Library Director, Spring Hill College (AL) at The Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) 2011
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OCLC WorldShare™ Management Services : Member stories
Member storiesHear from fellow library members about their experiences with OCLC WorldShare Management Services
Jill Gremmels, Davidson College (NC) at ALA Annual 2011 
Ruth Light, Harrison College (IN) at ALA Annual 2011 
Elliott Polak, Norwich University (VT) at ALA Annual 2011 
Larry Haight, Simpson University (CA) 
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Stefanie Wittenbach, Texas A&M University, San Antonio 
David Jones, Jacksonville University (FL) at FLA Conference 2011 
Elliott Polak, Norwich University (VT) at ACRL 2011
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Jason Griffey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at ALA MW 2011 
Michael Dula, Pepperdine University Libraries (CA) at ALA MW 2011 
Kyle Banerjee, Orbis Cascade (OR & WA) at LITA 2010 
Jason Griffey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at LITA 2010 
Michael Dula, Pepperdine University Libraries (CA) at LITA 2010
Selecting OCLC Web-scale Management Services was one of the easiest decisions I've had to make. Discovery of print, media, and electronic collections through WorldCat Local, along with single-button access to interlibrary loan, makes it a superior tool. For local inventory control, WMS greatly simplifies and streamlines acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation, maximizing efficiencies and minimizing staffing needed. ”
—Stefanie Wittenbach, University Librarian, Texas A&M University-San Antonio 
Sandy Ashworth, Boundary County District Library (ID)
Sandy Ashworth Boundary County District Library (ID)
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Jackie Beach, CPC Regional Library System (NC) at ALA MW 2011
Jackie Beach, CPC Regional Library System (NC) at ALA MW 2011 
Gina Persichini, Idaho Commission for Libraries at LITA 2010
Above all, we liked that OCLC is a library cooperative. We are members working together toward a common vision sharing many of the same challenges. And it is through this shared vision that we hope to eliminate many of the barriers that prevent access to information. ”
—Sandy Ashworth, Director at Boundary County District Library, about her decision to become a WMS pilot library. 
Sonia Luna-Lamas, St. Thomas University Law Library (FL) at FLA Conference 2011 
Iris Garcia, St. Thomas University Law Library (FL) at FLA Conference 2011
Pat Weaver-Meyers, The Samuel Roberts Noble (OK)
Another reason why we looked at WMS? We wanted a really, truly integrated library system—one organization that had our cataloging, our data, our bibliographic records and our acquisitions. And we wanted to see something that had modules that worked with each other, and that work with each other successfully.”
—Sonia Luna-Lamas, Associate Director and Head of Technical Services, St. Thomas University, Law Library Event recordings where members from various institutes shared their experience with Web-scale Management Services. 
Highlights: Libraries share their experiences at ALA MW 2011 
LITA 2010: An introduction to WMS
Jackie Beach of CPC Regional Libraries (NC), Michael Dula of Pepperdine University Libraries and Jason Griffey of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
One of the things I see with Web-scale Management Services is that it’s a continuation and an expansion of a partnership that we’ve had a long, long time with OCLC. ”
—David Jones, Director of the Library, Jacksonville University
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