v. important reference item
The CIA’s library has a copy of “Danger Man” aka “Secret Agent.”
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P.S. I did some spy work on my own and noticed that the CIA’s holdings appear to not be in worldcat.org. Huh.
5 comments so far
something to add?
9 Apr 08 :: 12:16:51 pm
perhaps the CIA library doesn’t pay for WorldCat?
9 Apr 08 :: 12:24:38 pm
ok so this might show a lack of knowledge but why would their holdings appear in worldcat when searched via firstsearch (the image above?)
I dunno how worldcat.org works really.
11 Apr 08 :: 11:29:08 am
I once read an article in American Libraries about the CIA library… *runs a search*
Newlen, Robert R. “Fifty years of silent service: A peek inside the CIA library.” American Libraries. Apr98, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p62, 3p, 3c
11 Apr 08 :: 11:33:39 am
awesome! you are a good librarian! i’ll look it up :)
24 Apr 08 :: 4:01:25 pm
great post! who knew the CIA would be in worldcat? I don’t know much about openworldcat vs fancy first search worldcat either so I poked around a bit. It looks like the CIA is actually listed in the results for that dvd in worldcat.org, but they sort their results by distance and first search by your home state and then alphabetically, so for me (being in CA) they came up as #38 and were on the 4th or 5th page of results. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49560789&tab=holdings&loc=91711&start_holding=31#tabs
Now you’ve got me wondering what other things they’ve got in their library…