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Web sessions

OCLC Web sessions include a live presentation, available at no cost, which you access via the Web with audio available via a conference call. You may ask any questions you have during the session.

To prepare your workstation, check our Web information session helpful hints.

Topic and brief descriptionDates
WorldCat Resource Sharing Best Practices: The Secret World of the FirstSearch Administration Module
Join OCLC and Tina Baich, Assistant Librarian from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUP) for an overview of resource sharing settings in the OCLC FirstSearch Administration Module. Use FirstSearch Administration to create and modify Constant Data, Direct Request Profiles and Custom Holdings. This refresher on your library's administration settings will help you prepare you for your upcoming transition to the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service, due for initial release later this year.
February 16, 2012
12:00 PM–1:00 PM Eastern Time
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
February 21, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Time
Your library at Webscale: How radical collaboration is redefining library management services

Join us for this special event sponsored by Library Journal and OCLC. Listen as Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University Libraries; Gregg A. Silvis, University of Delaware Libraries; and Andrew K. Pace, OCLC, share perspectives on the current and future state of library management services.

Panelists:

  • Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Libraries; and Creator and Editor, Library Technology Guides and lib-web-cats
  • Gregg A. Silvis, Librarian and Assistant Director for Library Computing Systems, University of Delaware

Speaker and moderator:

  • Andrew K. Pace, Executive Director of Networked Library Services, OCLC
February 21, 2012
12:00–1:00 PM Eastern Time
Library Workflows Transformed: OCLC WorldShare Management Services

Hear how two libraries were able to achieve efficiency savings with OCLC WorldShare" Management Services by replacing rote tasks with new integrated and streamlined workflows. These services both replace and stand apart from traditional ILS systems by offering libraries Web-based cooperative management tools that streamline cataloging, acquisitions and circulation, and provide a next-gen discovery tool for end users.

Speaking at this event:

  • Lynne Jacobsen, Associate University Librarian for Information Resources, Collections and Scholarly Communication at Pepperdine University
  • Stefanie Wittenbach, University Librarian at Texas A&M University-San Antonio
  • Andrew K. Pace, Executive Director of Networked Library Services at OCLC
February 29, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Time
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
March 01, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Time
OCLC WorldShare Management Services Demonstration: Acquisitions and License Manager

Join Matt Goldner, OCLC's Product and Technology Advocate, for a brief overview and demonstration of OCLC WorldShare Management Services focusing on acquisitions, serials and License Manager. There will be plenty of time for questions.

The Webscale Management Services that OCLC introduced in 2010 have been renamed OCLC WorldShare Management Services.

March 06, 2012
2:00–3:00 PM Eastern Time
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
March 27, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
OCLC WorldShare Management Services Demonstration: Circulation and Discovery

Join Matt Goldner, OCLC's Product and Technology Advocate, for a brief overview and demonstration of OCLC WorldShare Management Services focusing on circulation and discovery. There will be plenty of time for questions.

The Webscale Management Services that OCLC introduced in 2010 have been renamed OCLC WorldShare Management Services.

April 03, 2012
2:00–3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
OCLC delivery services using the WorldCat Knowledge Base for ILLiad users
Learn about resource sharing enhancements based on data in the WorldCat knowledge base that can help you put e-books, articles and open access resources into the hands of your users faster and more efficiently than ever. Article requests are often filled within hours rather than days. Direct Request processing for e-books lets you set up profiles that will alert your library staff when users request e-books from both open access e-content and subscription-based e-content. New options for synchronizing local knowledge base data with the WorldCat knowledge base minimize its set-up time, enabling you and your users to benefit from online article sharing quickly.
April 10, 2012
1:00–2:00 PM Eastern
OCLC delivery services using the WorldCat Knowledge Base for WorldCat Resource Sharing users
Learn about resource sharing enhancements based on data in the WorldCat knowledge base that can help you put e-books, articles and open access resources into the hands of your users faster and more efficiently than ever. Article requests are often filled within hours rather than days. Direct Request processing for e-books lets you set up profiles that will alert your library staff when users request e-books from both open access e-content and subscription-based e-content . New options for synchronizing local knowledge base data with the WorldCat knowledge base minimize its set-up time, enabling you and your users to benefit from online article sharing quickly.
April 10, 2012
3:00–4:00 PM Eastern
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
April 10, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
April 19, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
May 22, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Introduction to ILLiad
Alisa Whitt, OCLC Resource Sharing Services Consultant, will provide an overview of OCLC ILLiad and demonstrate how the service can save time and increase efficiency for your interlibrary loan operation.
May 31, 2012
2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time