Libraries today are faced with a rapidly changing environment, evolving user needs and increasing pressure to measure and communicate impact. OCLC products help libraries address these challenges by sharing data, streamlining workflows and connecting people to the knowledge held in the world's library collections.
Management services
Manage your entire library with services that increase efficiency across departments and locations.
Wise
Community engagement system for public libraries
WorldShare Management Services
Enable shared efficiencies and innovation
Individual products:
WorldShare Acquisitions, WorldShare Circulation, WorldShare Collection Manager, WorldCat Discovery, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, WorldShare Record Manager, WorldShare License Manager, WorldShare Report Designer
WorldShare License Manager
A central system for managing licensed electronic resources
Choreo Insights
Library analytics solution that uses WorldCat holdings data
GreenGlass
Data-driven collection management and visualization
CONTENTdm
Build, showcase, and preserve digital collections
WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
Harvest digital content metadata
Metadata services
Build, manage and share data about your collections while making your library more visible.
OCLC Cataloging and Metadata Subscription
Save time with streamlined cataloging
Individual products:
WorldShare Collection Manager, WorldShare Record Manager, Connexion, WorldCat Metadata API, WorldCat Knowledge-base API, WorldCat Registry API
Dewey Services
Improve the organization of your materials
Contract Cataloging
Expert assistance for cataloging projects
CatExpress
Simple-to-use copy cataloging solution
Syndeo
Connect to the global knowledge network
Resource sharing services
Centralize resource sharing workflows previously managed in multiple systems while speeding fulfillment of interlibrary loan requests.
WorldShare Interlibrary Loan
Automate your interlibrary borrowing and lending
OCLC Resource Sharing for Groups
Streamline consortial resource sharing workflows
Discovery and reference services
Get people to the materials they need from your library and from other libraries worldwide.
WorldCat.org
Web visibility for library resources
WorldCat Discovery
Single search of all library collections
FirstSearch
Precision searching of WorldCat
Web visibility
Put your collections where people start their search
WorldShare provides a complete set of library management applications and platform services built on an open, cloud-based platform. WorldShare offers integrated management of library workflows and creates new efficiencies as libraries share work, data and resources to save money and deliver value to their users.
WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Libraries cooperatively contribute, enhance and share bibliographic data through WorldCat, connecting people to cultural and scholarly resources in libraries worldwide.
Member stories
Gain international recognition for your special collections
Discover how the American University in Cairo won a UNESCO award for its work preserving and sharing Egypt’s documentary heritage.
Inspire active engagement with digital collections
Learn how the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) ensures visual art collections are available online to as many people as possible.
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