14 March 2017 - 16 March 2017

Sharing Breakthroughs: 2017 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference

March 14-16, at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Virginia

22 February 2017 - 22 February 2017

Cataloging Scores Defensively

Cataloging Scores Defensively, a presentation for the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) meeting.

10 August 2016 - 19 August 2016

OCLC at IFLA WLIC 2016

Presentations and other materials from IFLA WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio

27 June 2016 - 27 June 2016

Presentations from the ALA Annual 2016 Conference

Presentations and other materials from ALA Annual in Orlando, Florida

09 April 2016 - 09 April 2016

PLA 2016 Conference 5-9 April

Connect with OCLC colleagues at the Public Library Association's 2016 Conference.

02 March 2016

Cataloging Sound Recordings Defensively

Cataloging Sound Recordings Defensively: “When to Input a New Record” in the Age of DDR, a presentation for the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) meeting in conjunction with the Music Library Association (MLA) conference

10 January 2016

Cataloging Maps Defensively

Cataloging Maps Defensively: “When to Input a New Record” in the Age of DDR, a presentation for the MAGIRT Cataloging and Classification Committee meeting

26 June 2015 - 29 June 2015

ALA Annual 2015

Presentations and other supporting materials from ALA Annual

04 June 2015

Increasing visibility and improving user experience
A WMS success story: The Field Museum

Christine Giannoni, Museum Librarian at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Christine shares her library's experience with WorldShare Management Services.

10 February 2015

Library Data [R]evolution: Applying Linked Data Concepts

"Library Data [R]evolution: Applying Linked Data Concepts" was a Collective Insight event that took place at San Francisco Public Library on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. The event was hosted by San Francisco Public Library, the Northern California Technical Processes Group and OCLC.

30 January 2015

Americas Regional Council Annual Meeting and OCLC Symposium: Research in Context

This event will open with an update on recent Americas Regional Council and Global Council activities. The OCLC Symposium, "Research in Context," will follow immediately. Refreshments will be served after the Symposium.

29 June 2014 - 29 June 2014

WorldShare Metadata Users Group Meeting at ALA Annual

Attendees received an overview of WorldShare Metadata and new functionality in the WorldCat knowledge base, and heard current users discuss their experiences with WorldShare Metadata.

27 June 2014 - 30 June 2014

ALA Annual 2014

The OCLC Symposium on Internet of Things, recorded at ALA Annual 2014 in Las Vegas. is available for viewing.

28 May 2014

OCLC Canada Symposium at CLA 2014

OCLC Canada hosted this symposium on May 28, 2014, during the Canadian Library Association's Conference and Tradeshow at the Victoria Conference Centre (Victoria, British Columbia).

24 February 2014 - 25 February 2014

OCLC EMEA Regional Council Meeting 2014

Library Community in Action: advancing knowledge, collaboration and innovation

24 January 2014

OCLC Americas Member Meeting and Symposium: The Hope and Hype of MOOCs

A meeting of the OCLC Americas Regional Council (ARC), followed by the OCLC symposium "The Hope and the Hype of MOOCs" took place January 24, 2014 at ALA Midwinter.

02 November 2013 - 02 November 2013

The Interplay of Big Data, WorldCat, and Dewey

Presented at Big Data, Linked Data:  Classification Research at the Junction 24th ASIS&T SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop

25 October 2013 - 25 October 2013

From Modelling to Visualization of Topic Relationships in Classification Schemes

Presented at the Classification & Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge International UDC Seminar.

23 October 2013 - 25 October 2013

OCLC Canada’s Cooperative Event: Community Partnerships, Solutions and Research, an event in association with NetSpeed

OCLC member-leaders and staff gathered for “OCLC Canada’s Cooperative Event: Community Partnerships, Solutions and Research,” held in association with the NetSpeed Conference. Participants explored current and future opportunities for collaboration during this interactive session.

01 July 2013 - 01 July 2013

OCLC's Next-Generation Metadata Management

OCLC WorldShare Metadata is now available to OCLC cataloging subscribers. Hear from Anne C. Elguindi, VIVA Associate Director, and David Whitehair, OCLC Senior Product Manager, about Collection Manager, which automatically updates e-resource collection metadata, keeping URLs current in your discovery interface. Coming soon: efficient tools to describe items uniquely held by your library, and Web services to add and enrich WorldCat records and maintain WorldCat holdings.

