Membership and Members Council
OCLC Members Council will meet May18-20 in Dublin, Ohio, to elect the OCLC Members Council Executive Committee and representatives to the OCLC Board of Trustees. Session discussions will include governance opportunities, the future of OCLC services, and an OCLC study report on library advocacy.
Membership reports
Now available! This OCLC membership report summarizes the findings of an international study on online social spaces, including social networking attitudes and habits of both end users and librarians. Social networking was also discussed at the OCLC Symposium “Who’s Watching YOUR Space?” at ALA Midwinter 2007.
Talk
Find venues where the voices of the OCLC community and the larger library community are freely expressed. Sign up for an RSS feed or a podcast, or see what new discussions lists are available.
Education and Professional Development
There are so many opportunities to learn and grow. The key is knowing what's offered when and where. Use this section to find the topic, time and place you need, in your region or beyond. Then simply reserve a spot on the roster. Limited travel budget? New online options help you learn from the comfort of your own PC.
OCLC Presentation Center
Like you, OCLC staff are drawn to gatherings where ideas about information services and the world of libraries are freely shared. Across our Web site, you'll find archives of presentations given by OCLC staff, researchers and guests at various events. These slides or supporting materials provide a snapshot of those presentations and are provided for reference purposes.
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OCLC WorldMap: Visualizing information about collections and libraries worldwide
The OCLC WorldMap is a prototype system that provides an interactive tool for selecting and displaying international library holdings represented in WorldCat, as well as publishing, library, cultural heritage and population data.
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WorldCat Facebook application now available
The new WorldCat Facebook application provides access to WorldCat searches and user-created lists from personalized pages within a Facebook account.
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Waterland Public Library, the Netherlands, fields 3 millionth question in QuestionPoint
At 5:26 p.m. local time on November 29th, a user of Bibliotheek Waterland, the public library in and around Purmerend, the Netherlands, logged on to the Al@din reference service and asked the question: “What is the distribution of market share for automobiles in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the U.K.?”
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