Sunday, August 14, 2005

OCLC Oddments: WorldCat Reaches One Billion Holdings

In the sprint to add the billionth holding, OCLC set up a page that displays live catalog additions. Go here to watch one record being added every eight seconds or so...and also to get the details on who added the billionth record (on August 11) and what that record was. If you really want to see something amazing, watch the total holdings numbers change as the page refreshes; just in the time it's taken to enter this post, several hundred holdings have been added to the database! (That's not the big counter on the top; it's in the white box just under the statement, "The following record was added...") Enjoy!

SUBJECTS: OCLC ODDMENTS

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