More content, services and value with  FirstSearch Base Package additions

OCLC has expanded the FirstSearch Base Package to include the OAIster, CAMIO® and ArchiveGrid® databases at no additional charge to subscribers. CONTENTdm Quick Start, an entry-scale, hosted version of the software will be included at no additional charge starting May 1.

The goal of these additions is to provide your library with access to more digital resources, and to do so in a way that highlights libraries' unique online presence. Connecting these resources through WorldCat® also allows your users to more easily find high-quality materials through your library.

• If you currently subscribe to the FirstSearch Base Package, you now have access to OAIster on your account and will receive a letter with your ArchiveGrid and CAMIO authorizations and passwords. (If you currently subscribe to ArchiveGrid and CAMIO, you will receive credit for the remainder of your subscription.) Further details on CONTENTdm will be coming soon.
• If you don't currently subscribe, but are interested in the FirstSearch Base Package, please contact your OCLC representative.

Additions to the expanded FirstSearch Base Package:

• ArchiveGrid—an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world.
• CAMIO—Catalog of Art Museum Images Online—a premier resource of high-quality art images from around the world contributed and described by leading museums, all rights-cleared for educational use.
• OAIster—a union catalog of digital resources developed by the University of Michigan and harvested using OAIPMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting).
• Coming May 1, 2009—CONTENTdm Quick Start that includes the CONTENTdm 5 software hosted by OCLC with secure systems support, three Project Clients for collection building, a 3,000-item limit and 10GB of storage.

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