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CONTENTdm Featured Collections: November 2009
Organizations worldwide are using CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software to create thousands of outstanding digital collections and to provide easy access to their unique holdings.
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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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35 new publishers add more multilingual content to NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook collections
OCLC's NetLibrary, the leading provider of eBooks and eAudiobooks to libraries worldwide, now offers more than 200,000 eBooks and over 13,000 eAudiobooks from more than 550 publishers in a variety of subject areas and disciplines.
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Membership news:
OCLC welcomes the following new member institutions
Paul Sacher Foundation
Location: Basel, Switzerland
OCLC Symbol: CHULA
University of Delhi
Location: Delhi, India
OCLC Symbol: IIUDL
Lincoln Memorial University - Duncan School of Law
Location: Knoxville, Tenneessee, USA
OCLC Symbol: LMUDL
Lumen Christi College
Location: Martin, Western Australia, Australia
OCLC Symbol: ATLUM
Memorial University - Grenfell College
Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
OCLC Symbol: MUGRE
City of Boroondara Library
Location: Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
OCLC Symbol: ATBOR
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