1998 - Adding Value to Your OCLC Membership
by Jay Jordan
page 3
OCLC and WLN begin negotiations to merge
http://www.wln.com
page 4
U.S. National Agricultural Library enters 85 millionth ILL request
page 5
RONDAC meets at OCLC
page 5
OCLC Users Council: Users Council discusses the future of the information industry
page 6-7
CIC and OCLC transform interlibrary loan services with new agreement
by Barbara McFadden Allen
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/
page 8-9
OCLC announces essay contest on interlibrary loan
storeyt@oclc.org
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French and Spanish interfaces are new FirstSearch options
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menus/fs.htm
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OCLC Abstracts now available in French and Spanish
page 10
OCLC issues 1997 / 98 annual report
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/ar98/ar.htm
page 11
Preservation Resources now produces SilverLock polysulfide solution
http://www.oclc.org/presres
page 12
Christine Deschamps receives National Order of Merit
page 13
Greg McKinney named director, Conversion Services
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James Houfek named OCLC vice president and general counsel
page 13
The Polar Express tops 100 most-held children's books
by Patrick McClain
page 14-16
Russian libraries try out OCLC ILL
by Catherine Charnley
page 17
OCLC participates in IFLA conference
page 18
Shanghai Library celebrates two years with OCLC
by Ji Lu-En
page 19
The Ontario Colleges Bibliocentre joins OCLC
page 20
CAUL representative visits OCLC
page 20
Mantis project provides a toolkit for cataloging
http://purl.oclc.org/mantis/
page 21-23
OCLC seeks applicants for research grants
diane_morris@oclc.org
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TechPro service provides custom cataloging
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/techpro.htm
page 24-25
BTJ and OCLC work together to restore catalog of rare materials in Swedish library
by Jeff Ivany
page 26-28
TechPro catalogs for three national libraries
by Cythia Whitacre
page 28
Ursuline collection of rare materials added to WorldCat
by Nita Dean
page 29-30
TechPro handles a wide variety of projects
page 31-32
Regional networks counsel member libraries on telecom options
by Sharon Bosarge
page 33-34
End of multidrop access moves up
by Sharon Bosarge
page 33
PsycINFO database reloaded with improvements
http://www.apa.org/
page 34
New title resource now available in FirstSearch
page 35
Cybrary opens at Eastern Michigan University
page 36
Transcribed by Emma McCulloch
26 January 1999