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Libraries sharing data, work and resources

Libraries today are faced with a rapidly changing environment, evolving user needs and increasing pressure to measure and communicate impact. OCLC products help libraries address these challenges by sharing data, streamlining workflows and connecting people to the knowledge held in the world's library collections.


Management services

Manage your entire library with services that increase efficiency across departments and locations.

Wise

Community engagement system for public libraries

WorldShare License Manager

A central system for managing licensed electronic resources

EZproxy

Access and authentication software

Choreo Insights

Library analytics solution that uses WorldCat holdings data

GreenGlass

Data-driven collection management and visualization

CONTENTdm

Build, showcase, and preserve digital collections

WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway

Harvest digital content metadata

Metadata services

Build, manage and share data about your collections while making your library more visible.

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Linked data: the next evolution of library metadata

Expand influence and reach with linked data and OCLC

Dewey Services

Improve the organization of your materials

Contract Cataloging

Expert assistance for cataloging projects

CatExpress

Simple-to-use copy cataloging solution

Syndeo

Connect to the global knowledge network

Resource sharing services

Centralize resource sharing workflows previously managed in multiple systems while speeding fulfillment of interlibrary loan requests.

Resource sharing revolutionized

Resource sharing revolutionized

Learn more about OCLC's plans for resource sharing

WorldShare Interlibrary Loan

Automate your interlibrary borrowing and lending

Tipasa

Simplify resource sharing with a cloud-based ILL management system

OCLC Resource Sharing for Groups

Streamline consortial resource sharing workflows

Discovery and reference services

Get people to the materials they need from your library and from other libraries worldwide.

WorldCat.org

Web visibility for library resources

WorldCat Discovery

Single search of all library collections

FirstSearch

Precision searching of WorldCat

Web visibility

Put your collections where people start their search

OCLC WorldShare logo

WorldShare provides a complete set of library management applications and platform services built on an open, cloud-based platform. WorldShare offers integrated management of library workflows and creates new efficiencies as libraries share work, data and resources to save money and deliver value to their users.  

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OCLC WorldCat logo

WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Libraries cooperatively contribute, enhance and share bibliographic data through WorldCat, connecting people to cultural and scholarly resources in libraries worldwide.

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Member stories

photo: Thomas Balch Library

Increase interest in library collections with easier access

Learn how Thomas Balch Library increased engagement with its new and historical collections—locally and globally.

photo: Salone monumentale at the Biblioteca Casanatense

Maximize sharing, searchability, and access to library collections

Discover how Casanatense Library committed to providing worldwide visibility of its growing digital collection.

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This quick guide explains how our technology products, original research, and community programs empower libraries to better serve their communities. Learn how, together, we can solve critical problems, remove barriers to success, and inspire breakthroughs.

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