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You are
invited to join Post-Doctoral Researcher Timothy J. Dickey for an
overview of an OCLC Research data mining project that looked at WorldCat
data to reveal transnational patterns in literary publishing, the preservation
of individual countries' literary heritage, and the cultural diversity present
in the books.
In this books as
expressions of global cultural diversity project, researchers considered
the overall annual publishing for every country of the world, the libraries
that collect and even import a country's works, the "foreign"
monographs their libraries import, and the proportion of publications in
various official and native languages. These efforts produced a rich data
portrait of the global literary arts (as reflected library records in the
WorldCat database), with emphasis on cultural literary heritage by country and
region and includes a wealth of case studies in single countries’
practices in both literary publishing and the preservation of their literary
heritage.
Register
here* to attend this webinar via WebEx on 16 September 2010 from 12-1 p.m.
EDT (UTC 16:00-17:00).
Webinar
participation is free but advanced registration is required. This webinar will
be recorded and made available on our Web site and in iTunes.
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Register to
attend the 16 September 2010 OCLC Research Global Books webinar
https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=142859022&RG=1&UID=1155742127&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
Learn more
about the books as expressions of global cultural diversity data
mining project
http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/globalbooks/default.htm
View
recordings of previous OCLC Research webinars online
http://www.oclc.org/research/events/webinars.htm
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OCLC Research webinar recordings from iTunes
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