OCLC News

OCLC adds 500,000 records to WorldCat from China Academic Library and Information System

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:23:00 EST

OCLC has added 500,000 records to WorldCat from the China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), a nationwide academic library consortium with a mission to promote, maintain and improve resource sharing among Chinese university libraries and other libraries and institutions. These records represent Chinese publications between 1987 and 2001.

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OCLC Research and ALISE name recipients of 2012 Library and Information Science Research Grants

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:09:00 EST

OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded research grants to Abdulhussain Mahdi and Arash Joorabchi of the University of Limerick, Laura Saunders and Mary Wilkins Jordan of Simmons College, and Carolyn Hank of McGill University and Cassidy Sugimoto of Indiana University Bloomington. The awards were presented January 19 at the ALISE 2012 Annual Conference Awards Reception in Dallas, Texas.

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OCLC Website for Small Libraries project makes getting on the Web easy and fast for small libraries

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:35:00 EST

The Website for Small Libraries project, which began as an OCLC Innovation Lab experiment in 2011, is now available as a beta service for any library wishing to set up its own website.

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OCLC WorldShare Management Services recognized as 'Outstanding Service of the Year' with TechColumbus Innovation Award

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:15:00 EST

OCLC WorldShare Management Services was recognized as "Outstanding Service of the Year" during the TechColumbus Innovation Awards ceremony at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on February 2. WorldShare Management Services was selected in a category of organizations with more than 250 employees, and from entries in a variety of disciplines and industries. More than 1,100 people attended the premier technology event in central Ohio.

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OCLC and Elsevier sign agreement to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books through WorldCat Local

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:01:00 EST

OCLC and Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services worldwide, have signed an agreement that will make the full text from Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books available to users of OCLC’s WorldCat Local.

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OCLC establishes strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:42:00 EST

OCLC has established a strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services, LLC, an organization founded by the principals of R2 Consulting, that leverages WorldCat Data to help libraries intelligently manage their print monograph collections.

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E-resource Advisory Council assisting OCLC in further development of e-resource strategy

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:02:00 EST

OCLC is working with the E-resource Advisory Council, a group of 10 library leaders who have agreed to help guide the cooperative in advancing a new Webscale, electronic resource management strategy.

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University of Delaware Library joins OCLC WorldShare community

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:13:00 EST

The University of Delaware Library has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its Web-based cooperative library management system for metadata management, acquisitions, circulation, discovery, license management and workflow improvements. The University of Delaware Library is the first member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to join the OCLC WorldShare Management Services community.

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Article Exchange integrated into the WorldCat Resource Sharing service

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:50:00 EST

Following a successful five-month trial, the Article Exchange feature is now available within the WorldCat Resource Sharing service and, where available, through an ILLiad add-on. This new feature is available at no charge to OCLC libraries that use WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software, and will be offered in WorldCat Navigator, in regions where available, and VDX later this year.

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New OCLC WorldShare License Manager combines knowledge base with linking technology to offer new approach to electronic resource management

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:07:00 EST

OCLC has announced the launch of OCLC WorldShare License Manager, a new service to help libraries meet the increasing challenges and complexities of electronic resource management.

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