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The OCLC Cooperative Blog. Laura C. Slavin, Technical Services Librarian, Lincoln Memorial University's Carnegie-Vincent Library, shared the following story with us about how the ease-of-use of WorldShare Management Services helped provide more options and opportunities for workflow improvements and time savings in her library. It's not uncommon for us at the Carnegie-Vincent Library to have a large backlog of gift books.

Gift books often arrive in large quantities. They are removed from boxes and placed on carts for collection development librarians to assess for the collection. As Technical Services Librarian, those that were accepted for the collection were given to me for copy, complex copy and original cataloging. In June 2012, the Carnegie-Vincent Library migrated to OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS). In WMS, this process takes place in the Circulation module. The first step in developing the pilot project was to create a model for the plan. A serious concern for me was the quality of the output. Wellington City LibrariesTeen Blog. Fashion Friday, Style Catalogue I recently watched this DVD and it’s excellent; a sneak-peek into the preparations behind the New York Met’s exhibition China: Behind the looking Glass and, of course, the deliciously ritzy Met Gala, spear-headed by Anna Wintour.

I probably wouldn’t bother wearing these shoes to watch the film but I’d definitely consider wearing them to the Met Gala. I recommend reserving this one now – it’s the perfectly glamorous watch for this coming long weekend. The first Monday in May / a Fabiola Beracasa Beckman production ; a Andrew Rossi film. Each year, on the first Monday in May, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opens its doors to host the biggest event on the fashion calendar, The Met Gala, the opening night party to the Costume Institutes annual fashion exhibition. Fantasy, GLBT, Great Reads, Mysteries, Nicola, Troubled teens trying to put their past behind them We are okay, Nina LaCour The ship beyond time, Heidi Heilig Silver stars, Michael Grant.

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