Professional Reading Shelf
Open Worldcat
Source: Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog
Find other editions in Open WorldCat
OCLC has added more publicly accessible info to their Open Worldcat records.
See Also: Subject Headings Now Hyperlinked in Open Worldcat
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Children’s Books
Source: NPR
Children’s Book Tells Tale of Iraq Librarian
“It’s not every day that an illustrated children’s book about war is published. But author Jeanette Winter has created a book about a librarian who saved 70 percent of an Iraqi town’s books during the U.S. invasion. The book is called The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq.”
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Public Libraries
Source: Denver Post
Library says DVDs, CDs reflect public taste
“The Denver Public Library spent nearly 22 percent of its materials budget last year on music CDs and movies, a ratio higher than its neighboring library districts and many of its national peers.”

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