I was pleased to read in a recent Update that OCLC are planning a national union catalogue for UK public libraries. Anything that increases the public's awareness of public library resources has to be a good thing, especially at a time when some libraries are under threat.
On a personal note, as part of my job involves working in inter-library loans, it will be useful to be able to quickly and easily see holdings of multiple public libraries. We rarely obtain inter-library loans from UK public libraries at the moment and rely heavily on COPAC and worldcat but we may find that some of our readers requests can be found in a UK public library.
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