News releases

2012

• Project Compass National Convening offers opportunity for library staff to share best practices
  15 May 2012
• OCLC Global Council elects Loretta Parham and Jennifer Younger to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees
  20 April 2012
• OCLC Global and Regional Councils announce election results
  18 April 2012
• Richard Wallis joins OCLC staff as Technology Evangelist
  18 April 2012
• Virtual International Authority File service transitions to OCLC; contributing institutions continue to shape direction through VIAF Council
  4 April 2012
• Gene Oliver promoted to Vice President, OCLC Global Systems and Information Technology
  29 March 2012
• OCLC opens new data center in Sydney, Australia
  21 March 2012
• CIPE Italian University Consortium to add 11 million records to WorldCat
  20 March 2012
• G. Sayeed Choudhury named recipient of 2012 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology
  19 March 2012
• San Juan Island Library, Union County Public Library among latest to join OCLC WorldShare Management Services community
  13 March 2012
• OCLC completes transfer of licensed databases to EBSCO Publishing
  1 March 2012
• Relais International partners with OCLC to share data and services from the OCLC WorldShare Platform
  29 February 2012
• OCLC earns ISO Information Security Management Certification
  29 February 2012
• OCLC and Bibliotheek.nl to include complete collections of Dutch public libraries in shared cataloguing system
  1 March 2012
• OCLC announces new agreements with publishers around the world, adds more content and collections to WorldCat Local
  24 February 2012
• OCLC adds 500,000 records to WorldCat from China Academic Library and Information System
  16 February 2012
• OCLC Research and ALISE name recipients of 2012 Library and Information Science Research Grants
  15 February 2012
• OCLC Website for Small Libraries project makes getting on the Web easy and fast for small libraries
  14 February 2012
• OCLC WorldShare Management Services recognized as 'Outstanding Service of the Year' with TechColumbus Innovation Award
  3 February 2012
• OCLC and Elsevier sign agreement to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books through WorldCat Local
  31 January 2012
• OCLC establishes strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services
  20 January 2012
• E-resource Advisory Council assisting OCLC in further development of e-resource strategy
  19 January 2012
• University of Delaware Library joins OCLC WorldShare community
  18 January 2012
• Article Exchange integrated into the WorldCat Resource Sharing service
  17 January 2012
• New OCLC WorldShare License Manager combines knowledge base with linking technology to offer new approach to electronic resource management
  16 January 2012
• 28 more libraries join the OCLC WorldShare Management Services community
  13 January 2012
• OCLC working with SkillSoft to add records for Books24x7 digital book catalog to WorldCat
  9 January 2012

