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Online Database
OCLC has a database for cataloguing and searching purposes which is used by librarians
and the public. The current computer program, Connexion, was introduced in 2001, and its
predecessor, OCLC Passport, was phased out in May 2005.

This database contains records in MAchine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) format
contributed by library cataloguers worldwide who use OCLC as a cataloguing tool. These
MARC format records are then downloaded into the libraries’ local catalogue systems.
This allows libraries to find and download records for materials to add to their local
catalogue without the lengthy process of cataloguing each individually.
As of February 2007, their database contained over 1.1 billion catalogued items. It is the
world’s largest bibliographic database. Connexion is available to professional librarians
as a computer program or on the web at connexion.oclc.org. WorldCat is available to the
public for searching a web-based service called FirstSearch, as well as through the Open
WorldCat program. The Online Computer Library Centre acquired the trademark and
copyrights associated with the Dewey Decimal Classification System when it bought
Forest Press in 1988. A browser for books with their Dewey Decimal Classifications is also
available; it is currently in beta form. WebJunction is a division of OCLC funded by a
grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. QuestionPoint reference management
service provides libraries with tools to communicate with users. This around-the-clock
reference service is provided by a cooperative of participating global libraries.
Questions
1. Write down the case facts.

2. What do you infer from it?
Source: http://www.oclc.org/about.en.html
15.4 Summary

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the first social reformer of Modern India and he is rightly called
the ‘Father of Modern India’.

The year 1972 is a significant year in the history of library movement in India.
Thus, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation was set up by the government of India in
1972 as an autonomous body under the then Department of Culture, Ministry of Education
and Social welfare with its headquarters in Calcutta.
The supreme policy-making body of RRRLF is called the Foundation.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation consists of 22 members nominated by the
Government of India from amongst eminent educationists, librarians, administrators and
senior officials.

The main objective for UNESCO is to build a knowledge society based on the sharing of
knowledge and incorporating all the socio-cultural and ethical dimensions of sustainable
development.
In 1984 UNESCO established Regional Network for Exchange of Information and
Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and Pacific (ASTINFO) to promote regional
cooperation, better understanding and socio-economic development in Asia and Pacific
region.

UNESCO has supported library conferences, seminars and meetings.

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