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Enriching WorldCat with FAST

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2013-10-03 09:54

FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) is a fully enumerative faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), a widely-used subject-access vocabulary published and maintained by the Library of Congress. The development of FAST has been a collaboration between OCLC and the Library of Congress with advice from members of the ALCTS/SAC/Subcommittee on FAST.

OCLC Adds New Features to WorldShare ILL, Extends WorldCat Resource Sharing Access through May 2014

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2013-10-03 09:52

New features now available in OCLC WorldShare® Interlibrary Loan include printing and workflow options completely new to WorldShare ILL. Several of the new features are listed below, and additional details about these enhancements are available in the September 2013 WorldShare ILL Release Notes.

Register for the November Online Conference "MOOCs and Mobile Technologies – Their Impact on Reference Service"

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2013-10-03 09:40

Come explore the role of librarians in MOOCs: massive online open courses and their use of mobile technologies in the library to reach out to patrons, at our online conference Thursday, November 7.

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