For Immediate Release

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., USA – August 17, 2009 – East View Information Services (www.eastview.com), a leading provider of high-quality information products and services in world languages and English translation, is now an active WorldCat Selection partner.

WorldCat is a global resource and network of library content and services, giving institutions the tools to be more connected, open and productive.

David Whitehair, Senior Product Manager, OCLC, said “WorldCat Selection helps libraries to streamline the selection and acquisitions process by providing access to titles from multiple vendors in one system. OCLC is very excited that East View Information Services is now an active partner with the service providing access to Russian, Ukrainian, and many other language titles.”

“We are very excited to deliver an even higher level of service to our customers as a partner with OCLC's WorldCat Selection service,” said Zina Somova, Director of Operations at East View Information Services. “It’s as if we are bringing our reliable and extensive acquisition network throughout the countries of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East directly to the desktops of libraries all over the world.”

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About OCLC

Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC is a nonprofit library service and research organization that has provided computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing, eContent, preservation, library management and Web services to 71,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories. OCLC and its member libraries worldwide have created and maintain WorldCat, the world's richest online resource for finding library materials. Search WorldCat.org on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.