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Number 221 1996

OCLC Newsletter
Number 221; May/June 1996
ISSN: 0163-898X

The Growing Value of Your OCLC Membership
  by K. Wayne Smith.............................................3

                       MEMBERSHIP NEWS

OCLC Users Council discusses the globalization of OCLC services.4-5

High speed dial access service now available to OCLC network users
  by Jaron Terry................................................5

University of Colorado at Denver logs 65 millionth OCLC interlibrary
loan request using ILL PRISM Transfer service...................6

University of Connecticut logs 66 millionth OCLC interlibrary
loan............................................................7

AsiaLink provides Asian language materials to libraries.........8

Sandra Matsco named OCLC On the Front Line Award winner.........9

DCC translations brochure available.............................10

Fred Lauber named OCLC vice president, Telecommunications.......10

OCLC names three to Reference Service posts.....................11

                      INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Tsinghua University establishes OCLC Service Center in China....12

OCLC Asia Pacific Services brings OCLC technical services to the
East
  by Eliza Sproat...............................................13

The University of Waikato Library uses OCLC PRISM service
  by Tony Millett...............................................14-15

Janet Mitchell named managing director, OCLC Europe.............15

Russian catalogers host meeting on bridging MARC formats
  by Glenn Patton...............................................16

                           RESEARCH

Research Advisory Committee meets
  by Bradley Watson.............................................17

                           OLUC 25

Daniel Webster's socks and other interesting corners of the OLUC
  by George Promenschenkel with Jay Weitz.......................18

May/June highlights.............................................19-20

               COLLECTIONS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

Integrating Collections and Technical Services..................21

The Evolution of OCLC's technical services offerings
  by Martin Dillon..............................................22-23

PromptCat provides automated copy cataloging
  by Pam Kircher................................................24

OCLC Selection coming
  by Chris Grabenstatter........................................24-25

PRISM ILL facilitates acquisitions
  by Beth Baran.................................................25

OCLC works to automate authority control
  by Karen Calhoun..............................................26

Authority Control service now available
  by Rebecca Dean...............................................27

Contract services focus on customization and value
  by Brad Gauder................................................28-31

OCLC CJK services mark 10th anniversary
  by George Promenschenkel......................................32-33

Product Services Menu provides OCLC information and support
  by James D. Rubottom..........................................33

PRISM Usage Stats provides details on PRISM use
  by David Whitehair............................................34-35

U.S. regional networks help libraries move into the 21st century
  by Sonya Thelin Oliver........................................35-36

                           INTERVIEW

Jennifer A. Younger.............................................37-41
Abstract: The assistant director for technical services and liaison for the
regional campus libraries at Ohio State University talks about the past,
present and future of technical services.

                          PRODUCT NEWS

The New York Times soon will be available on FirstSearch, EPIC..42

IIL Fee Management reports now offered in electronic format.....42

AIDS and Cancer Research on FirstSearch, EPIC...................43

Abstracts added to Applied Science & Technology Index on
FirstSearch.....................................................43

IIL Custom Holdings now includes union list data
  by Myrtle Myers...............................................44

OCLC to convert 2.3 million records for NYPL Research Libraries.44

Information Dimensions announces new executive team.............45-46

Shell transforms research organization with BASIS document
management system...............................................46

Information Dimensions joins Petrotechnical Open Software
Corporation.....................................................47

About Information Dimensions....................................47

                    ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

Winners of the OCLC Online Union Catalog essay contest named
  by Donna Gehring..............................................48

Transcribed by Emma McCulloch
15th August 1996

Submitted by: j.gold  (cijs27@ccsun.strath.ac.uk)
               Thu, 15 Aug 1996 14:30:24 +0100 (BST)