OCLC Newsletter

ISSN: 0163-898X

Index

Number 235

September / October 1998


Contents


From Jay Jordan

Extending WorldCat Collaborative Model
    by Jay Jordan
    page 3


Membership News

Baltimore County Public Library is now an OCLC member
    page 4

Centenary College of Louisiana enters 84 millionth ILL request
    page 5

Dewey Cuttering made easier
    by Edward Ohnemus
    page 6-8

Evolution of the Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table
    by Edward Ohnemus
    page 7

Tours of Preservation Resources offered during ALA Midwinter
http://www.oclc.org/presres/

    page 8

OCLC workstation drawing winners announced
    page 9

Joan Mitchell to head Forest Press
    page 9

Subscriptions for periodicals: How to know when the price is right
    by Stewart Bodner
    page 10-11


International

KRIC delivers electronic journals to universities and research institutions in Korea
http://www.kric.ac.kr

    page 12

CHEST to offer unlimited FirstSearch access to UK higher education community
http://www.chest.ac.uk/

    page 13

SABINET Online libraries to use OCLC Cataloging service
    page 14

Delegation from China visits OCLC
    page 14


Research

Cooperative Online Resource Catalog explores use for catalog of Internet resources
    by Thomas Hickey
    page 15-19

CORC builds on knowledge gained from InterCat and NetFirst
    page 17

A call for participation in the CORC Research Project
corc@oclc.org
http://purl.oclc.org/corc

    page 18

A call for participants in a CORC-related Library/Special Collections Practice and Needs Study
corc@olcl.org
http://purl.oclc.org/corc

    page 19

Research Advisory Committee meets with OCLC staff to discuss projects, directions
    by Bradley C. Watson
    page 20-21


OCLC Worldwide

OCLC and member libraries: Architects of a global information infrastructure
    by Phyllis B. Spies
    page 22-23

OCLC Europe expands in the Middle East, South Africa
    by Janet Mitchell Lees
    page 24-25

OCLC use continues to grow in the Asia Pacific region
    by Andrew H. Wang
    page 26-27

Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean offer OCLC users rich history online
    by Nicholas Cop
    page 28-29

OCLC Canada sees growth in its first year
    by Daniel Boivin
    page 30


Product News

Development of the next generation of FirstSearch under way
    by Dan McIver
    page 31-32

Facts On File World News Digest now on FirstSearch
    page 33

Electronic Collections Online expands medical content with major publishers
    page 34

Jean Touzot Libraire Editeur joins the OCLC Selection service
jtouzot@worldnet.net

    page 35

CatME enhancements coming en early 1999
    by David Whitehair
    page 35


Library Scene

Lincoln University Library, Jefferson City, Missouri
    page 36


Index

Transcribed by Emma McCulloch
23 December 1998