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.
Upcoming Events
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17 October 2018
EZproxy Q&A Webinar
Join OCLC EZproxy experts to ask questions about the service, set-up and hosting options.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 October 2018
Product Insights: Resource Sharing
Insights gathering session led by OCLC product managers
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 October 2018
Collaboration with local control - How cloud-based management systems deliver advanced library group support
A 45-minute webinar about how cloud-based systems increase opportunities for library groups to support their members and how OCLC's WMS streamlines the technical challenges of collaboration.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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19 October 2018 - 19 October 2018
Health Libraries - 15th HLinc Conference 2018
A Healthy Relationship with Information
- Venue: William Angliss Institute Location: Melbourne , VIC
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21 October 2018 - 23 October 2018
NELA & RILA Joint Conference
Connect with OCLC colleagues in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, for the NELA & RILA Annual Conference.
- Venue: Crowne Plaza Warwick Location: Warwick , RI
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24 October 2018 - 26 October 2018
KLA & MPLA Joint Conference
Join OCLC colleagues at the join conference between the Kansas Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
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24 October 2018
Cataloging in the cloud with WMS - A technical services librarian shares her experience
Hear from Shannon Tennant, Coordinator of Library Collections and Associate Librarian, on how librarians at Elon University’s Belk Library are doing things differently with WMS
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 October 2018 - 26 October 2018
2018 OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference
Connect with OCLC at the 2018 Americas Regional Council Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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30 October 2018
Incorporating IIIF content in your website
In this workshop, you'll learn how to pull open-access content from digital repositories using the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Image and Presentation APIs.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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30 October 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Lessons Learned from a Linked Data Prototype for Managing Bibliographic Data
Join this Works in Progress Webinar to hear about the latest developments with linked data and the future of bibliographic services utilizing Wikibase, FAST, VIAF, and Wikidata.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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31 October 2018 - 02 November 2018
SCLA & SELA Joint Conference
Connect with OCLC colleagues at the South Carolina Library Association & Southeastern Library Association joint conference in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
- Venue: Hilton Greenville Location: Greenville , SC
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01 November 2018
How public libraries communicate: An interactive research review
Hear how public libraries connect with their communities based on findings published in “US Public Libraries: Marketing and Communications Landscape”, a new report from OCLC.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 November 2018 - 02 November 2018
Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference
Join OCLC colleagues at the Academic Library Association of Ohio's Annual Conference (ALAO) in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Venue: Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center Location: Columbus , OH
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05 November 2018 - 09 November 2018
Charleston Library Conference & Vendor Fair
Connect with OCLC colleagues at the 2018 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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08 November 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Articulating Accessioning
Accessioning Archivists Rachel Searcy from NYU Libraries and Rosemary Davis from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library will discuss their roles and elaborate on experiences building accessioning programs at their institutions.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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09 November 2018 - 11 November 2018
California Library Association (CLA) Annual Conference
Join OCLC colleagues in Santa Clara, California, USA, for the 2018 California Library Association's Annual Conference.
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13 November 2018
A beginner's guide to Cordova
In this workshop, you'll learn how to create a basic cross-platform mobile application using Cordova and OCLC APIs.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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13 November 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Identifying and Acting on Incentives when Planning RDM Services
This webinar is intended to provide a model for institutions to identify and act on locally relevant incentives, which we believe is essential for optimizing decision making for institutions.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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14 November 2018
Distinguished Seminar Series: “Wikipedia’s gender gap, and what would Hari Seldon do about it?”
Please join us at 11:00 am Eastern on Wednesday, November 14, for the Distinguished Seminar Series featuring Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University, Women Writers Project.
- Venue: OCLC Kilgour Auditorium or virtually Location: Dublin , Ohio
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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15 November 2018
How to make open access work for everyone: Closing the information inequity gap
A 30-minute webinar about the challenges and benefits of providing students with open-access content and how OCLC's research and partnerships lead to the development of effective solutions for the library cooperative.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]