For all you crazy cataloger types, and others who just find large numbers interesting you can watch WorldCat grow. OCLC is approaching the one billionth holding. Will you be there when it happens?
08/11 UPDATE: Or not…
“OCLC has temporarily suspended the Web application WorldCat Watch It Grow in advance of crossing the 1-billionth-holding milestone. Information as it usually displays in Watch It Grow suggests a direct correlation between the current Total Holdings in WorldCat number and the displayed bibliographic record; this correlation is false. The bibliographic record that would have displayed with the milestone holding would not necessarily represent the source library for the milestone.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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