• Collections & Technical Services
• Jul-Aug 08
• Issue: 223

Three New WorldCat Selection Partners

OCLC has announced that China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation (CNPITC), Leila Books, and China Educational Publications Import and Export Corp (CEPIEC) are now active WorldCat Selection partners!

China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation (CNPITC)

Founded in October 1980, the China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation (CNPITC), a member of China Publishing Group, is one of China’s largest foreign trade enterprises in the national press and publishing industry. Its business covers the import and export of books, periodicals, newspapers, audio-visuals, electronic publications, and cultural products, among other things and is a leading supplier of Chinese publications to libraries worldwide. With main offices in Beijing, CNPITC also has branches in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

For more information on CNPITC see: http://www.cnpitc.com.cn/

Leila Books

Located in Cairo, Egypt, Leila Books, 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.

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

China Educational Publications Import and Export Corp (CEPIEC)

CEPIEC is a state-owned enterprise serving Chinese academic libraries in 4 major business areas:

• Import foreign print newspapers & journals, electronic books & journals, CDs, databases and microform materials.
• Provide Chinese books to more than 300 academic libraries with government funding; services include acquisition, free CN-MARC records, and physical processing.
• Partner with more than 600 publishers and books vendors worldwide to import books, textbooks, government publications, conference proceedings and microfilms.
• Export Chinese books, journals, audio-visual, microform and digital materials.

For more information on CEPIEC see: http://www.cepiec.com.cn/

For more information on WorldCat Selection see: http://www.oclc.org/selection/default.htm

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

[OCLC-edited]

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