NextSpace: The OCLC Newsletter
Working together to solve common problems and share resources is nothing new to libraries. But now, almost a decade into the 21st century, we can see that increasing technological and social changes impact how all individuals and groups cooperate. Coming from a long tradition of sharing, libraries may be better-suited than other industries to benefit from increased cooperative opportunities.
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Membership and Members Council
OCLC Members Council conducted its first-ever virtual meeting February 9–11 to discuss opportunities and challenges confronting the global information community, to learn more about collaborative services, and to continue the transition to a Global Council and Regional Councils. Read the news release.
Membership reports
OCLC’s latest report, Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want summarizes the findings from research conducted by OCLC on what constitutes quality in library online catalogs from both end users’ and librarians’ points of view.
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Save the date! OCLC Americas Regional Council to hold its first meeting at ALA Midwinter, January 15, 2010, 8:30 – 11:30 am, ET
Plan now to join us for the first meeting of the OCLC Americas Regional Council, which will be held on Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:30 – 11:30 am (ET), in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Expert Community Experiment enables cataloging members to make more changes to WorldCat records.
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NetLibrary catalog reaches 200,000-title milestone
NetLibrary has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by being the first eContent platform to offer academic, public, special and school library users access to more than 200,000 eBook and eAudiobook titles.
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