OCLC offers Digital Archive service for long-term storage of libraries' digital collections

Press Release  |  www.oclc.org | Apr 15, 2008

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA,15 April 2008—OCLC is now providing a Digital Archive service for long-term storage of originals and master files from libraries' digital collections.

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ALA TechSource | Essential Info for the Future of Your Library

"As a long-time cataloger, I truly feel the pain that technical services personnel have known for a long time: the era of the library OPAC is over.

http://www.techsource.ala.org/pr/essential-info-for-the-future-of-your-library.html

ALA | ALCTS President's Program and more at Anaheim

CHICAGO – The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) invites all conference attendees to the following outstanding events during the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim.

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Winston Tabb to Receive Melvil Dewey Medal

Winston Tabb, Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress and a 25-year Library veteran, will receive the Melvil Dewey medal from the American Library Association (ALA) at its annual convention in Washington this summer.

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ALA | RDA task force to develop implementation plan

The RDA (Resource Description and Access) Implementation Task Force was created by the Cataloging and Classification Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, in the spring of 2007.

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ALA | ALCTS announces forums for Midwinter in Philadelphia

ALCTS, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, announces a stellar line-up of provocative and worthwhile forums for the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.

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ALA | Yee Selected for Margaret Mann Citation

The award will be presented on Sunday, June 29, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

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ALA | Walters article wins Best of LRTS Award

The Best of LRTS Award is given to the author of the best paper published each year in LRTS, the official journal of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. The author receives $250 and a citation in recognition of his or her work.

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ALA | Vicky Reich receives Ulrich s Serials Librarianship Award

CHICAGO-The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is pleased to announce that Vicky Reich is the winner of the 2008 Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award.

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ALA | Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award to Carol Pitts Diedrichs

CHICAGO-Carol Pitts Diedrichs, dean of libraries and William T. Young Endowed Chair at the University of Kentucky Libraries, is the recipient of the 2008 ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award.

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