DUBLIN, Ohio, 15 January 2026—CloudLibrary, OCLC's platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content through libraries, has received Gold recognition as part of the 2026 Modern Library Awards from LibraryWorks.

CloudLibrary provides access to a rich collection of digital content in a single app, including millions of ebooks and audiobooks as well as tens of thousands of magazines, digital newspapers, digital comics, and streaming video titles.

"We're honored to receive the Gold Modern Library Award," said Drew Bordas, Chief Operations Officer at OCLC. "This recognition is especially meaningful because it's judged by our customers—the libraries that rely on our products and services every day. We're grateful for their support. Being recognized for the second consecutive year since CloudLibrary joined OCLC reflects our continued investment in this innovative product and outstanding team, and we are excited about what lies ahead."

OCLC acquired CloudLibrary in April 2024 to support public libraries in their efforts to successfully manage accelerated shifts to digital collections. Since then, OCLC has continued development of new features. CloudLibrary is integrated with WorldCat, making this content more visible and discoverable through libraries with OCLC cataloging subscriptions.

CloudLibrary's unique content sharing program, CloudLink, is a way for libraries to expand the breadth and depth of their ebook and audiobook collections—decreasing hold times for popular materials by working with other CloudLink libraries.

Titles are available from a variety of popular publishers, including Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks, Macmillan, Entangled Publishing, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Hachette Book Group USA, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster, and Disney.

More about CloudLibrary is on the OCLC website.

The MLAs were created to recognize top products and services in the library industry in an unbiased format. Products and services were submitted using a simple application and then were posted on a private site with an enhanced description and attendant materials. These products were batched into small groups and sent to the LibraryWorks database of more than 80,000 librarians at public, K-12, academic, and special libraries. Only customers with experience with these products and services in their facilities were permitted to judge them, resulting in a truly unbiased score.