Early figures indicate 6.1 million bibliographic records and 29.2 million holdings in the master file. The core catalog data slipped over the mandated five CD discs but the staff is committed to keeping the core catalog on five CD-ROM discs for this one last catalog. The solution is to move records with imprint dates of pre-1900 to the serials supplement disc. Applicants can either complete form 471 on paper and mail it to the SLD or complete the web version. If you are filing via the web, some information must still be submitted in paper format.
Librarians can select all titles or build a custom library to meet their needs.
Each library is delivered on one CD and can be used either stand-alone or via a conventional network or Intranet. Sally Drew, director of the Reference and Loan Library, now is reviewing other vendor responses for possible group contracts. Be sure to mention the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to receive your 15 percent discount. The legislation would provide sweeping new legal protection for databases that would restrict access to and excerpting of their factual compilations, even if those compilations did not qualify for copyright protection. ALA and other education organizations testified against the bill at a March 18 House committee hearing.