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JAN/FEB 2001 FEDLINK TECH NOTES ON FLICC WEB SITE WASHINGTON DC, MARCH 22, 2001 - Due to production delays the print edition of the January/February 2001 issue of FEDLINK Technical Notes newsletter is not yet available. We will be mailing it as soon as possible. The online edition is on the Web at http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/tn/2001/01/tn0101.html. In this month's issue: * FEDLINK Revolving Fund Signed Into Law Susan M. Tarr, Executive Director, FLICC, says this new law will allow for a normalized business operation that will ultimately mean greater efficiencies and substantial savings for the government. * OCLC News Get details on the following: FEDLINK is offering a variety of cataloging training this spring and summer and will hold a two-day program on Cataloging Internet Resources June 4/5; new network training contracts have been established with several OCLC networks; a newly reindexed and reloaded OCLC Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) is now on the OCLC FirstSearch service; and OCLC is now offering ILLiad resource sharing software. Also, the OCLC Institute has released their first offering of the Online Library Learning Web-based training series, "Cataloging Internet Resources Using Marc 21 and AACR2"; get details on this training and information on member pricing and non-member pricing. * WEB CITINGS FLICC's new Content Management Ad Hoc Working Group will deliver its report to the FLICC Executive Board (FEB) later this month; the report will discuss, among other things, FirstGov, the U.S. Federal government online resource engine. And visit the FLICC/FEDLINK Educational Calendar Web page for information on upcoming FLICC educational events and the FEDLINK training program at http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/calclass.html.