OCLC News

OCLC WorldShare Management Services recognized as 'Outstanding Service of the Year' with TechColumbus Innovation Award

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:15:00 EST

OCLC WorldShare Management Services was recognized as "Outstanding Service of the Year" during the TechColumbus Innovation Awards ceremony at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on February 2. WorldShare Management Services was selected in a category of organizations with more than 250 employees, and from entries in a variety of disciplines and industries. More than 1,100 people attended the premier technology event in central Ohio.

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OCLC and Elsevier sign agreement to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books through WorldCat Local

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:01:00 EST

OCLC and Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services worldwide, have signed an agreement that will make the full text from Elsevier’s SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and e-books available to users of OCLC’s WorldCat Local.

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OCLC establishes strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:42:00 EST

OCLC has established a strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services, LLC, an organization founded by the principals of R2 Consulting, that leverages WorldCat Data to help libraries intelligently manage their print monograph collections.

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E-resource Advisory Council assisting OCLC in further development of e-resource strategy

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:02:00 EST

OCLC is working with the E-resource Advisory Council, a group of 10 library leaders who have agreed to help guide the cooperative in advancing a new Webscale, electronic resource management strategy.

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University of Delaware Library joins OCLC WorldShare community

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:13:00 EST

The University of Delaware Library has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its Web-based cooperative library management system for metadata management, acquisitions, circulation, discovery, license management and workflow improvements. The University of Delaware Library is the first member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to join the OCLC WorldShare Management Services community.

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Article Exchange integrated into the WorldCat Resource Sharing service

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:50:00 EST

Following a successful five-month trial, the Article Exchange feature is now available within the WorldCat Resource Sharing service and, where available, through an ILLiad add-on. This new feature is available at no charge to OCLC libraries that use WorldCat Resource Sharing and ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software, and will be offered in WorldCat Navigator, in regions where available, and VDX later this year.

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New OCLC WorldShare License Manager combines knowledge base with linking technology to offer new approach to electronic resource management

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:07:00 EST

OCLC has announced the launch of OCLC WorldShare License Manager, a new service to help libraries meet the increasing challenges and complexities of electronic resource management.

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28 more libraries join the OCLC WorldShare Management Services community

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:40:00 EST

Since July 1, 2011, 28 libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services, the first truly cooperative, Webscale management services for libraries that streamline cataloging, acquisitions, circulation, license management and workflows, and offer a next-gen discovery tool for library users. This brings the number of libraries worldwide committed to using OCLC WorldShare Management Services to 171.

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OCLC working with SkillSoft to add records for Books24x7 digital book catalog to WorldCat

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:49:00 EST

OCLC is working with SkillSoft, a leading SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government and education, to add records for the Books24x7 digital book catalog to WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive database for discovery of library resources.

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OCLC releases FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as Linked Data

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:15:00 EST

FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), is now available as an experimental Linked Data service (http://id.worldcat.org/fast/) and is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.

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