No.14 ISSN: 1559-0011 January 2010
Contents
President's Report
The Ripple Effect
Libraries, archives and museums find more in common
The global cooperative takes shape
Classify
It all comes together in the WorldCat Registry
Metasearch expands the reach of WorldCat Local
Updates
Library statistics
By the numbers
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Format
Number of records
Percentage of total
Locations of items cataloged
Books
144,461,382
85.01%
1,382,678,443
Serials
7,077,774
4.17%
50,680,473
Visual materials
4,726,338
2.78%
30,717,289
Maps
2,665,939
1.57%
7,981,609
Mixed materials
957,294
0.56%
826,357
Sound recordings
5,260,150
3.10%
36,990,777
Scores
3,514,365
2.07%
15,122,676
Computer files
1,266,416
0.75%
3,853,946
Totals
169,929,646
100.00%
1,528,851,570
Updates | By the numbers