Press releases
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its new library services platform.
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OCLC and Google now connect web searchers directly to library collections
OCLC and Google are working together to link directly from books discovered through Google Search to print book records in the catalogs of hundreds of U.S. libraries.
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COVID research simulating virus on common library, museum materials published in Journal of Applied Microbiology
When libraries, archives and museums were seeking reliable information to help them make informed decisions about how to operate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle formed a partnership to help...
Announcements
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WorldCat quality efforts to enhance millions more records
We’ve recently kicked off two efforts to further improve WorldCat records. We’ve started controlling and enriching subject headings in individual bibliographic records with the many authority files we’ve made available in WorldCat. And we’re adding m...
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2021 in review, and what's ahead for 2022
Another year is in the books (please excuse my library humor), and we’re already off to a fast start to 2022. Last year we experienced the continued evolution of libraries amid a global pandemic—many of you saw students back on campus and reopened yo...
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OCLC stands in solidarity with Ukraine
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they find themselves on the front lines of an active military invasion.
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More open access collections added to FirstSearch database
Additional open access collections are now searchable in FirstSearch using the Open Access Content database. Released in June 2021, the Open...