-------- Original Message -------- Subject: A friend wants you to see this e-mail from OCLC... Date: 05 Aug 2008 11:13:40 -0700 From: OCLC Abstracts <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: OCLC <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Your friend at [log in to unmask] <mailto:> has forwarded this message from OCLC <http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1391668&l=30085&ctl=1D89AAC:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> to you. *This is a one-time mailing* from your friend. Your e-mail address has not been added to any mailing list, so there is no need to unsubscribe. Maps-L people -- FYI, see especially the second piece, about mobile map use, and the link to the related press release. Nancy Kandoian, NYPL OCLC <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AAC:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> Manage my e-mail subscriptions <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AAD:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> | View as Web page <http://whatcounts.com/dm?id=89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04> Forward to a friend <http://visit.oclc.org/bin/ftaf?id=89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04> August 4, 2008 · Vol. 11, No. 31 · ISSN 1932-4847 OCLC Abstracts The latest information about OCLC services, programs, news and events *New WorldCat xISSN service available* <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AAE:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AAF:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&>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 <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB0:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> 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. View product page // >> <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AAE:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB2:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> *Are we there yet? Mobile map use grows 82 percent in United States, 49 percent in Europe* <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB3:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> *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. View press release // >> <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB3:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> *programs and research * *OCLC Research launches crosswalk Web Service demo <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB5:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&>* <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB6:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&>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 <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB7:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> 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 <http://visit.oclc.org/t?ctl=1D89AB8:89C815E764D524DB74963E55F67024DB2F813B10FD328D04&> (for an undecided duration). The service was developed to handle the interoperability needs of the greater library community. 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