Archived issues of the OCLC Newsletter

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See an index to the OCLC Newsletter, 1967-2005

2005

• April | May | June 2005, No. 268 (PDF:837 Kb /24pp.) The Long Tail and What it Means for Libraries
• January | February | March 2005, No. 267 (PDF:817 Kb /24pp.) The Big Bang!, Gamer/Boomer: Getting and Keeping Both Generations Happy

2004

• October | November | December 2004, No. 266 (PDF:6.1Mb /24pp.) Personalizing the Web Experience
• July | August | September 2004, No. 265 (PDF:2.85Mb /12pp.) E-learning and Libraries, Gaming in the College Classroom
• April/May/June 2004, No. 264 (PDF:1.01Mb /24pp.) The Next Generation of Librarians
• January/February/March 2004, No. 263 (PDF:757K /20pp.) Being Relevant in a Web World

2003

• October/November/December 2003, No. 262 (PDF:1.64Mb /24pp.) Understanding FRBR: The new bibliographic model, CAPCON becomes OCLC CAPCON Service Center
• July 2003, No. 261 (PDF:2.2Mb /32pp.) CONTENTdm: New life for special collections, University repositories: An extension of the library cooperative
• April 2003, No. 260 (PDF:2.2Mb /20pp.) WebJunction.org connects communities to the world, The Economics of Digital Preservation
• January 2003, No. 259 (PDF:21.3Mb /24pp.) The Web after 5 years, Building change into OCLC services

2002

• October 2002, No. 258 (PDF:2.37Mb /26pp.) Reference cooperative expands with QuestionPoint; OCLC Research targets digital library issues
• July 2002, No. 257 (PDF:2.08Mb /23pp.) Members Council sets new course; Rebuilding WorldCat for the web world
• March/April 2002, No. 256 (PDF:5217K/40pp.) netLibrary: Exploring the advantages of eBooks
• January/February 2002, No. 255 (PDF:8343K/48pp.) OCLC Illiad: Supercharging Interlibrary Loan

2001

• November/December 2001, No. 254 (PDF:13,772K/40pp.) DDC, 1876-2001: 125 years and counting
• September/October 2001, No. 253 (PDF:26,507K/52pp.) OCLC Digital Preservation Resources
• July/August 2001, No. 252 (PDF:8517K/48pp.) Pathfinders
• May/June 2001, No. 251 (PDF:27,753K/48pp.) 30 Years of WorldCat
• March/April 2001, No. 250 (PDF:11,094K/48pp.) E-Services
• January/February 2001, No. 249 (PDF:3139K/48pp.) U.S. Library Services: Helping Libraries and Consortia Thrive

2000

• November/December 2000, No. 248 (PDF:3032K/40pp.) OCLC Union List: a cooperative investment
• September/October 2000, No. 247 (PDF:2064K/36pp.) OCLC WebExpress: Opening Library Portals to a World of Information
• July/August 2000, No. 246 (PDF:2476K/48pp.) Clicks and Mortar
• May/June 2000, No. 245 (PDF:1429K/40pp.) Consortia
• March/April 2000, No. 244 (PDF:1708K/28pp.) Infrastructure
• January/February 2000, No. 243 (PDF:1852K/56pp.) Libraries, U.S. Networks, and OCLC—The Power of Cooperation

1999

• November/December 1999, No. 242 (PDF:1012K/56pp.) Cataloging Services for the Next Millennium
• September/October 1999, No.241 Y2K Update
• July/August 1999, No. 240 OCLC ILL 20th Anniversary: Member Libraries Celebrate 20 Years of Sharing Resources
• May/June 1999, No. 239 The CORC Project: Extending the WorldCat cooperative model to the Web
• March/April 1999, No. 238 Preservation Resources: Advancing the future by preserving the past
• January/February 1999, No. 237 A New FirstSearch

1998

• November/December 1998, No. 236 OCLC TechPro service tackles cataloging challenges
• September/October 1998, No. 235 OCLC and member libraries
• July/August 1998, No. 234 Accessing OCLC in the 21st Century
• May/June 1998, No. 233 Enriching WorldCat
• March/April 1998, No. 232 Happy New Year? Preparing for the millennium
• January/February 1998, No. 231 Integrating Resources with OCLC SiteSearch

1997

• November/December 1997, No. 230 Resource Sharing: The Metamorphosis of OCLC Interlibrary Loan
• September/October 1997, No. 229 Usability Testing: Building Quality into OCLC Services
• July/August 1997, No. 228 OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online is here
• May/June 1997, No. 227 The University and Research Library--Beyond 2000
• March/April 1997, No. 226 Electronic Archiving
• January/February 1997, No. 225 The OCLC Office of Research

1996

• November/December 1996, No. 224 Avoiding the Isle of Obsolescence
• September/October 1996, No. 223 FirstSearch celebrates five years of innovation
• July/August 1996, No. 222 What the OCLC Online Union Catalog Means to Me....
• May/June 1996, No. 221 Collections and Technical Services
• March/April 1996, No. 220 On the Web with OCLC FirstSearch and NetFirst
• January/February 1996, No. 219 GALILEO--Georgia Library Learning Online

1995

• November/December 1995, No. 218 OCLC Affiliated U.S. Regional Networks
• September/October 1995, No. 217 Preservation Resources: Past, Present, and Future
• July/August 1995, No. 216 STEPS toward a new era in electronic publishing
• May/June 1995, No. 215 Resource Sharing—It Isn't What It Used to Be
• March/April 1995, No. 214 Accessing OCLC
• January/February 1995, No. 213 SUNY Celebrates 20 years and TECHPRO Reaches Its 10-year Mark

1994

• November/December 1994, No. 212 With a special report on PromptCat
• September/October 1994, No. 211 With a special report on electronic publishing