From an OCLC Press Release:  In addition to the 200 million records contributed by OCLC member libraries worldwide, 500 million items from leading publishers, aggregators and mass digitization efforts are also now accessible through WorldCat Local. OCLC has recently added content to WorldCat Local from EBSCO; Gale, part of Cengage Learning; Modern Language Association; ProQuest [...]

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From a press release:  Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest LLC, announced today a pilot project that will allow students and researchers at institutions subscribing to the Summon™ web-scale discovery service to automatically find their library’s Summon™ service search box when they use JSTOR.  In addition to the content available on JSTOR, users will be [...]

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From a Bowker Press Release – Bowker and AAP Will Host Webinar on Consumer Book Buying “The Big Picture” Will Highlight 2009 Consumer Demographics and Behavior NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ–(Marketwire – September 22, 2009) – Who is today’s book consumer, where are they shopping and how successful are we at reaching them will be the subject [...]

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Academics, ProQuest, Networks Object to Google Settlement – 9/10/2009 – Library Journal At Congressional Hearing, Register of Copyrights Slams Google Settlement – 9/10/2009 – Library Journal So, Can Google Use OCLC Records? Yes, But – 9/10/2009 – Library Journal This Could Be the Year of Digital Textbooks, if Students Accept Them The Last Library Is [...]

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