DCL says the Navy could lighten up. Earth s Largest Library to be Virtual OCLC, the largest library online cooperative, is strategically moving to combine itself with public and academic libraries around the world into unified, virtual library service on the Web. The Extended World Catalog project by OCLC will build on its existing WorldCat database. OCLC would link data globally, for example, with the online PICA cataloging service in the Netherlands, in which OCLC recently acquired a majority interest.
PICA helps libraries in the Netherlands, France, and Germany create union catalogs.
Cataloging the World's Knowledge. OCLC's basic WorldCat database contains over 43 million records, and is growing at the rate of over 1 million records every 5 months. OCLC currently serves 36,000 libraries in 76 countries. Events Calendar Scott AFB Small Business Information Technnology Show , Scott AFB, IL, August 22. DCL will be exhibiting at this show.