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Unit 12: Some Important Information Centers

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction

12.1 Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
12.2 User Studies

12.3 International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
12.4 Agricultural Resources Information System (AGRIS)

12.5 Summary

12.6 Keywords
12.7 Review Questions

12.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Understand online computer library center
• Define agricultural resources information system
• Know about international nuclear information system.

Introduction

In today’s Web environment, scale matters. Through, massive concentrations of shared data,
applications and connections, communities can leverage the Web infrastructure to create new
services, generate new operating efficiencies and develop new relevance to users.

12.1 Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

The Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), a non-profit corporation, is a membership-based,
service and research organization dedicated to the purposes of furthering access to the world’s
information at reduced cost. The OCLC members are institutions, primarily libraries, which use
OCLC products and services to locate, acquire, catalogue, lend and preserve books and other library
materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians, and other information
seekers use OCLC systems through libraries to obtain bibliographic, abstract, citation, and full-text

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