OCLC News

Nominations sought for 2010 OCLC awards

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:14:00 EST

Part of OCLC's commitment to research and education includes furthering the advancement of librarianship. OCLC does this not only through OCLC research but also by financially supporting awards and scholarships. OCLC is seeking nominations for the following 2010 OCLC-sponsored awards. Deadlines are in bold; the link provides more information about the award and the nominating process.

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OCLC now offers Metadata Services for Publishers to enhance title metadata for use in the supply chain

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:59:00 EDT

OCLC now offers Metadata Services for Publishers, a new service that takes publishers' ONIX title metadata, enriches it using WorldCat mining and mapping techniques, and delivers the enhanced ONIX metadata back to the publishers for use in their systems. The publishers' enhanced metadata is then made available early in the data creation process to libraries for use in selection, acquisition and technical services workflows. Information seekers also benefit from Web discovery of this metadata via WorldCat.org, the Web destination for discovery of library resources.

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35 new publishers add more multilingual content to NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook collections

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:49:00 EDT

OCLC's NetLibrary, the leading provider of eBooks and eAudiobooks to libraries worldwide, now offers more than 200,000 eBooks and over 13,000 eAudiobooks from more than 550 publishers in a variety of subject areas and disciplines.

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OCLC and South West Regional Library Service announce major collaboration using WorldCat Local in the United Kingdom

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:22:00 EDT

OCLC and the South West Regional Library Service (SWRLS) today announced a collaboration that will initially see seven public library authorities in the South West of England using WorldCat Local as their shared end user discovery service in 2010.

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ABES to add French Sudoc records to WorldCat

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:49:00 EDT

OCLC and ABES (l’Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur), in France, have signed an agreement to load 9 million records from Système Universitaire de documentation (Sudoc), the cataloguing system for French academic libraries managed by ABES, into WorldCat, the largest global online resource for finding information in libraries. As a result of this agreement, collections of 110 participating Sudoc institutions that represent over 1,000 libraries will be visible to searchers worldwide through WorldCat.org.

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OCLC Board of Trustees convenes Council to study and develop new WorldCat Record Use Policy

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:24:00 EDT

The OCLC Board of Trustees has convened a Record Use Policy Council, which will draw upon the fundamental values of the OCLC cooperative and engage with the global library community to develop the next generation of the WorldCat Record Use Policy. The intent is to recommend to the OCLC Board of Trustees a new policy that is aligned with the present and future information landscape. The new policy will replace the Guidelines for Use and Transfer of OCLC Derived Records that was developed in 1987.

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Expert Community Experiment enables cataloging members to make more changes to WorldCat records.

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:07:00 EDT

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OCLC announces agreements in Europe to extend coverage in WorldCat

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:00:00 EDT

OCLC today announced four new agreements have been signed with European national libraries and affiliated institutions which significantly increase the coverage of records in WorldCat and the visibility of libraries in WorldCat.org in the Europe and Middle East regions.

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OCLC names six librarians to participate in 2010 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:54:00 EDT

OCLC, along with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the American Theological Library Association, today named six librarians chosen to participate in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2010.

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NetLibrary catalog reaches 200,000-title milestone

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:18:00 EDT

NetLibrary has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by being the first eContent platform to offer academic, public, special and school library users access to more than 200,000 eBook and eAudiobook titles.

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