Bowker's booksinprint.com Now Links to OCLC's WorldCat Database, Giving Libraries Access to Global Catalog of Library Holdings.Business Editors NEW PROVIDENCE New Providence, city, United States New Providence, borough (1990 pop. 11,439), Union co., NE N.J.; settled c.1720, set off and inc. 1899. It is largely residential but has some light industry. Roses and fruit are grown there commercially. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2002 R.R. Bowker, the world's leading publisher of bibliographic information, has partnered with the non-profit OCLC OCLC - Online Computer Library Center Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated to make available WorldCat(R) (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) records and holding information directly through Bowker's Web site, www.booksinprint.com (TM). The new seamless linking arrangement allows libraries to locate a title on booksinprint.com and then use WorldCat to find out the libraries nearest them that hold the title. It is a significant breakthrough that finally empowers librarians to truly look worldwide at a global catalog of library holdings. "In recent years, the Web has become the first information resource consulted by library users seeking specific published works," said Michael Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. , president of New Providence, N.J.-based R.R. Bowker. "Our collaboration with OCLC gives booksinprint.com users one-click access to the valuable WorldCat records and holding information that will help them determine where they can find the titles they want." The powerful enhancement to booksinprint.com can be accessed through the search results on the full display page. Booksinprint.com subscribers merely enter their OCLC FirstSearch(R) service authorization and other profile settings, then select one record at a time from their booksinprint search results for which they wish to search WorldCat for library holdings information. The seamless integration means that users link directly from the booksinprint.com record to WorldCat record holdings by simply clicking on the OCLC "search" button. It is not necessary for users to ever leave the booksinprint.com site. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that provides computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation services to 41,000 libraries in 82 countries and territories. OCLC was founded in 1967 to improve access to the world's information and reduce information costs Information costs Transactions costs that include the assessment of the investment merits of a financial asset. Related: Search costs. , and conducts ongoing research to develop technologies to support that mission. Forest Press, a division of OCLC since 1988, publishes the Dewey Decimal Classification Dewey Decimal Classification or Dewey Decimal System System for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups. Each group is assigned 100 numbers. system. More information about OCLC and OCLC regional service providers is available on the Web at www.oclc.org. Dewey Decimal Classification, FirstSearch, Forest Press, OCLC and WorldCat are registered trademarks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated. Founded in 1872, R.R. Bowker (a Cambridge Information Group Cambridge Information Group, CIG, is a privately owned group of information services and publishing companies and educational institutions. It was founded in 1971 by Robert N. Snyder and Philip E. Hixon and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. company) is North America's leading provider of bibliographic information, and is also the official agency for assigning ISBNs in the United States. The company's flagship product, "Books In Print(R)," is available on the Internet at www.booksinprint.com, on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and in hardbound hard·bound adj. & n. Hardcover. Adj. 1. hardbound - having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" hardback, hardbacked, hardcover backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified type print format. The Web-based version of "Global Books In Print" is located at www.globalbooksinprint.com. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com or call 1-888-BOWKER2 (1-888-269-5372). |
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