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Web sessions
OCLC Web sessions include a live presentation, available at no cost, which you access via the Web with audio available via a conference call. You may ask any questions you have during the session.
To prepare your workstation, check our Web information session helpful hints.
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WorldCat Resource Sharing Best Practices: The Secret World of the FirstSearch Administration Module
Join OCLC and Tina Baich, Assistant Librarian from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUP) for an overview of resource sharing settings in the OCLC FirstSearch Administration Module. Use FirstSearch Administration to create and modify Constant Data, Direct Request Profiles and Custom Holdings. This refresher on your library's administration settings will help you prepare you for your upcoming transition to the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service, due for initial release later this year.
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February 16, 2012
12:00 PM–1:00 PM Eastern Time
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Your library at Webscale: How radical collaboration is redefining library management services
Join us for this special event sponsored by Library Journal and OCLC. Listen as Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University Libraries; Gregg A. Silvis, University of Delaware Libraries; and Andrew K. Pace, OCLC, share perspectives on the current and future state of library management services.
Panelists:
- Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Libraries; and Creator and Editor, Library Technology Guides and lib-web-cats
- Gregg A. Silvis, Librarian and Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems, University of Delaware
Speaker and moderator:
- Andrew K. Pace, Executive Director of Networked Library Services, OCLC
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February 21, 2012
12:00–1:00 PM Eastern Time
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Library Workflows Transformed: OCLC WorldShare Management Services
Hear how two libraries were able to achieve efficiency savings with OCLC WorldShare" Management Services by replacing rote tasks with new integrated and streamlined workflows. These services both replace and stand apart from traditional ILS systems by offering libraries Web-based cooperative management tools that streamline cataloging, acquisitions and circulation, and provide a next-gen discovery tool for end users.
Speaking at this event:
- Lynne Jacobsen, Associate University Librarian for Information Resources, Collections and Scholarly Communication at Pepperdine University
- Stefanie Wittenbach, University Librarian at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
- Andrew K. Pace, Executive Director of Networked Library Services at OCLC
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February 29, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Time
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OCLC WorldShare Management Services Demonstration: Acquisitions and License Manager
Join Matt Goldner, OCLC's Product and Technology Advocate, for a brief overview and demonstration of OCLC WorldShare Management Services focusing on acquisitions, serials and License Manager. There will be plenty of time for questions.
The Webscale Management Services that OCLC introduced in 2010 have been renamed OCLC WorldShare Management Services.
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March 06, 2012
2:00–3:00 PM Eastern Time
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OCLC WorldShare Management Services Demonstration: Circulation and Discovery
Join Matt Goldner, OCLC's Product and Technology Advocate, for a brief overview and demonstration of OCLC WorldShare Management Services focusing on circulation and discovery. There will be plenty of time for questions.
The Webscale Management Services that OCLC introduced in 2010 have been renamed OCLC WorldShare Management Services.
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April 03, 2012
2:00–3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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