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OCLC Service Announcment
FROM OCLC: OCLC System Alert Posted: 9/5/2008 11:09:59 AM ET Unable to login to WorldCat Resource Sharing Alert Status: Condition reported Affected Services: FirstSearch ILLiad WorldCat WorldCat Resource Sharing Description: ...

OCLC Programs and Research launches Above the Fold weekly current ...
This new serial publication seeks to bring attention to items of interest from beyond our normal reading sphere.

OCLC's Copyright Evidence Registry makes its debut
The Copyright Evidence Registry [OCLC] was recently launched. The effort promises a big step forward for those struggling to come up with ways to identify works for whom owners cannot be identified or located -- orphan works. ...

Registration Open for MINITEX/OCLC User Group Meeting
Registration is now open for the MINITEX/OCLC User Group meetings scheduled to be held in each of our 3 states this October. For the primary content, we have asked R2 Consulting, LLC, a firm specializing in workflow analysis and ...

Audio Interview - Michelle Harper, NetLibrary/OCLC
The August interview is with Michelle Harper, Global Product Manager of NetLibrary. Check it out here, or on the interviews page.

OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing has updated documentation
This document is your complete resource for information on all aspects of resource sharing and interlibrary loan procedures through OCLC's WorldCat Resource Sharing system. Some sample topics:. The Basic Interlibrary Loan Cycle ...

Above the fold: RLG/OCLC newsletter
http://www.oclc.org/emailcontent/articles/programsresearch/abovethefold.htm. We know how busy you are. We know how hard it is to keep up let alone look beyond the usual horizon. We think our new serial publication: Above the Fold can ...

Amlib goes to OCLC and our catalogue comes underway
Yesterday Amlib (our library management system) announced that they had been acquired by OCLC. Lucky Amlib! I'm a bit suprised actually, Amlib is quite a small LMS compared to, well, OCLC's company size. I know that they are interested ...

Sept. 15 Deadline for Submissions for the OCLC/ALISE Library and ...
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated and OCLC Programs and Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education ( ALISE ), invite research proposals for the Library and Information ...

OCLC copyright evidence registry
Unfortunately, OCLC harvests the rights of those contributing. The terms of use allow hardly any re-use: no mining, no caching, no distribution. There are also some fancy (cardcatalog?) rules like it's forbidden to “make more than one ...

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