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Partnership programs : Publishers and material vendors

Partner programs for publishers and material vendors

Streamline workflows with your customers by more closely integrating your materials with OCLC WorldCat, cataloging and eSerials holding services.

Vendor record contribution

Publishers and material suppliers may work with OCLC to load MARC records for new materials into WorldCat as early as possible in the publishing cycle.

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Vendor-prompted cataloging

Publishers and jobbers can work together with OCLC to provide an all-inclusive acquisitions-with-cataloging solution for libraries that set holdings in WorldCat.

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WorldCat Selection service

WorldCat Selection service helps libraries save time and money by streamlining their selection and ordering process for new materials. By participating in this program, you can provide selectors with notification records for new materials and direct access to your acquisition systems.

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Next Generation cataloging

OCLC has launched a pilot project to capture and supplement publisher and vendor ONIX metadata, providing enriched title information further upstream. By partnering with OCLC, you can add value to your marketing programs and enhance quality and consistency in upstream title metadata used by multiple channels.

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eSerials Holdings service

By participating in the OCLC eSerials Holdings service, you can increase the visibility of your content and provide libraries with value-added services that improve processes and workflow efficiencies.

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WorldCat Registry

OCLC's WorldCat Registry is a free Web tool that provides a single location to access institutional identity and service information for libraries and consortia. This easy-to-use Web interface includes identifying codes assigned by various standards or industry organizations; details about physical location, contacts, Web sites and electronic services; hierarchical relationships such as parent consortia or child branches; and administrative and statistical data concerning staff, service usage and user population

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