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Monday, 2nd August 2010

Lists & Rankings: The Top Five New Items Added to WorldCat in July, 2010

Laura Endress on the WorldCat Blog posts a list of the Top 5 new items added to WorldCat in July 2010. We've also added overall holding numbers for each title.

In July 2010, 15,208 WorldCat libraries added new items (via Worldcat holdings).

The Top Five Items That WorldCat Libraries Added in July are:

1) Night, a biography by Elie Wiesel, was added by 2517 WorldCat libraries.
Overall: 122 editions published between 1956 and 2007 in 13 languages and held by 4,689 libraries worldwide

2) The Butter Man, by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou, was added by 999 WorldCat libraries - A Junior Library Guild selection; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.
Overall: 1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 2,794 libraries worldwide

3) Trading Places, an elementary and junior high fiction by Claudia Mills, was added by 959 WorldCat libraries.
Overall: 2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 3,131 libraries worldwide

4) Suite Francaise a novel by Irene Nemirorvsky, was added by 859 WorldCat libraries.
Overall: 59 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in 11 languages and held by 2,710 libraries worldwide.

5) The 100-Year Old Secret, an elementary and junior high fiction by Tracy Barrett, was added by 840 WorldCat libraries.
Overall: 3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 2,462 libraries worldwide

Source: WorldCat Blog

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