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Issue 30
In this issue: Registration opens for EMEA Regional Council 2013; Invitation for submissions for a Poster Session at this year’s EMEA Regional Council Meeting 2013; Global Council Election 2013: Call for Nominations
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Registration opens for EMEA Regional Council 2013
A rich and varied programme will await visitors to the forthcoming EMEA Regional Council Meeting in Strasbourg on 26 and 27 February. The theme of the meeting is: Dynamic Data: a world of possibilities.
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Invitation for submissions for a Poster Session at this year’s EMEA Regional Council Meeting 2013
At next year’s EMEA Regional Council Annual Meeting, we will be hosting a Poster Session during the course of the two days. The theme is “Demonstrating Innovation in Data Management” and we are particularly interested to hear about work in the are
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Global Council Election 2013: Call for Nominations
The OCLC EMEA Regional Council is seeking nominations to stand for Open Delegate Positions to represent OCLC EMEA member institutions at OCLC Global Council.
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New OCLC cataloguing functionality for electronic collections
New OCLC WorldShare Metadata collection management functionality offers more efficient ways for libraries to manage electronic resources and improve user access to those valuable collections.
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Spanish Business School selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services
The IE Library serving IE Business School in Madrid and IE University Library in Segovia, Spain, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library management solution. IE Library is the first library in Spain to commit to using O
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Italian public library records added to WorldCat
OCLC has added the records of a group of more than 100 public libraries in the province of Trento, Italy, to WorldCat. This addition significantly increases the number of Italian language records in the world’s largest database of items held in li
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WorldCat Local takes off in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, libraries RUG and Hanzehogeschool have selected WorldCat Local as its new integrated discovery-to-delivery service. And, Tilburg University has launched its discovery service, based on WorldCat Local service to end users.
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Europeana and OCLC agree on approach
OCLC and Europeana, the provider of Europe’s digital library, have worked together on an approach that will enable OCLC member institutions to contribute metadata derived from OCLC’s WorldCat database to the Europeana.eu portal in a manner that is
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Europeana Innovation Pilots
OCLC Research and Europeana have been conducting innovation pilots since May and will be continuing through to December 2012. This collaborative initiative aims to pilot the use of existing and newly developed OCLC methods and techniques for clean
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OCLC’s EZproxy hosted service is now live
In June, OCLC announced the availability, and first European pilot of the EZproxy hosted service at the University of the Arts London. Now, following a successful pilot, and subsequent adoption of the service at the University, OCLC are delighted
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Nielsen adds new WorldCat® link to its market leading search and discovery service: Nielsen BookData Online
Nielsen has announced that, in response to customer demand the company has developed a new WorldCat Link to its service, Nielsen BookData Online.
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