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Review Board on Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship releases final report

The Review Board on Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship, convened jointly by the OCLC Board of Trustees and Members Council to represent the membership and inform OCLC on matters concerning shared data, has issued its final report recommending that the proposed Policy on Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records be withdrawn and a new policy drafted.

Inside, Outside, and Online - New book by Chrystie Hill offers practical advice for libraries building community

Inside, Outside, and Online, the new book by Chrystie Hill, a librarian and director of community services at WebJunction, offers practical advice and inspiration for libraries building community.

OCLC named among Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT

OCLC, the world's largest library service and membership cooperative, based in Dublin, Ohio, has been named one of Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT.


Membership news:

OCLC welcomes the following new member institutions

Lane Cove Library
Location: Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia
OCLC Symbol: ATCOV

Honolulu Academy of Arts
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
OCLC Symbol: HAHAA

UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
OCLC Symbol: CLETH

Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Location: Braunschweig, Germany
OCLC Symbol: DEBUF

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
OCLC Symbol: NUCMC

Australian College of Applied Psychology
Location: Strawberry Hills, New South Wales, Australia 
OCLC Symbol: ATNAC

 

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