Get together with the OCLC cooperative online or in person.
We offer a variety of events both physical and virtual for different engagement and comfort levels. You can decide what’s best for you based on what you need to know. Use this list to keep informed of upcoming meetings, conferences, events, and webinars that OCLC plans to host or attend.
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03 April 2024 - 05 April 2024
OCLC to exhibit at the Public Library Association Conference
OCLC will be exhibiting at the PLA Conference because together, we make breakthroughs possible.
- Venue: Learn more about PLA
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
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09 April 2024
AskQC office hours: PCC and OCLC: Overview and what’s new
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 April 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Will our future selves thank us? Examining born-digital curation practices at the University of Kentucky Libraries
During this webinar, archivists and librarians from the University of Kentucky Libraries will share recent challenges, successes, and practical tips for stewarding born-digital collections.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 April 2024
Unlocking the power of your e-resources with EZproxy Analytics
A 30-minute demonstration of how EZproxy Analytics—a turnkey service that extracts, enriches, and transforms complex data into simple visual dashboards—makes it easy to better understand and communicate e-resource ROI
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 April 2024
RFID in Öffentlichen Bibliotheken: Effiziente Einführung & einfache Anbindung in BIBLIOTHECAnext (German)
Kostenloses OCLC Produkt Web-Seminar 2024
- Time: 10:30 – 11:15 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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10 April 2024
RSC24 | The power of collaboration: Cross-departmental cooperation and resilience
Join staff members from three institutions as we explore the joys, frustrations, and surprises from our collaborative experiences.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 April 2024
E-Medienverwaltung in WMS und WorldCat Discovery: Lizenzen und Kollektionen einfach verwalten. (German)
Kostenloses OCLC Produkt Web-Seminar 2024
- Time: 10:00 – 11:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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16 April 2024
Grundlagen zur E-Payment-Schnittstelle im WebPortal OPEN (German)
BIBLIOTHECAnext Online-Schulungen 2024 (German)
- Time: 09:00 – 11:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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16 April 2024 - 16 April 2024
Wise Directeurenoverleg (NL)
Op dinsdag 16 april 2024 vindt het Wise Directeurenoverleg plaats. Dit overleg draait om ontwikkelingen ter ondersteuning van de bibliotheekprogrammering, uitwisseling van data op een goede manier mogelijk maken en ontwikkelingen die het gemak voor de eindgebruiker vergroten.
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16 April 2024 - 19 April 2024
OCLC to present at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference
OCLC will be presenting at the TLA Conference because together, we make breakthroughs possible.
- Venue: Learn more about TLA
- Location: San Antonio, Texas
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16 April 2024
Navigating the library director hiring process: A guide for trustees and boards
This presentation offers crucial steps for hiring a library director, empowering your board to secure visionary leadership and avoid pitfalls.
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 April 2024
Building for the future: Facilitated Discussion 3: AI and machine learning
Join us for the third facilitated discussion of the OCLC-LIBER series, where we consider how advancing technologies can improve library workflows, metadata, and more.
- Time: 15:30 – 17:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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17 April 2024
Proving your library as a critical asset: Aligning library spending with your institution’s academic programs
A 30-minute webinar about how OCLC’s Choreo Insights—the only extensive library analytics solution that uses WorldCat holdings data to do deep subject analysis of print and electronic collections—provides support for a program level review—a strategic coordination that helps solidify your library’s position as a critical asset
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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18 April 2024
AskQC office hours: PCC and OCLC: Overview and what’s new
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 April 2024
EZproxy - Komfortabler Fernzugriff auf lizensierte E-Medien. (German)
Kostenloses OCLC Produkt Web-Seminar 2024
- Time: 10:00 – 10:45 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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23 April 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Diversifying library collections through student-led collection development
This webinar outlines a library-run student internship aimed at promoting diversity in the Bryn Mawr College Libraries’ collections. The program empowers students with the knowledge and budget to select and purchase diverse popular reading material from independent bookstores.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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24 April 2024 - 26 April 2024
OCLC to exhibit at the British Columbia Library Association Annual Conference
OCLC will be exhibiting at the BCLA Conference because together, we make breakthroughs possible.
- Venue: Learn more about BCLA
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
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24 April 2024
Cataloging Community Event for EMEA libraries
Join us for this free, virtual event and engage with speakers along with fellow cataloging community members about initiatives to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in library metadata, and hear from OCLC staff about updates to our cataloging products and services.
- Time: 16:00 – 17:30 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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24 April 2024
RSC24 Lightning sessions | Win-win purchasing, Book digitization at UConn Library, Tiered approach to borrowing
Learn about the benefits of integrating a purchase-on-demand pathway into your existing ILL procedures for physical loan requests, a UConn Library pilot project to re-envision the way we serve patrons with print disabilities, and the University of North Texas Libraries’ tiered system approach to ILL borrowing.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]