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2025

Two Spanish university libraries select OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as their new library services platform
- 13 May 2025
Three more libraries join OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community in the Middle East
- 15 April 2025
OCLC's CloudLibrary is now integrated with WorldCat, making digital content more visible, discoverable for users
- 03 April 2025
OCLC is highest ranked supplier on latest APUC framework agreement
- 25 February 2025
OCLC's CloudLibrary honored with Platinum 2025 Modern Library Award from LibraryWorks
- 16 January 2025
ILLiad selected as the National Library of Medicine's interlibrary loan and document delivery management system
- 14 January 2025
WISPALS Library Consortium selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its library services platform
- 08 January 2025

2024

OCLC is among Computerworld's 'Best Places to Work in IT' for the 16th year
- 11 December 2024
10 libraries in Alberta to join OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community
- 05 December 2024
After 10 successful years, LIBROS library consortium again selects OCLC's WMS as its library services platform
- 17 October 2024
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Library joins OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community
- 08 October 2024
OCLC awarded IMLS grant to develop free online continuing education program for public library staff
- 29 August 2024
OCLC builds on its linked data strategy by creating uniform resource identifiers for Dewey Decimal Classification numbers
- 15 August 2024
Heidelberg University Library selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform
- 07 August 2024
Essen Public Library to modernize its library system with OCLC's BIBLIOTHECAnext
- 17 July 2024
31 new libraries sign on to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services platform
- 27 June 2024
New OCLC position paper articulates the value of linked data to the library community
- 24 June 2024
Big Ten Academic Alliance libraries are now live with OCLC Resource Sharing for Groups
- 10 June 2024
OCLC acquires firm to help higher education institutions with software decisions and implementations
- 03 June 2024
CEU selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services to manage 20 libraries that serve over 96,000 users in Spain
- 28 May 2024
OCLC Meridian makes it possible for libraries to create linked data that connect resources to the wider web
- 09 May 2024
OCLC Global Council elects Xuemao Wang, re-elects Anja Smit to Board of Trustees
- 12 April 2024
cloudLibrary is now part of OCLC
- 02 April 2024
OCLC Global Council ratifies plans to streamline council structure, increase member engagement
- 25 March 2024
OCLC partners with Equinox Open Library Initiative to provide access to the WorldCat Metadata API for mutual customers
- 18 March 2024
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 06 March 2024
18 more libraries sign on to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services platform to close 2023
- 13 February 2024
OCLC linked data services transform metadata management and connect library resources to wider knowledge streams
- 30 January 2024

2023

OCLC launches Arabic Discovery Catalog to increase discoverability, access to Arabic library collections
- 04 December 2023
OCLC named 'Best Place to Work in IT' by Computerworld
- 27 November 2023
Ginny Steel elected Chair, Tim Robinson takes seat on OCLC Board of Trustees
- 13 November 2023
Canberra Institute of Technology now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 28 September 2023
OCLC awarded IMLS grant to support library learning in digital collections stewardship
- 07 September 2023
Auckland Institute of Studies to improve workflows by moving to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 24 August 2023
NALIS of Trinidad and Tobago wins OCLC Award for Innovative Cooperation Initiatives in the Caribbean
- 18 August 2023
Comfenalco Antioquia Libraries to move to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services platform
- 31 July 2023
OCLC and LIBER announce new multi-year engagement program to help build capacity in forward-looking research libraries
- 07 July 2023
Royal Library of Belgium joins OCLC, adds records to WorldCat to increase visibility of collection
- 28 June 2023
More libraries sign on to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services platform
- 23 June 2023
OCLC introduces AI-generated book recommendations in WorldCat.org and WorldCat Find beta
- 21 June 2023
Musicians, jazz organizations, and music experts curate resources to honor jazz on WorldCat.org
- 08 June 2023
Leading museum organisation in Australia selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 07 June 2023
OCLC partners with SCELC to advance diversity in shared print using Choreo Insights library analytics
- 16 May 2023
University of Northern British Columbia selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 25 April 2023
Leading organizations and experts curate resources about sustainability for Earth Day
- 19 April 2023
Spanish Public Administration special libraries partner with OCLC to develop BIBLESPAGE union catalog
- 19 April 2023
New national cataloging platform for libraries in Japan is launched using OCLC's Syndeo
- 30 March 2023
OCLC partners with the Big Ten Academic Alliance to advance new OCLC Resource Sharing for Groups
- 27 March 2023
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam selects Talis Aspire to use with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 23 March 2023
OCLC to introduce the new Choreo Insights library analytics solution at ACRL 2023 Conference
- 13 March 2023
Acclaimed women's organizations and scholars offer curated lists of best resources to honor Women's History Month
- 08 March 2023
Akkon Hochschule in Berlin to join OCLC's WorldShare community
- 27 February 2023
OCLC's Capira library services recognized with 2023 Modern Library Awards
- 17 January 2023
Martin Luther King III and his family share reading list to celebrate 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- 11 January 2023

2022

OCLC named 'Best Place to Work in IT' by Computerworld
- 13 December 2022
Chaoyang University of Technology is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 23 November 2022
Choreo Insights, OCLC's new library analytics solution to better align collections with priorities, is now available to early adopters
- 17 November 2022
Pilar Martinez, Dwight Smith take seats on OCLC Board of Trustees
- 07 November 2022
New WorldCat.org connects genealogy enthusiasts, educators, and historians to the world's libraries
- 03 November 2022
Québec universities move library resource sharing to OCLC's Tipasa
- 01 November 2022
Roanoke Valley Libraries to improve online experience for users with OCLC Wise
- 08 September 2022
Reimagined WorldCat.org offers an improved user experience, more ways to engage, better connections to libraries from where people start their searches
- 24 August 2022
WorldCat.org puts the world's libraries at people's fingertips
- 24 August 2022
Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany, is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 18 July 2022
ALA Core members now have free access to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services sandbox
- 25 June 2022
Three more libraries in the UK join OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community
- 15 June 2022
OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure
- 24 May 2022
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 21 April 2022
OCLC and Google now connect web searchers directly to library collections
- 13 April 2022
COVID research simulating virus on common library, museum materials published in Journal of Applied Microbiology
- 14 March 2022
Appalachian College Association libraries select OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- 08 March 2022
Complutense University of Madrid extends partnership with OCLC
- 18 February 2022
Lorcan Dempsey to retire as OCLC's Vice President for Research and Membership, and Chief Strategist
- 21 January 2022
OCLC's entire suite of Capira library services recognized with 2022 Modern Library Awards
- 14 January 2022