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August 4, 2008 ·
Vol. 11, No. 31 ·
ISSN 1932-4847
OCLC
Abstracts
The
latest information about OCLC services, programs, news and events
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 xISSN is a new Web service that
supports management of serials information. Users can supply an ISSN to
find out about any predecessor, successor and alternate ISSNs and
titles, as well as find the electronic ISSN for a print title or vice
versa.
xISSN offers a machine-ready XML service for easy
integration into library applications, Web sites, link resolvers,
cataloging tools—anywhere top-quality serials data is needed. In
addition, a human-ready demonstration interface known as Title History is available at no charge. The
current xISSN database covers 690,233 ISSNs.
ISSNs are associated with each other using
librarian-cataloged bibliographic records in WorldCat. ISSNs are
related in two different ways: different editions of same serial (such
as print and online editions) and historical relationships (ISSN
changes that result from title changes, mergers, splits, etc.). To use
the service, submit an ISSN embedded in a URL to the xISSN
server, and the server returns a list of associated ISSNs and relevant
metadata. ISSNs for different editions of the same serial are grouped
together. An ISSN group may also have historical relationships with
other groups.
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Mobile map usage growing much faster than
online map usage
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital
world, reported that the use of mobile maps is increasingly popular in
the United States and Europe, with 8 percent of American mobile
subscribers and 3 percent of European subscribers accessing maps from
mobile phones during a three-month period ending May 2008. This
represents a growth rate of 82 percent and 49 percent in the number of
users, respectively. According to the comScore M:Metrics Benchmark
Study, the iPhone is the leading device used to access maps in the
United States, and in Europe, the iPhone trails the Nokia N95 and N70.
While mobile access to maps has surged, online
access to maps using the PC shows more modest gains in the United
States and Western Europe. In the United Kingdom, which posted the
highest growth in mobile access to maps at 72 percent, online access
via the PC dipped from 45 percent penetration in May 2007 to 41 percent
in May 2008. In the United States, the increase in the number of users
accessing maps from a mobile device far outpaced the increase in the
number of people who accessed maps via the PC.
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programs
and research
 Developers who need to translate
metadata now have access to a new demonstration service.
Developed by Senior Research Scientist, Jean
Godby, and Consulting Software Engineer, Devon Smith, the OCLC
Crosswalk Web Service translates metadata records from one format
to another and will process up to 500 records from all requests per
user, per day. With the aid of the WSDL file, users can develop a
client to access the service, which is available on the OCLC
ResearchWorks Web page (for an undecided duration).
The service was developed to handle the
interoperability needs of the greater library community.
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