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What’s Happening with the Digital Library? Find out by attending the OCLC PICA Update and Forum being held at the following venues: Manchester (Friday September 5th) Birmingham (Monday September 8th) Edinburgh (Wednesday September 10th) London (Friday September 12th) OCLC PICA offers an extensive range of leading edge products and services for both library professionals and library end users. Products are developed following extensive research and consultation with library professionals and are designed for libraries of all types and sizes. The following services will be covered: netLibrary: the world's premier provider of electronic books (eBooks). netLibrary supports the mission and methods of academic, public, special and school libraries with eContent and delivery solutions that facilitate research, reference and learning via Web-based technologies. OCLC FirstSearch: a fully integrated reference service platform. Accessing a wide range of databases, linking e-journals, e-books, web resources, Library Holdings, and ILL. Learn more about WorldCat on FirstSearch, the world’s largest bibliographic database and most heavily used reference database by academic and public libraries. QuestionPoint: QuestionPoint is a Web-based virtual collaborative reference service and set of tools for libraries of all sizes. This service provides libraries and library groups with access to a global network of institutions, and a low-cost toolset for managing their virtual reference desk. Digitisation and Preservation: New tools for Digital Preservation: CONTENTdm, OCLC’s software suite for digital collection management, offers a complete digital content management system that can capture, index, store, query, and display digital collections. Includes new multi-site server software, which allows users to combine search results from multiple remote servers. If you would like to attend the OCLC PICA Road Show, contact Gillian McLeod at OCLC PICA, Birmingham via e-mail at [log in to unmask] with the following information: Name Institution Address Tel E-mail Venue you would like to attend Number of people who wish to attend.