2011

• OCLC releases FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as Linked Data
  14 December 2011
• OCLC introduces OCLC WorldShare
  5 December, 2011
• OCLC partners with King Abdulaziz Public Library in Saudi Arabia to make Arabic-language resources available through WorldCat.org
  29 November 2011
• OCLC and IZUM to investigate partnership to develop library information systems in the Western Balkans
  17 November 2011
• IMLS awards grant to OCLC's WebJunction to get communities on the path to digital inclusion
  15 November 2011
• OCLC named among 'Best Places to Work' in Central Ohio
  15 November 2011
• Cindy Hilsheimer elected to OCLC Board of Trustees
  8 November 2011
• OCLC recognized for exemplary workplace practices
  4 November 2011
• OCLC's WorldCat Local to transform resource discovery and delivery in South African libraries
  28 October 2011
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission joins WebJunction Partner Program
  25 October 2011
• More databases and collections added to WorldCat Local
  20 October 2011
• Executive Search Committee appoints librarians from OCLC member institutions, staff and other library leaders to Community Advisory Group
  20 October 2011
• OCLC EMEA Regional Council Meeting 2012 registration opens
  20 October 2011
• IMLS issues grant for further collaborative study of Virtual Reference Services
  7 October 2011
• OCLC receives additional funding for U.S. public library awareness campaign; Geek the Library reaches 24 states
  5 October 2011
• Mohave Community College selects OCLC Web-scale Management Services, Ogeechee Technical College now in production
  5 October 2011
• Society of American Archivists endorses practice recommended by OCLC Research for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online
  3 October 2011
• OCLC Research and OhioLINK release report and related data to support understanding of book usage patterns in academic libraries
  21 September 2011
• OCLC, Ex Libris announce new partnership to expose WorldCat content via Ex Libris discovery and delivery solutions
  12 September 2011
• HathiTrust full-text index to be integrated into OCLC services, making content from this important collection easily discoverable
  7 September 2011
• WorldCat turns 40
  26 August 2011
• OCLC to offer Atlas Systems' free electronic document delivery software
  24 August 2011
• OCLC names five librarians to participate in 2012 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program
  15 August 2011
• OCLC Board of Trustees to engage members in process to select next president and CEO
  1 August 2011
• OCLC releases new membership research report: Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference
  18 July 2011
• Credo Reference, OCLC announce new agreement to bring WorldCat content to Credo General Reference service
  14 July 2011
• More databases and collections from around the world added to WorldCat Local
  12 July 2011
• OCLC recognizes 2011 award winners
  1 July 2011
• OCLC Research and Research Libraries UK to survey special collections and archives in research libraries within the UK and Ireland
  30 June 2011
• Jay Jordan to retire as OCLC President and CEO
  27 June 2011
• University of New Brunswick Libraries first in Canada to sign up to use OCLC Web-scale Management Services
  23 June 2011
• OCLC named among Computerworld's Best Places to Work in Information Technology
  20 June 2011
• WorldCat Local mobile now in production
  17 June 2011
• Content from Brill Academic Publishers will soon be available through WorldCat Local
  13 June 2011
• Tilburg University selects OCLC Web-scale Management Services, WorldCat Local for library management, discovery
  9 June 2011
• 10 millionth record added to WorldCat through WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
  7 June 2011
• University of Alicante selects WorldCat Local
  6 June 2011
• 32 libraries lead the way to Web-scale innovation—OCLC Web-scale Management Services on target for July 1 general release
  2 June 2011
• WorldCat Local adds access to more databases, collections and publishers
  31 May 2011
• Embrapa, Brazil's Agricultural Research Corporation, adds 470,000 records to WorldCat
  20 May 2011
• OCLC's WebJunction and ALA Learning Round Table collaborate to offer free online conference
  3 May 2011
• OCLC named among the Best Employers in Ohio
  3 May 2011
• OCLC Research Program Officer Jackie Dooley elected Vice President/President-Elect of Society of American Archivists
  2 May 2011
• Spanish consortium BUCLE implements WorldCat Local
  28 April 2011
• OCLC expands services for public libraries in Europe
  18 April 2011
• ChewLeng Beh elected Vice President/President-Elect of OCLC Global Council
  15 April 2011
• Development of UK public library catalogue progresses to next stage
  15 April 2011
• OCLC Global Council annual meeting under way in Dublin
  12 April 2011
• OCLC and Ingram to offer new option for access to e-books
  11 April 2011
• University of Oxford, OCLC Research collaborate to study digital 'residents' and 'visitors' in transition between high school and university
  31 March 2011
• WorldCat Local offers more content from leading publishers
  24 March 2011
• OCLC introduces a redesigned CONTENTdm
  8 March 2011
• Dénelise l’Ecluse appointed as Sales Director for OCLC EMEA
  28 February 2011
• Geek the Library awareness campaign increases library visibility and support among residents in pilot communities
  3 February 2011
• OCLC Research and ALISE name recipients of 2011 Library and Information Science Research Grants
  1 February 2011
• EasyBib.com and OCLC collaborate to build library-branded citation service
  25 January 2011
• OCLC releases new membership report: Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community
  20 January 2011
• HathiTrust Digital Library and OCLC introduce WorldCat Local prototype
  18 January 2011
• OCLC and Amigos form new partnership to deliver OCLC Web-scale Management Services to libraries
  8 January 2011
• Libraries to share progress, potential of OCLC Web-scale Management Services during program at ALA Midwinter Meeting
  7 January 2011
• MacArthur Foundation funds 'Reference Extract' to draw on librarians’ expertise and add credibility to Web search experience
  6 January 2011
• OCLC and The Combined Regions announce plans to launch Web-based public library national union catalogue in UK
  06 January 2011

2010

• National Diet Library of Japan adds 4 million records to WorldCat
  15 December 2010
• OCLC files motion to dismiss case
  13 December 2010
• OCLC adds more content accessible through WorldCat Local
  2 December 2010
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library adds 14,000 records to WorldCat
  23 November 2010
• The British Library adds 12 Million Records to WorldCat
  17 November 2010
• BIBSYS selects OCLC's Web-scale Management Services
  November 9, 2010
• OCLC and EBSCO to enhance discovery services through data exchange
  3 November 2010

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