Latest OCLC news

• Janet Lees to retire as OCLC EMEA Community Liaison

  • 13 June 2013

  Janet Lees, OCLC Europe, the Middle East and Africa Community Liaison, has announced plans to retire after 31 years with the worldwide library cooperative. 
  

• Bishop Grosseteste University is first UK institution to go live with OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services

  • 11 June 2013

  Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln is the first institution in the UK to go live with OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS) having successfully implemented the services on Monday.

• Axel Kaschte joins OCLC as Product Strategy Director

  • 04 June 2013

  OCLC announced today that Axel Kaschte has joined OCLC as Product Strategy Director, EMEA, with immediate effect. Dr. Kaschte has 20 years of experience working with library management systems and the library community throughout Europe.

• Libraries in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Spain working with OCLC to test new record management functionality

  • 23 May 2013

  OCLC is working with 13 libraries on three continents to beta test OCLC WorldShare Metadata Record Manager, which offers new record management functionality that enhances a library’s ability to catalog its collections, including electronic, digita

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• OCLC partnership with MatchWare offers high quality citation data in a mind mapping software tool

  • 21 May 2013

  OCLC is pleased to add MatchWare to its growing list of WorldCat.org traffic partners in Europe and

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• Skip Prichard named OCLC President and CEO

  • 16 May 2013

  Skip Prichard, an experienced senior executive in the information services market, has been named the next OCLC President and CEO.
  

• WorldCat database reaches 2 billion holdings

  • 07 May 2013

  WorldCat, the most comprehensive online database of resources available through libraries around the world, has reached another major milestone with the addition of its 2 billionth holding.
  

• Berndt Dugall elected to OCLC Board of Trustees by Global Council

  • 29 April 2013

  OCLC Global Council has elected Berndt Dugall, Direktor/Librarian at Universität Frankfurt's Universitätsbibliothek Johann Senckenberg, Universität Frankfurt, Germany, to the OCLC Board of Trustees.

• OCLC Global Council meets, announces election results

  • 26 April 2013

  OCLC Global Council met in The Hague, Netherlands, this week to discuss the opportunities and challenges libraries face in an increasingly global environment and the importance of international cooperation.

• OCLC Global Council meets in The Hague, Netherlands

  • 23 April 2013

  OCLC Global Council meets 23–25 April in The Hague to discuss "Cooperation in a Rapidly Changing World." The meeting of OCLC Global Council delegates is the first to take place in Europe.
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