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Advocacy: Destination the world Tips and Tricks: Directory of libraries Labs: OCLC to pilot WorldCat Local Increasing libraries' relevance on the Web 
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NetLibrary launches new eAudiobook content
NetLibrary, a division of OCLC and a leading platform for eContent to libraries worldwide, now offers a selection of over 2,000 perennial best-sellers, timeless classics and hot new releases from Books On Tape and Blackstone Audio. The new titles complement the collection from Recorded Books, which is available as a subscription program. Featured Books On Tape authors from Random House include: Mitch Albom, Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, Ann Brashares, Libba Bray, Meg Cabot, Kate DiCamillo, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner, Sue Grafton, Carl Hiaasen, John Irving, Jonathan Kellerman, Dean Koontz, Lois Lowry, Mary Pope Osborne, Phillip Pullman, Anna Quindlen, Anne Rice, Louis Sachar, Jerry Spinelli, Danielle Steel and Jules Verne. Best-selling titles from Blackstone Audio include: The Civil War, Mere Christianity, The Aubrey/Maturin Series, Beyond Band of Brothers, Charlie Wilson’s War and A Confederacy of Dunces. Current releases include: The Legend of the Wandering King, a CBC/NSTA Outstanding International Book for 2006; The Secret River, the 2006 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize winner and a shortlisted title for the Man Booker Prize; The Sherlock Holmes Theatre, Blackstone Audio’s 2005 Audie Award winner for Best Drama; and The Prestige, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Fifty new titles have also just been added from Listen and Live. Stay tuned for more publishers, more titles, more authors... more choices from NetLibrary eAudiobooks. Visit the NetLibrary Web site to browse individual titles by subject. Building a community of WorldCat usersUser profiles to debut in WorldCat.org Establishing a social network of the
world’s library users will soon take a
major leap forward with the introduction
of WorldCat.org personal profiles. Personal profiles are “My WorldCat
Accounts” that allow users to create
identities at the WorldCat.org site by
listing name, location, interests, occupation,
photos, e-mail address and
links to other personal accounts, as
well as library affiliation. In addition, the
profiles allow users to manage contributions
to WorldCat, such as reviews,
ratings, artwork and recommendations.
It is the first step in a series of
new WorldCat.org features designed
to start a Web conversation by mixing Over the next year, OCLC plans to add a variety of social services to WorldCat.org, including tagging, list creation and sharing, citation management and personal cataloging. WorldCat.org is a new destination Web site that allows people inside and outside the library environment to discover and use the resources of WorldCat libraries. People can go to this site to search WorldCat or to download the new WorldCat search box. Visit WorldCat.org for more information. Reinventing ILLiadThe distributed resource sharing tool sports a new look and a new efficiency Among the enhancements:
Visit the ILLiad Web site for more information. Databases by the dozenOCLC will add 12 new databases to its FirstSearch service later in 2007 when the databases migrate from RLG’s Eureka service to FirstSearch—more than half of them will be FirstSearch exclusives (noted in boldface). These databases include:
First-time subscribers to any of these 12 databases will receive up to a 12-month subscription for the cost of six months of access. Orders must be placed by June 25, 2007. Contact OCLC library services for more information. For more information about the databases, visit the RLG transition information for reference Web page.
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Libraries can purchase individual titles
from Books On Tape and Blackstone Audio one at a time, just like eBooks
