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Missouri, North Carolina and Pennsylvania state sites added to WebJunction community

WebJunction, the leader in online learning for library staff, is working with the State Library of North Carolina, the Missouri State Library, and HSLC/Access PA to launch three new state sites, WebJunction–North Carolina, WebJunction–Missouri and WebJunction–Pennsylvania. Library staff in these states now have access to courses, articles, discussions and a professional network that will keep their skills up-to-date and help their libraries stay relevant to current user needs.

Hagley Museum and Library enters the 100,000th record from the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway

A record, titled “New Haven, Connecticut,” from the Hagley Museum and Library, marked the 100,000th record entered into WorldCat using the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The record of an aerial photograph taken in 1940 is a part of the museum’s Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs digital collection and can be viewed at www.worldcat.org/oclc/476891282.

OCLC's QuestionPoint and Mosio's Text a Librarian announce virtual reference collaboration

OCLC and Mosio are working together to enable seamless integration of Mosio’s Text a Librarian text messaging reference software with OCLC’s QuestionPoint reference management service to provide a comprehensive virtual reference solution for libraries.


Membership news:

OCLC welcomes the following new member institutions

Stadtarchiv Zürich
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
OCLC Symbol: CHRUZ

Museum der Kulturen
Location: Basel, Switzerland
OCLC Symbol: CHMKB

Santa Barbara Graduate Institute
Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA
OCLC Symbol: JAXSB

Goetheanum
Location: Dornach, Switzerland
OCLC Symbol: CHGTD

Department of Climate Change
Location: Canberra,  Australian Capital Territory, Australia
OCLC Symbol: ATDCL

Kunstmuseum Basel
Location: Basel, Switzerland
OCLC Symbol: CHKMB

 

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