News & Events
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OCLC signs agreements with leading publishers worldwide to make more content discoverable through libraries
OCLC has signed agreements with distinguished publishers from around the world to add metadata for high-quality books, e-books, journals, databases and other materials that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery.
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Training events
Watch this space for WorldCat Discovery Services training.
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29 June 2017
User-driven search enhancements in WorldCat Discovery
Participants heard an overview of WorldCat Discovery search algorithms and how to choose the approach that will best support their search tasks.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 June 2017
Moving from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery: Recommended Configuration Steps
Participants who attended this webinar learned about recommended configuration settings for an easy transition from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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18 May 2017
Moving from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery: Recommended Configuration Steps
This program provided guidance on recommended configuration steps and other useful advice for an easy transition from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 April 2017
Moving Course Reserves Data to WorldCat Discovery
Participants were given the information they will need for a successful transfer of course reserves data from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 December 2016
WorldCat Discovery Relevance: Impact of configuration settings on search results
Since August, many libraries have benefited from increased relevance of WorldCat Discovery search results. At this webinar, members of the WorldCat Discovery team will review relevance enhancements and discuss the impact of configuration settings on search results.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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27 October 2016
A behind-the-scenes look at WorldCat Discovery relevance
Thank you for registering for the October 27th A behind-the-scenes look at WorldCat Discovery relevance webinar. Participants who attended this webinar heard WorldCat Discovery team members Cathy King and Jay Holloway shared background on how the new WorldCat Discovery search algorithm was developed, along with information about plans for future enhancements to search relevance in WorldCat Discovery.
- Time: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 August 2016
Ask the Experts - Extending Your Library’s WorldCat Discovery Experience to Remote Users
A panel of experts from OCLC and the WorldCat Discovery community shared tips for managing WorldCat Discovery access to all authorized users regardless of their locations. OCLC implementation managers spoke about WorldCat Discovery and EZproxy configuration. Members Eleta Grimbeek (Sabinet) and Michael Davidson (Plymouth State University) shared practical advice based on their experiences.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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12 July 2016
Ask the Experts - Helping Users Discover Print AND Electronic Resources Using the WorldCat Knowledge Base
Participants heard first hand from librarians who shared how WorldCat Discovery and the WorldCat Knowledge Base are delivering greater visibility and discoverability to electronic and print holdings at their libraries.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 June 2016
Ask the Experts - Innovation in Search Box Customization for WorldCat Discovery
On June 9th, OCLC hosted our first “Ask the Experts” panel discussion featuring examples of notable WorldCat Discovery search box Implementations. Participants joined OCLC and a panel of experts from the WorldCat Discovery User Community as we took a tour of library sites to see exactly what a bit of ingenuity could accomplish! The stars of this session were library peers who guided us on a tour of their technical handiwork and offered lessons learned for their successful search box implementation.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 June 2016
Next Steps for WorldCat Discovery and FirstSearch
OCLC plans to develop a new version of FirstSearch with the full-featured searching of WorldCat required by many researchers and library staff.
- Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 January 2016
WorldCat Discovery Best Practices: Implementation and use at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
In this webinar registrants heard how Nelson Memorial Library at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University uses WorldCat Discovery to provide single-search access to their collections and the collections of other libraries worldwide.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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20 January 2016
WorldCat Discovery Virtual User Group Meeting
The meeting included updates on recent and planned enhancements to WorldCat Discovery and the OCLC Community Center.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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23 September 2015
WorldCat Discovery Best Practices
This program provided information from two health sciences libraries about how they implemented WorldCat Discovery as a part of their institutions’ support for predominantly electronic collections and adoption of OCLC’s WorldShare Management System.
- Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 June 2015 - 29 June 2015
ALA Annual 2015
Presentations and other supporting materials from ALA Annual
- Location: San Francisco, California
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30 January 2015 - 03 February 2015
ALA Midwinter 2015
Meet with your OCLC cooperative colleagues at the OCLC booth. Attend our various conference events and presentations.
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
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28 June 2014
From FirstSearch to WorldCat Discovery: Cooperative Discovery that Puts You Where Your Users Are
Come see the new service, hear how libraries have made the transition and learn how easy it is to get started.
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N111
- Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, North America [UTC -7]
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