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Nebraska, Iowa and Ontario public libraries recognized by WebJunction awards program
Meadow
Grove Library (Nebraska, USA), Storm Lake Public Library (Iowa, USA) and
Windsor Public Library (Ontario, Canada) have earned Technology Planning
awards from WebJunction, an online community where library staff meet
to share ideas, solve problems, take online courses—and have fun.
The awards recognize creative and effective technology planning and the impact it has on programming, budgeting, clarifying priorities and improving services.
As a result of its technology planning, Meadow Grove Library saw a 50 percent increase in the number of people using its services and will build a new library in 2005. The Storm Lake Public Library initiated a Technology Rotation plan that puts all computer equipment on a three-year replacement schedule. And Windsor Public Library implemented a formal annual review of technology directions and spending.
Association of Research Libraries publishes
ARL Supplementary Statistics 2002–03
The
report states:
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ARL libraries’ expenditures for electronic materials have increased more than fivefold, from an estimated 3.6 percent of the average library budget in 1992-93 to 25 percent of the average budget in 2002-03.
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One hundred eleven ARL university libraries spent almost $230 million on electronic resources in 2002-03.
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Forty-nine ARL libraries reported an additional $21 million spent through centrally funded consortia.
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ARL libraries in 2002-2003 spent $13.2 million for document delivery and interlibrary loan and $27.1 million on bibliographic utilities, networks and consortia (from operating funds—excluding staff costs).
OCLC helps Cornell University publish Witchcraft Collection
High quality preservation microfilming by OCLC helped Cornell University Library digitally publish a special Witchcraft Collection that contains over 3,000 titles documenting the history of the Inquisition and the persecution of witchcraft.
The OCLC Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, preserved a collection of monographs printed from pre-1600 to 1850 in German, French, English and other western European languages. About 30 percent of the volumes were brittle, stained or damaged.
View
the Witchcraft Collection
Learn about OCLC
preservation services
OCLC welcomes the following new member libraries
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied
Science and Technology, Kelsey Campus
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
OCLC Symbol: CNSIA
OCLC Network: OCLC Canada
Kenyon Woods Middle
School
Location: South Elgin, Illinois, USA
OCLC Symbol: ILKWS
OCLC Network: ILLINET
Bartlett Elementary School
Location: Bartlett, Illinois, USA
OCLC Symbol: ILBES
OCLC Network: ILLINET
WorldCat update
Every
12 seconds an OCLC member library adds a new record to WorldCat, which
contained more than 56 million records representing 943,395,795 holding
locations as of October 30, 2004. Every 4 seconds an OCLC member library
fills an interlibrary loan request using WorldCat, which has supported
139,961,863 interlibrary loan requests as of October 30, 2004. A library
user searches WorldCat using the OCLC FirstSearch service every second.
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