Get together with the OCLC cooperative online and in person. Our meetings, events and programs for the global library community are all designed to help you stay current with the trends and developments in the technology and information landscape. Our events calendar contains a master list of our activities worldwide. We also issue announcements and news releases to our members and the media, as well as publish reports, regional newsletters and a member magazine.
Upcoming events
23 May 2013
WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Best Practices
This program will give you the opportunity to hear how some early users of WorldShare Interlibrary Loan have implemented the service in their libraries.
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time [UTC -4]
31 May 2013
Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data
Part of the Collective Insight event series, this will be an engaging symposium on the break-through opportunities and operational challenges of turning data into powerful analyses and purposeful action for academic libraries and the campuses they serve.
Time: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM Central Daylight Time [UTC -5]
04 June 2013
OCLC Best Practices Webinar: Top 10 List of ILL Pet Peeves
Melissa Jackson, ILL Librarian at Armstrong Atlantic State University and Tony Melvyn, OCLC, will introduce a “Top 10” list of ILL pet peeves and moderate a discussion from the community about best practices for dealing with them.
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time [UTC -4]
Recent news
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OCLC's WebJunction marks 10 years of supporting and serving libraries
This month, OCLC’s WebJunction celebrates 10 years as an online learning community for library staff.
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OCLC partnership with MatchWare offers high quality citation data in a mind mapping software tool
OCLC is pleased to add MatchWare to its growing list of WorldCat.org traffic partners in Europe and
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JUST RELEASED!
Libraries: A Snapshot of Priorities and Perspectives
These reports examine librarians' top priorities, key current initiatives, thoughts on service and top methods for keeping current on happenings in the library field.
NextSpace
Issue No. 19
Act Think global, Act local
OCLC Abstracts
22 October 2012
The latest news about OCLC services, programs and events
OCLC eNews
Issue 30
Newsletter for Europe, Middle East and Africa
OCLC Symposiums: Platform for Innovation
Anaheim, California, 22 June 2012
This Americas Regional Council (ARC) Member Meeting and OCLC Symposium featured Phil Simon, technology consultant and author of The Age of the Platform, who discussed how today’s platforms help organizations embrace partnerships and empower innovation.
WorldShare Metadata collection management overview
20 September 2012
David Whitehair, OCLC provides an overview of the new WorldShare Metadata collection management functionality along with details to get started using the new tool.