27 June 2013 - 02 July 2013

American Library Association Annual Conference 2013

OCLC held a number of sessions and events at ALA Annual 2013 and introduced the new President and CEO, Skip Prichard. Recorded sessions are available for viewing.

28 January 2013

Creating Cataloging Efficiencies

Managing E-books Metadata

26 January 2013

Dewey Update Breakfast at ALA Midwinter 2013

See presentations from the Dewey Update Breakfast at ALA Midwinter 2013.

25 January 2013

Americas Regional Council Member Meeting and Symposium

Seattle, Washington, 25 January 2013. This Americas Regional Council (ARC) Member Meeting and OCLC Symposium included 180 in-person participants (plus more than 250 online).

05 November 2012 - 07 November 2012

OCLC Global Council Meeting

The OCLC Global Council met from 5 - 7 November in Dublin, Ohio.

02 October 2012 - 02 October 2012

Unleashing the Power of the Dewey Decimal Classification: Looking beyond Shelf Location

Presented at Mohican 2012: Radical Opportunities, New Trends for Technical Services in Loudonville, Ohio.

14 August 2012 - 14 August 2012

International Dewey Users Meeting

The following presentations were made at the International Dewey Users Meeting, held in conjunction with the World Library and…

11 August 2012 - 11 August 2012

OCLC Linked Data Round Table at IFLA 2012

Helsinki, Finland

25 June 2012 - 25 June 2012

Managing Metadata for E-book Collections

The focus of this popular event held during ALA Annual in Anaheim, California, was metadata management for e-book collections. Speakers…

24 June 2012 - 24 June 2012

Libraries Create Digital Program Success with CONTENTdm

Anaheim, California, 24 June 2012. During this session, librarians shared their successes with creating digital collection programs…

23 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

The Power of Groups: Collaboration and Innovation

Anaheim, California, 23 June 2012. Learn how three different consortia are experimenting with new forms of collaboration to improve…

23 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

Dewey update at ALA Annual 2012

The following presentations were made at the Dewey update meeting at ALA Annual 2012.

22 June 2012 - 22 June 2012

Americas Regional Council Member Meeting and OCLC Symposium

Anaheim, California, 22 June 2012. This Americas Regional Council (ARC) Member Meeting and OCLC Symposium drew more than 200 individuals…

30 May 2012 - 30 May 2012

OCLC Canada Symposium at CLA 2012: The Long and Short of Library Collaboration

Daniel Boivin, Executive Director, OCLC Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, welcomed more than 65 participants to the annual OCLC Canada Symposium at CLA. The theme of this year’s event, The Long and Short of Library Collaboration, began with a keynote presentation from Stephen Abram, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Markets for Cengage Learning (Gale), Head in the Clouds: Technology in Libraries.

16 April 2012 - 18 April 2012

OCLC Global Council Meeting

Highlights from the April 16-18 OCLC Global Council Meeting in Dublin, Ohio, USA

19 March 2012 - 19 March 2012

An “Abridged” View of WebDewey

15 March 2012 - 15 March 2012

Dewey update at PLA 2012

The following presentations were made at the Dewey update meeting at PLA 2012.

14 March 2012 - 14 March 2012

The Dewey Ecosystem

Presented at The University of British Columbia SLAIS Colloquium.

23 January 2012 - 23 January 2012

Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference

On January 23, 2012, OCLC members convened at Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference as part of their ALA Midwinter experience…

21 January 2012 - 21 January 2012

Dewey update at ALA Midwinter 2012

The following presentations were made at the Dewey update meeting at ALA Annual 2011.

21 January 2012 - 21 January 2012

E-resources at Webscale: Simple Solutions for Management, Discovery and Delivery

Centralize e-resource management with OCLC Webscale services. The new WorldShare License Manager works with the WorldCat knowledge base to consolidate discovery, fulfillment and management of licensed resources. The knowledge base streamlines article/e-book sharing, enables full link resolution in WorldCat Local and integrates with WorldShare Acquisitions to consolidate all parts of e-resource management.

21 January 2012 - 21 January 2012

E-resources at Webscale: Simple Solutions for Management, Discovery and Delivery

Centralize e-resource management with OCLC Webscale services. The new WorldShare License Manager works with the WorldCat knowledge base to consolidate discovery, fulfillment and management of licensed resources. The knowledge base streamlines article/e-book sharing, enables full link resolution in WorldCat Local and integrates with WorldShare Acquisitions to consolidate all parts of e-resource management.