In this issue:
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Tilburg University moves library workflows to the cloud with OCLC
Tilburg University is now running OCLC WorldShare Management Services live, in production, making Tilburg the first European library to adopt the cloud-based library management solution.
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RLUK and OCLC Pilot New Solution for Electronic Resource Metadata Management
OCLC has announced it is working with several members of RLUK (Research Libraries UK), to pilot a new service which brings improvements to the way libraries manage electronic resources and to users’ access of these valuable collections.
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More e-book content for WorldCat
OCLC has signed new agreements with leading publishers around the world to add more e-book metadata to WorldCat and to library management services through the OCLC WorldShare Platform.
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Italian Regional Membership Meeting takes place
In January, members of staff travelled to Florence to hold a Regional Membership Meeting at the European University Institute. Anja Smit, Chair EMEA Regional Council led the meeting.
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OCLC and FamilySearch partnership will combine resources for richer genealogy research experience
OCLC and FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organisation in the world, have signed an agreement that will enrich WorldCat and FamilySearch services with data from both organisations to provide users with more resources for improved
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Michael Panzer named Editor-in-Chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system
Michael Panzer, formerly Assistant Editor, has been named the 10th Editor-in-Chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system.
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Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the UK and Ireland has been published
OCLC are pleased to announce that the survey of Special Collections and Archives in the UK and Ireland is now available.
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WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local sites now available in Italian
The popular discovery sites for Web searchers now support a new interface language: Italian.
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OCLC and Gale expand partnership
OCLC and Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, have agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local, and to explore broadening discoverabi
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Upcoming Events in EMEA
11-14 March 2013
Bibliothekartag
'Create new worlds of knowledge', Germany
14-15 March 2013
Bibliostar
Exhibition of services, technologies and equipment for libraries, Milan.
5 April 2013
MmIT—Multimedia Information and Technology Group
'Cloudbusting – demystifying the Cloud', Sheffield, United Kingdom.
8-10 April 2013
UKSG
UK Serials Group 36th Annual Conference, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.