News & Events
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University of Glasgow selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as their new library services platform
The University of Glasgow has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as their new fully integrated library services platform, a move that they are confident will provide an improved experience for all users of the library.
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Two Spanish university libraries select OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as their new library services platform
The University of Zaragoza and Loyola University, both in Spain, have selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as their fully integrated library services platform to handle all essential functions of several campus libraries.
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Three more libraries join OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community in the Middle East
Three more libraries based in the Middle East have recently selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as their new library services platform to better serve students, faculty, and their local and regional communities as well as to gain int...
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WISPALS Library Consortium selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its library services platform
The WISPALS Library Consortium, a consortium of Wisconsin technical colleges, has selected WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its library services platform.
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10 libraries in Alberta to join OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community
Ten libraries from the NEOS Library Consortium in Alberta, Canada, are moving to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services, the fully integrated library services platform designed to meet the needs of modern libraries.
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After 10 successful years, LIBROS library consortium again selects OCLC's WMS as its library services platform
Following a competitive proposal process and in-depth review, LIBROS, New Mexico's academic library consortium, has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its library services platform.
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Library joins OCLC's WorldShare Management Services community
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Library (Fermilab) has selected and implemented OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its library services platform.
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Heidelberg University Library selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform
OCLC announced today that internationally esteemed Heidelberg University Library has selected WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its cloud-based library services platform.
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31 new libraries sign on to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services platform
In the last six months, 31 new libraries have signed on to use OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS), the fully integrated library services platform designed to meet the needs of modern libraries.
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24 June 2025
OCLC beim 9. Bibliothekskongress 2025
vom 24.06.2025 - 27.06.2025 in Bremen
- Time: 09:00 – 18:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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16 July 2025
Cool Trends & Hot Topics: Identifying, acquiring, and describing e-resources through efficient workflows
A 30-minute webinar to learn how WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—an advanced library services platform—helps you efficiently manage e-resources
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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28 July 2025
KI-Aufbau-Kurs: Künstliche Intelligenz in Bibliotheken – Vertiefung und Praxis (German)
OCLC KI-Webinar 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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30 July 2025
Basic-Kurs: Keine Angst vor KI – Mit KI zur modernen Bibliothek (German)
OCLC KI-Webinar 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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05 August 2025
Basic-Kurs: Keine Angst vor KI – Mit KI zur modernen Bibliothek (German)
OCLC KI-Webinar 2025
- Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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13 August 2025
Built with libraries, for libraries: How WMS delivers an efficient, innovative library services platform
A 30-minute overview of how WorldShare Management Services (WMS) saves you time and resources with efficient management of your library’s resources in one fully integrated solution
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 August 2025
Managing all your resources in one integrated solution: A demonstration of how WMS simplifies workflows
A 30-minute demonstration of how OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) offers all the applications—acquisitions, circulation, metadata and e-resource management, resource sharing, reports, and a single-search discovery interface—you need to manage your library in one integrated solution
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 September 2025
KI-Aufbau-Kurs: Künstliche Intelligenz in Bibliotheken – Vertiefung und Praxis (German)
OCLC KI-Webinar 2025
- Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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30 October 2025
OCLC Contactdag 2025
Op de OCLC Contactdag komen directies en medewerkers van bibliotheken in Nederland en Vlaanderen bijeen.
