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Designed around people, driven by data

OCLC Wise is the first community engagement system for US public libraries. A proven solution used by more than 75% of public libraries in the Netherlands, Wise is being tailored to the specific needs of US public libraries and will be available later this year.

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Videos

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Dr. Carla D. Hayden on the need for constant change in libraries
The 14th Librarian of Congress discusses the impact of widespread cultural and technological changes on libraries with OCLC President and CEO Skip Prichard.

Connecting regions with a global infrastructure
Learn how JISC is delivering a UK national digital library that will support the UK higher-education community and connect to the global library network.

Better understand your collection
The Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium Shared Print Operations Group used data to highlight their shared collection while enabling participants to reduce local holdings.

Global Council and you
As an OCLC member, your voice matters. Get engaged to help shape the future of the cooperative. Watch this video for an overview of OCLC's member-driven, librarian-led governance structure.

News

Tolstoy Library selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services to gain efficiencies for staff, users
- 16 May 2018
The Tolstoy Library (Die Tolstoi-Bibliothek) in Munich, the largest Russian-language non-governmental library in Western Europe, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform.
OCLC and Ovid partner to automate e-book and e-journal workflows
- 15 May 2018
OCLC and Ovid a leading provider of scientific, medical and healthcare information have partnered to automate e-resource management workflows, eliminating the need for manual intervention by library staff.
EZproxy 6.4.4 available and end of support for EZproxy on Solaris
- 09 May 2018
The library community's leading authentication and access solution has been enhanced again.