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• Collections & Technical Services
• Feb 08
• Issue: 219

Leila Books to Become a WorldCat Selection Service Partner

OCLC has announced that Leila Books has agreed to become a WorldCat Selection partner. Leila Books, located in Cairo, Egypt, was established in 1960 as a bookseller and subscription agent. They specialize in serving academic and research libraries and scholars for orders from Egypt and the entire Arab world (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman And Yemen). Firm orders, approval plans according to profile, and standing orders are all supported by Leila Books. They have been contributing records to WorldCat since September 2007 (see Status line November 2007), and OCLC expects they will become an active WorldCat Selection partner in the first half of 2008.

For more information on Leila Books see: http://www.leilabooks.com/.

For more information on WorldCat Selection see: http://www.oclc.org/selection/default.htm (or contact Nylink).

For a complete list of current and upcoming partners for WorldCat Selection see: http://www.oclc.org/selection/partners/default.htm.

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Collections & Technical Services Contact Information

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