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Partnership programs

OCLC is leading the charge to help libraries worldwide be more productive, integrated and visible on the Web. We welcome mutually beneficial relationships with publishers, eContent providers, Web sites, information providers, industry vendors and others to serve this vital and growing community.

A partnership with OCLC can help you:

  • Increase your reach in the library market
  • Expand your distribution channel
  • Make your content discoverable on the Web
  • Differentiate your services for libraries

For more information about a partnership with OCLC, contact OCLC Business Development at bizdev@oclc.org.

About OCLC

OCLC is the largest library services and research enterprise in the world. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, USA, OCLC has offices in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. OCLC helps more than 71,000 libraries serve millions of users in more than 112 countries and territories. For more than 40 years, OCLC and the participating libraries have worked together to build WorldCat—the largest database of bibliographic information in the world.

For eContent providers

For Integrated Library Service (ILS) vendors

Take advantage of OCLC eContent solutions and services to reach out to new markets, make your eContent more visible and expand your distribution channels for books, audiobooks, databases, journals, archives, repositories and more.

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Providers of local library systems can work with OCLC to test compatibility and to stay up-to-date on developments concerning export of MARC records and new export methods for OCLC cataloging records.

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For Web sites, bloggers and online service providers

For publishers, booksellers and material vendors

Tap into the 325 million page views that have come from partner sites since WorldCat.org launched. You'll gain traffic and demonstrate support for your local library by linking to WorldCat records for books and other materials that you describe, sell or reference on your site or online service.

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Contribute metadata about your titles to WorldCat long before they're released, enhance your fulfillment services with WorldCat records and preset holdings, and help customers streamline their acquisitions.

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For A&I database vendors

Link your abstract and index databases to full text articles and other licensed FirstSearch content such as Electronic Collections Online, library ownership information (holdings) from WorldCat, and fulfillment options such as WorldCat Resource Sharing and Infotrieve document delivery.

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