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Agenda and slides available from 2009 Charleston Conference

OCLC Metadata Services for Publishers staff hosted a Product Forum at the 2009 Charleston Conference.

Library of Congress report and study

The Library of Congress recently published reports on the topic of bibliographic control and MARC record providers.

Presentation at Frankfurt Book Fair

Renee Register and other OCLC representatives recently attended the Frankfurt Book Fair. During the event, Renee presented on OCLC initiatives at the 31st International Supply Chain Seminar.

ALA Annual 2009 meeting recordings are now available

OCLC cataloging and metadata meetings at ALA Annual 2009 of interest to publishers include sessions that were recorded and are now available for viewing.

Webinar introduces Metadata Services for Publishers

Recording of August 5, 2009 webinar introducing Metadata Services for Publishers now available.

ISQ reports on OCLC Symposium for Publishers and Librarians

In its Spring 2009 issue "Information Standards Quarterly" released a report on the results of a Symposium for Publishers and Librarians on metadata, hosted by OCLC in March. 

Research Information Network publishes study

"Creating Catalogues: Bibliographic Records in a Network World" is a very timely overview of the whole process of bibliographic record production for printed and electronic books, and for scholarly journals and journal articles.

OCLC and NISO study "Streamlining Book Metadata Workflow" is now available

NISO and OCLC are focused on reducing the costs of data exchange between disparate systems in the supply chain of data and content.

OCLC holds webinar follow-up to Publisher Library Symposium

On May 5, OCLC hosted a webinar to continue the dialogue between publishers and libraries that began at the March Symposium.

Symposium results now available

OCLC recently hosted a Symposium for Publishers and Librarians to explore metadata needs and practices.