News

New Web service now available: Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory

We're pleased to announce a brand new Web service now available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform: the Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory.

Submitted by alicesneary on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 10:49am

Services

Innovation in Libraries videos

The videos from Innovation in Libraries are finally ready! And a shout out to all video content producers, because each time we work on large numbers of videos I am reminded how labor-intensive the editing, uploading, description process can be. But hooray! Now even if you weren't able to attend Innovation in Libraries, you can still benefit from the collective wisdom shared at the post-LITA event back in October.

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 2:38pm

Conferences

November 2012 enhancements to the WorldShare Platform

It’s been a busy month for the WorldShare Platform team, and we’re excited to let you know about the enhancements now available for two existing WorldShare APIs. There are more enhancements we're working on, so stay tuned for more. Here’s a quick run-down:

Submitted by alicesneary on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 11:38am

New experimental Web service assignFAST automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects

Breaking news from our colleagues at OCLC Research about a new experimental Web service available:

assignFAST: A New Prototype Service for Efficient FAST Subject Assignment using Autosuggest

OCLC Research announces the availability of assignFAST, a new experimental Web service that automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest technology.

Submitted by alicesneary on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 9:28am

Planned downtime for the WorldShare Platform on 4 November 2012

On Sunday, 4 November 2012 there will be a scheduled service downtime for the OCLC WorldShare Platform and all associated OCLC Web services available through the Platform from 2:00 am to 8:00 am ET (-5 GMT).

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 2:05pm

WorldShare Platform

Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic

So last week I had the opportunity to attend code4lib Mid-Atlantic and hang out with library developers from that part of the country. One of the most interesting things about the conference was its international set of participants. Because the event was held in conjunction with the VuFind conference, several members of the international VuFind community stayed and attended the code4lib Mid-Atlantic conference as well. This gave the small conference a refreshing global-cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 11:51am

Conferences

Innovation in Libraries deemed a great success

While Karen is off at Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic in Philadelphia learning new things, I finally found some catching-up time to assemble some follow-up thoughts about the Innovation in Libraries event. And load the slides!