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Language Sets : At a glance

Language Sets at a glance

OCLC Language Sets are a fast and easy way for your library to build collections of world languages to better serve your culturally diverse community. Language Sets provide everything you'll need to start, maintain or expand a world languages collection of books, CDs and DVDs. Language Sets come with MARC records for each title. Including your holdings in WorldCat for your Language Sets materials enables you to make your collection available for discovery on the Web through WorldCat.org and other Web-based search engines.

Benefits

  • Save the time you would spend contacting publishers and negotiating prices—our language collection specialists do the work for you.
  • Carefully selected classics, best-sellers and highly anticipated new releases that appeal to public library users.
  • Speed up cataloging and get materials to your users quickly.
  • One-stop shopping for your library to acquire world-language materials and serve your diverse community.
  • Your Language Sets materials are discoverable on the Web through WorldCat.org and other Web-based search engines.
  • Saves time that can be better spent serving your culturally diverse community.

Features

  • Available in 13 languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Panjabi, Russian, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
  • Stay current with a steady stream of new materials using easy-to-order, regular deliveries of additional Language Sets.
  • Language Sets records are automatically cataloged in WorldCat, the most comprehensive bibliographic database available.
  • Includes optional shelf-ready processing.
  • OCLC takes care of all shipping and customs forms; orders are delivered right to your door.
  • Promotional language-specific posters and bookmarks are included with your order; customizable fliers are available.

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WorldCat Cataloging Partners is a collaborative effort with materials vendors to reduce the cost of cataloging for libraries. WorldCat Cataloging Partners delivers OCLC MARC records that match the materials you order through participating vendor partners and sets your library’s holdings automatically in WorldCat.

OCLC Contract Cataloging services help solve your cataloging challenges. It offers solutions for every library, whether you need help with ongoing support for new acquisitions or large backlogs, or handling of nonbook formats and gift collections. We work quickly with little or no impact on your daily operations or staff allocation.