Get together with the OCLC cooperative 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.
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06 April 2020 - 07 April 2020
Manitoba Libraries Conference
Join OCLC colleagues in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, for the 2020 Manitoba Libraries Conference.
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08 April 2020
Public and School Libraries: Creative Ways to Build Successful Partnerships
In this webinar, explore how public and school libraries can initiate and sustain collaborative relationships.
- Venue: Webinar
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 April 2020
OCLC Virtual Town Hall: Libraries and the COVID-19 Crisis
A 90-minute virtual town hall exploring how libraries of all types are managing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
- Venue: Webinar
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 April 2020
Accelerate your shared print project using GreenGlass
Learn about the continued growth of shared print programs and the benefits they provide to libraries.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 April 2020 - 17 April 2020
British Columbia Library Conference
Connect with OCLC colleagues at the 2020 British Columbia Library Conference in Richmond, BC, Canada.
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15 April 2020
Meet your students where they are: Connect the library with OCLC APIs and the Lean Library plugin
Learn how the Lean Library browser plug-in can solve access issues for your library by integrating with the WorldCat knowledge base API. Presenters will include representatives from Lean Library and the OCLC API product team.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 April 2020
Make the most of your library’s evolving WorldCat Discovery service
A 30-minute overview of the many search innovations, intuitive user experience enhancements, and configuration advances that have resulted in today’s WorldCat Discovery service.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 April 2020
WorldCat.org y sus servicios relacionados
Únase a nosotros para obtener una descripción general de unos 30 minutos sobre WorldCat.org y obtener una primera aproximación de cómo puede usarlo para apoyar los objetivos estratégicos de su biblioteca.
- Time: 11:00 – 11:30 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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21 April 2020 - 22 April 2020
OCLC RLP Research Retreat
Due to travel restrictions, we have decided to cancel the RLP meeting.
This event has been cancelled.
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21 April 2020
Enable staff with OCLC Wise
A 30-minute walkthrough of OCLC Wise
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 April 2020 - 26 April 2020
Alberta Library Conference
Connect with OCLC colleagues at the 2020 Alberta Library Conference in Jasper, Alberta, Canada.
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29 April 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Approaches to Processing Audiovisual Archives for Improved Access and Preservation Planning
Join us to learn about the University of Houston Special Collections’ approach to addressing a backlog of under-described archival audiovisual materials to increase accessibility and better advocate and plan for digitization projects.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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29 April 2020
Collaborative collections and OCLC’s Shared Print API
Understanding collection compositions can be challenging. In this webinar you’ll learn how OCLC’s Shared Print API makes it easier for libraries to see which materials will be retained by other institutions and which should be retained locally.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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29 April 2020
Social Work Students and Public Library Partnerships
This webinar will provide information on how libraries can collaborate with social work interns and programs, to provide critical services to community members and training and support for library staff.
- Venue: Webinar
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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30 April 2020
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
Join this virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently been through the process of exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system—OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 May 2020 - 15 May 2020
Florida Library Association Annual Conference
Connect with OCLC colleagues in Orlando, FL, US, for the 2020 FLA Annual Conference.
- Venue: DoubleTree Hilton at Universal Location: Orlando , FL
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13 May 2020
Data Migration: updating Local Holding Records and Local Bibliographic Data using OCLC’s Metadata and Collection Management APIs
In 2019, McGill University Library migrated its library system to WorldShare. Learn how they improved data quality and ensured all data was migrated by automatically updating Local Holding Records and Local Bibliographic Data using OCLC’s Metadata and Collection Management APIs to add notes.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 May 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Lost in Transcription—Developing workflows for captioning video
Join this webinar to learn about an investigation into captioning tools and potential workflows to address accessibility issues for digital video at scale.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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20 May 2020
OCLC Resource Sharing Forum 2020 - España
Conozca nuevas formas de mejorar su eficiencia operativa, de ahorrar tiempo y de conectar mejor a sus usuarios finales con la información que necesitan.
- Time: 11:00 – 12:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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20 May 2020
Creating linked descriptive data for CONTENTdm
OCLC is in the midst of a pilot project to study how to shift CONTENTdm to a linked data environment. Learn about the technical approaches considered when designing the prototype and see a demonstration of the prototype linked data cataloging interface.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]