin America & the Caribbean

Institute of Education, University of London
Location: London, United Kingdom
OCLC Symbol: LIE
OCLC Network: OCLC PICA

Americus Township Library
Location: Americus, Kansas, USA
OCLC Symbol: BS3
OCLC Network: BCR

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WorldCat update

Every 12 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, which contains more than 53 million records representing 899,100,876 holding locations as of October 25, 2003. Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which has supported 130,205,006 interlibrary loan requests as of October 25, 2003. A library user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch service every second.

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