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Arab American National Museum becomes new OCLC full cataloging member

October 17th, 2006 Aaron Smith

I had the privilege last Friday to visit the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn to train library staff on using the OCLC Connexion client. The facility is a beautiful, modern building capped with a large dome and is located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Neckel across from the city hall.

The library helps support educational outreach programming, has both hard copy and web resources available, houses Arab American genealogical information, and serves as a resource for scholars researching information about Arab Americans.

The building’s interior includes beautiful tile work, a great view of the inside of the dome, and multi-media displays showcasing Arab American’s contributions. A large interactive map of the Arab world greats visitors in the main hall.

MLC is pleased that the Museum has joined OCLC as a full cataloging member. Now, through the Museum’s OCLC participation, its collections will become available to a world-wide audience through OpenWorldCat, WorldCat.org, and WorldCat Resource Sharing.

Arab American National Museum website.

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