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January 2006

Feature Articles

Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

Sarah Thomas

Cornell University is in the silent phase of a multi-year campaign to raise over 3 billion dollars. During this period before the formal announcement, the university is asking its closest friends to contribute to a nucleus fund that should grow to approximately half of the desired goal. Long before anyone asks an alumnus to donate to his alma mater, however, preparations are made for the fund-raising marathon.
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Report on the 1st International Conference on Universal Digital Library

(Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2005, Hangzhou) and on Workshops at Tsinghua University Library (Nov. 2-5, 2005, Beijing)

Karen Calhoun, Janet McCue, and Xin Li

“In heaven there is paradise, and on earth there is Hangzhou”—Chinese Saying

When Xin Li and I first learned about the First International Conference on Universal Digital Library (ICUDL), to be held in Hangzhou, China, last fall, we knew we wanted to go.
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AALL's National and International Advocacy Efforts

Claire Germain

As the current president of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), I would like to share the following developments with my CUL colleagues.
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CUL and the DLF/OCLC Digital Registry

Greg Nehler

CUL in the digital age is among the forerunners in many new developments in library services and technology. One notable sign that this trend is continuing is CUL’s contribution of records—its first but by no means last—to the DLF/OCLC Digital Registry in September 2005. The registry serves as a central location of MARC records that coordinates efforts to digitize resources, including making known the intent to digitize. It enables library staff to identify and evaluate digital versions and makes registry records available for extraction and re-use.
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