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Hi Eric:

This is wonderful news.
We were forced to get rid of our cherished set about 8 years (or so) ago.
While it is available at the main library, this will be a time saving 
option.

Thank you to all involved in organizing and bringing to fruition this 
momentous task.

~Allison

> Good morning,
>
> I am very pleased to announce that thanks to the efforts of Karen 
> Muller, Mary Jo Bolduc, Cara Setsu Bertram, many fine people at ALA, 
> the staff of the ALA Archives in Urbana, Illinois, HathiTrust, the 
> University of Michigan, and Mansell Publishing all 754 volumes of the 
> _National Union Catalog, pre-1956 Imprints_ are available online to 
> the public for free viewing at the following URL:
>
> http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000140237 (you will likely need 
> to zoom in a bit, the original volumes were far larger than most 
> current computer screens)
>
> Less than a month ago I inquired if the ALA would be willing to make 
> this open to public view as one of the copyright holders, and everyone 
> was very enthusiastic and extremely helpful in making that happen 
> (including the ALA archives staff in Urbana who were able to locate 
> the original 1964 publishing contract). Again, thanks to everyone 
> involved for making it possible to access this fantastic resource, and 
> my sincere apologies to anyone whose contribution I failed to mention.
>
> Sincerely,
> Eric Willey
>
> Special Collections and Formats Cataloger
>
> Milner Library
>
> Illinois State University
>
> Normal, IL 61761
>


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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
ESTC and NACO Coordinator

John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
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