News releases

News releases

The following news releases are of special interest to OCLC members in Canada. See the Worldwide OCLC Web site for a full list of archived news releases.

2008

• NetLibrary participates in Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification Program
   3 October 2008
• OCLC and Recorded Books agree to new partnership
   12 September 2008
• OCLC pilots WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry
   25 August 2008
• OCLC names librarians to participate in 2009 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program
   11 August 2008
• OCLC's new Web Harvester captures Web content to add to digital collections
   29 July 2008
• OCLC named among Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT
   1 July 2008
• OCLC Minority Librarian Fellowship program will provide opportunities for under-represented groups
   30 June 2008
• NetLibrary announces distribution agreements with 19 publishers from around the world 
   27 June 2008
• OCLC and Index Data are working together to extend discovery capabilities of WorldCat Local
   26 June 2008
• Ted Fons named Director, OCLC WorldCat Global Metadata Network
   23 June 2008
• OCLC Members Council approves new governance structure, elects new Board members
   27 May 2008
• OCLC and Google to exchange data, link digitized books to WorldCat
   19 May 2008
• OCLC and Orbis Cascade Alliance to develop new consortial borrowing solution
   14 April 2008
• OCLC releases EZproxy 5.0 authentication and access software
   31 March 2008
• OCLC in Canada is now offering CareerAim-Library Edition
  26 March 2008
• OCLC Members Council discusses innovation in libraries
   27 February 2008
• OCLC awarded Mellon grant to conduct museum data exchange study
   12 February 2008
• OCLC and ALISE announce 2008 Research Grant Award recipients
   1 February 2008
• NetLibrary announces agreements with 21 international publishers
   1 February 2008
• OCLC announces three libraries set to use WorldCat Local service
   14 January 2008
• OCLC acquires EZproxy authentication and access software
   11 January 2008
• NetLibrary to offer Blackstone eAudiobooks through subscription
   11 January 2008

2007

• OCLC to conduct new cataloging and metadata pilot
  13 December 2007
• Larry Alford named Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees
   6 December 2007
• NetLibrary to offer Oxford Scholarship Online eBook titles
   4 December 2007
• Issues resolved between Recorded Books and NetLibrary
   29 November 2007
• OCLC Programs and Research to open office in Scotland
   15 November 2007
• Andrew Pace to join OCLC
   14 November 2007
• Library leaders to extend Virtual International Authority File
  14 November 2007
• Cindy Cunningham to join OCLC as Director, Partner Programs
   12 November 2007
• Members Council discusses innovation in library services 
   9 November 2007
• OCLC releases new international research study
   22 October 2007
• OCLC and OCLC PICA form one global organization
   22 October 2007
• Features added to CONTENTdm for digital collection management
   10 October 2007
• OCLC acquires remaining shares of OCLC PICA
   July 3, 2007
• OCLC Members Council meets to discuss values of the cooperative
   8 June 2007
• WorldCat xISBN service enhances search results
   11 May 2007
• OCLC to pilot WorldCat Local
   11 April 2007
• NetLibrary launches collection of eAudiobook Subject Sets
   2 April 2007
• WorldCat Registry offers management of organizational data
   26 February 2007
• OCLC Members Council meets in Quebec City
   23 February 2007
• NetLibrary offers libraries new purchase option for eAudiobooks
   12 February 2007
• CERL Hand Press Book Database to be hosted by OCLC
   24 January 2007
• NetLibrary to distribute Random House titles as eAudiobooks
   10 January 2007
• NetLibrary adds eAudiobooks from Blackstone Audio
   2 January 2007

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