Get together with OCLC online or in person.
We offer a variety of events both physical and virtual for different engagement and comfort levels. You can decide what’s best for you based on what you need to know. Use this list to keep informed of upcoming meetings, conferences, events, and webinars that OCLC plans to host or attend.
Upcoming Events
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09 September 2025
AskQC office hours: WorldCat records revealed: The secret lives of validation and controlling
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 September 2025
Beyond the shelves: A live look at CloudLibrary’s powerful digital platform for librarians
Register for this 30-minute live demonstration of CloudLibrary's back-end interface, and learn how CloudLibrary makes it seamless to manage and grow your library's digital collection.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 September 2025
Putting the pieces together: Demonstrating library value with WMS and OCLC decision support tools
A 45-minute webinar to explore how OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—combined with powerful analytics and collection analysis tools—can help your library make thoughtful, data-driven decisions that showcase its value to your institution
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 September 2025
Linked data for public libraries: An introduction
What is linked data? Why is it important? Should public libraries pay attention to it? These and other questions will be answered by OCLC's in-house linked data expert Anne Washington.
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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18 September 2025
AskQC office hours: WorldCat records revealed: The secret lives of validation and controlling
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 September 2025
Maintaining privacy and security while delivering e-resources to users
A 30-minute webinar on how OCLC’s EZproxy—a fully managed and hosted e-resource access and authentication solution—facilitates collaboration and allows you to deliver e-resources to users simply and securely no matter where or when they’re searching
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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30 September 2025
Powering collaboration: OCLC’s consortial borrowing solution for libraries
A 45-minute webinar to learn how OCLC’s Resource Sharing for Groups is helping library groups strengthen their collaboration
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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30 September 2025
Meaningful library gatherings: Bringing purpose to every meeting and event
In this webinar, learn how intentional design can transform routine meetings and events into effective and meaningful experiences.
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 October 2025
AskQC office hours: Making RDA relationship elements work
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 October 2025
AskQC office hours: Making RDA relationship elements work
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]