CPERS (Cooperative Purchasing & Electronic Resources Services)

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 17 June 2008—Database producers H.W. Wilson and MLA have agreed to make article-level records available in WorldCat.org, increasing visibility and access to authoritative content licensed by libraries on the Web.

MLA and H.W. Wilson will permit a portion of their content to be indexed in WorldCat.org, the Web destination that allows information seekers to find what they need from a single source, online through OCLC’s cooperative organization of libraries.

The article-level metadata from H.W. Wilson and MLA will be added to the more than 50 million articles indexed from NLM MEDLINE, the Department of Education’s ERIC database, the British Library Inside serials, the GPO Monthly Catalog and the OCLC ArticleFirst® database to expand access and discovery of authoritative content through WorldCat.org.

OCLC will continue to add article-level records to WorldCat.org to enrich the search experience, and make collections from libraries more visible on the Web.

"Information seekers value authoritative content but often have a difficult time finding such content on the Web," said Chip Nilges, Vice President, OCLC Business Development. "By making these resources available through the WorldCat.org platform, Web searchers will be better able to find what they need, when and where they need it from libraries through the Web."

"We know that Web users want to discover relevant content and they will appreciate the ability to link to it from WorldCat.org and access Wilson data through their local library,” said Deborah Loeding, Vice President, H.W. Wilson Sales & Marketing.

"The Modern Language Association is pleased to participate in WorldCat's rich collection of resources for today’s information seeker," said Rosemary Feal, Executive Director of MLA. "We are proud to play a part in helping people discover print and electronic, language and literature scholarly publications through this innovative platform."

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The deadline for participating in the MINITEX NetLIbrary West Region Shared Collections (Academic, Community College, Ready Reference) is coming up soon-- Monday, June 23.

If you would like to purchase one or more of these collections, please place your order before June 23.
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NetLibrary Shared eBook collections are available for ordering: Academic, Community College, and Reference. See the MINITEX NetLibrary webpage for the initial title lists. Email CPERS if you have questions or would like an order form.

The collections are available at a reduced cost through a special regional offer until June 23, 2008. Participation is a one-time cost for ongoing access to this content.

• Ready Reference
  Answers the most frequently asked questions in libraries of all types. Core reference titles include encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases and handbooks. Featured publishers: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Greenwood Publishing Group, McGraw-Hill Professional and Oxford University Press.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  	$3,500	$3,500	$3,500	$3,500	$3,500

  
  *Price is reduced to $2500 for libraries that sign-up for either the Community College or Academic collections below. For all collections, Public Library FTE = 5% of population served
• Community College
  Includes titles for general education community college and vocational programs. Topics include nursing/health, design/drafting, culinary arts, education, criminal justice, industrial arts and more. Featured publishers: University Press, A & C Black Publishers Limited, F.A. Davis Company, Greenwood Publishing Group, McGraw-Hill Professional, Oxford University Press and Taylor & Francis.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  	$2,000	$3,000	$4,000	$6,000	$8,000




• Academic
  Includes subject-specific reference titles in key areas of interest to four-year institutions. Titles are relevant for both general education and upper division academic coursework in all subject areas. Featured publishers: Cambridge University Press, World Bank, National Academies Press, McGraw-Hill Professional and Oxford University Press.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  FTE Count	Under 2K	2K to 4K	4K to 8K	8K to 16K	Over 16K
  	$3,000	$4,500	$6,000	$9,000	$12,000

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Oxford Language Dictionaries Online has new content and new functionality:

NEW LANGUAGES: RUSSIAN AND CHINESE
The wait is over! Russian and Chinese are both now available as a part of your Oxford Language Dictionaries Online subscription, meaning that you now have access to over 4 million words, translations and phrases as part of this outstanding service. Learners of Russian and Chinese can now take advantage of a full suite of learning support materials and OLDO’s acclaimed functionality – including the virtual keyboard, mouse-over pronunciations, and more!

AUDIO PRONUNCIATION
Oxford is also delighted to announce the launch of native speaker audio pronunciation, allowing users to hear how words actually sound with correct stress and intonation. Pronunciation is available for headwords in every language (available for French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, British English, American English and Mexican Spanish), including Chinese and Russian. To access the pronunciations simply click on the loudspeaker icon next to the appropriate word on the entry page. (Click here for an example.) If you are having trouble hearing the audio files, please consult Help to ensure that your browser is configured correctly.

No action is necessary on your part to receive access to Russian, Chinese, or the audio pronunciation - it has been made available automatically as part of your existing subscription. When you login to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online you will now see Russian and Chinese available next to French, Italian, Spanish, and German, and the loudspeaker icon will automatically appear within entry text.

SPREAD THE WORD
Oxford is happy to provide promotional materials to assist you in promoting your subscription in-house. Simply contact us (taylor.stang@oup.com) to request Oxford Language Dictionaries Online flyers, posters, or bookmarks.

WORD OF THE DAY
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Effective May 30, 2008 SAGE has acquired CQ Press, the book publishing unit of Washington, DC-based Congressional Quarterly, Inc.

June 5, 2008

Dear Sir or Madam:

As a valued consortia customer, I am writing to share some exciting news. Effective May 30, 2008 SAGE has acquired CQ Press, the book publishing unit of Washington, DC-based Congressional Quarterly, Inc.

As you know, CQ Press is a highly respected publisher of books and reference materials for the library, college, and professional markets. Its publishing program, specializing in a variety of disciplines across the political and social sciences, is widely recognized for editorial excellence and authoritative content.

While CQ Press will become a division of SAGE, it will continue to operate independently. SAGE will maintain the CQ Press brand, and the editorial and administrative offices will remain in Washington, DC.

Since both companies will be maintaining their independence we will continue with “business as usual” with regard to purchasing, accounting and all other administrative functions. Your orders and payments for CQ Press products will still be processed by CQ Press. Likewise, there will be no change to your SAGE processes.

Discount structures and any pre-existing contracts for both companies will also remain unchanged.

We’re very pleased that CQ Press has joined the global SAGE family and both SAGE and CQ Press look forward to continuing our relationship with you.

For additional information on either company, please visit www.sagepub.com or www.cqpress.com. Should you have remaining questions or require additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Michael Schluter
Director, Library Sales
SAGE
michael.schluter@sagepub.com

Alix Vance
Executive Director, Reference Information Group
CQ Press
avance@cqpress.com

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Effective July 1, 2008, the price for OCLC FirstSearch Pay-Per-Search searches will increase to $1.05 (current pricing is $1.00 per search).

Libraries can purchase FirstSearch searches in blocks of 500 searches; the minimum order is 500.

Searches purchased under the per-search pricing option are valid for two years immediately following their purchase. They expire at the end of those two years unless the purchasing library has subsequently bought access to FirstSearch under any pricing option (per-search or subscription) during that period. When a library makes such an additional purchase, its per-search searches will have their expiration date adjusted so that they expire two years after the library’s latest FirstSearch purchase.

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