- Location: Amersfoort
- Venue: Eenhoorn Meeting Center Amersfoort
- Time: 09:30 – 17:00 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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26 November 2025
Bibliotheksleitungstag 2025
am 26. & 27. November 2025 - online
- Time: 09:00 – 18:00 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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20 May 2025
Putting the pieces together: How resource sharing in WMS simplifies borrowing and lending through the world’s largest network
A 30-minute webinar on how OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—an advanced library services platform—seamlessly integrates resource sharing for both electronic and print resources
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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19 March 2025
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
A one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently implemented a new, cloud-based library system—OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS)
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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04 February 2025
Built with libraries, for libraries: How WMS delivers an efficient, innovative library services platform
A 30 minute overview of how WorldShare Management Services (WMS) saves you time and resources with efficient management of your library’s resources in one fully integrated solution
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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06 November 2024
Partnering for continued success with WMS: Dedicated support and community resources
A 30-minute webinar to learn about the many support options available when you select WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as your library services platform
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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16 October 2024
Digging deeper into what makes WMS unique: Circulation and Digby
A 30-minute deeper look at what makes the circulation module in WMS and the Digby® mobile inventory app stand apart from other library management systems
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 October 2024
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system: A panel discussion with librarians
A one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently implemented a new, cloud-based library system—OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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31 July 2024
Cool Trends & Hot Topics: Using metadata to enhance efficiency and effectiveness for library services
A 30-minute webinar about how WorldShare Management Services (WMS)–OCLC’s cloud-based library services platform–leverages the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of library services for your library staff and your library users
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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21 May 2024
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
A one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently implemented a new, cloud-based library system with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 May 2024
Putting the pieces together with WMS and Choreo Insights: Aligning library collections with institutional goals and priorities
A 30-minute webinar to uncover how WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—an advanced library services platform—and Choreo Insights—an extensive library analytics solution—align library collections to academic curriculum using WorldCat holdings data
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 March 2024
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
A one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently implemented a new, cloud-based library system with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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06 December 2023
How you can better connect your users to authoritative open content
A one-hour webinar about how you can improve the discoverability of high-quality, academic open content for the communities you serve
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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28 November 2023
Cool Trends & Hot Topics: How to maximize your library’s online presence and impact
A 30-minute webinar about the web visibility benefit included in OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) that connects people to libraries from search engines and popular nonlibrary websites
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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12 October 2023 - 12 October 2023
Digging deeper into what makes WMS unique: Managing resource sharing with WorldShare Interlibrary Loan
A 30-minute webinar on how to simplify your library's interlibrary loan (ILL) management with WorldShare ILL, a part of OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS)
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21 September 2023
Putting the pieces together with WMS and EZproxy: Analyzing library data to support student success
A 30-minute webinar to discover how our advanced library services platform, WorldShare® Management Services (WMS), and our trusted e-resource access and authentication solution, EZproxy®, uniquely integrate to uncover which library resources have the greatest influence
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 August 2023
Meet me on the web: Reach information seekers where they search
New and expanded initiatives in OCLC’s unique web visibility program help more people connect with libraries from popular web locations in searchers’ typical information journeys. This program provides details about key components of OCLC’s web visibility program — direct links from Google Search results to library catalogs and WorldCat.org and its associated mobile app, WorldCat Find.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 June 2023
Digging deeper into what makes WMS unique: Managing e-resources with License Manager
A 30-minute webinar to learn how to simplify your library's electronic resource management with License Manager, part of OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS)
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 February 2023
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
A one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently been through the process of exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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15 November 2022
Work on improving your campus working relationships
A 60-minute review of the research report, Social Interoperability in Research Support: Cross-Campus Partnerships and the University Research Enterprise, within the context of library operations, and introduction of Talis Aspire and how its integration of library management, learning management, list management, and discovery can help build bridges
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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09 November 2022
Conozca la plataforma de servicios bibliotecarios de OCLC para bibliotecas especializadas
Participe en esta sesión en línea para conocer los servicios de administración de OCLC para bibliotecas especializadas.
- Time: 11:00 – 12:00 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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02 December 2021
A blueprint for collection building success
A 60-minute Transformative Leaders webinar about how to apply the OCLC Research Library Partnership's "Total Cost of Stewardship" framework and tools across multiple OCLC services
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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30 June 2021
Digging deeper into what makes WMS unique: WorldCat Discovery
A 30-minute webinar about how the unique functionality in the WorldCat Discovery application of WMS helps libraries
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 June 2021
Digging deeper into what makes WMS unique: Reports
A 30-minute webinar about how the unique functionality in the reports application of WMS helps libraries
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 June 2021
The New Model Library presented by OCLC Research and the WMS Community Leadership team
The OCLC Research team and the WMS Community Leadership team will discuss emerging library models.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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29 April 2021
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system
Join this virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently been through the process of exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 January 2021
Making e-resources easier to find, share, manage, and use: A demo of how License Manager integrates with existing OCLC services
A 30-minute demonstration of License Manager.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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08 October 2020
OCLC Contactdag 2020: WorldShare Management Services in ontwikkeling
Deelsessie OCLC Contactdag voor wetenschappelijke bibliotheken.
- Time: 13:30 – 14:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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24 October 2018
Cataloging in the cloud with WMS - A technical services librarian shares her experience
Hear from Shannon Tennant, Coordinator of Library Collections and Associate Librarian, on how librarians at Elon University’s Belk Library are doing things differently with WMS
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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