Document (#21715)

Author
Bishop, G.E.
Title
What WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) means to me
Source
Journal of library administration. 25(1998) nos.2/3, S.3-9
Year
1998
Abstract
26 August 1996 marked the 25th anniversary of worldCat. As part of a tribute to this resource, OCLC and the US regional networks sponsored an essay contest in which librarians and library users were invited to write essays of 500 words or les on the topic 'What the OCLC Online Union Catalog means to me'. Prizes were offered and the contest attracted entries from 340 librarians an 13 countries. Reproduces the 5 proce winning essays
Footnote
Contribution to the first of 2 volumes commemorating the 30th anniversary of OCLC's founding on 6 July 1967
Object
OCLC
WorldCat

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