Winners of this year s drawing for library materials included Evelyn Bingel, Jackie Davies, Laurel Goin, Lauralee Grabe, Mary Griffin, Jeanette Hilton, Paul Hoffman, Pat Hughes, Mary Jurgens, Carole Larson, Pat Leach, Deborah Levitov, Ruby Meister, Jim Mulder, Tom Schmitz, Barbara Simpson, Karen Sorensen, Marilyn Spencer, Robert Trautwein, Mary Trenerry, and Lynn Wild. T he Library Commission Batchload Project continues to add and delete holdings to the OCLC Online Union Catalog, WorldCat, from 31 Nebraska libraries. Libraries added 2.1 million records to it last year and 36 million location listings Of this number of holdings, more than half a million belonged to Nebraska s libraries participating in the Batchload Project. In addition to adding to the value of the OCLC database, these libraries are now full-participants in the OCLC Interlibrary Loan System, capable of lending material from their collections as well as borrowing from other libraries. Probable stops for pickup will be Kearney, Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha.
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Arrival and departure will be determined by the conference schedule. If interested, call your Regional System Administrator as soon as possible. I n October, President Bill Clinton announced that nearly 800 colleges and universities from every state have pledged to commit work-study slots to help ensure that every American child can read well and independently. Also in October, the Reading Excellence Act, H.R. 2614, was approved by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. E dLiNC, the Education and Libraries Networks Coalition , launched a new Web site and 800 hotline phone number in November.