Latest OCLC news

• OCLC named among Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in Information Technology

  • 18 June 2013

  OCLC, the world's leading library service and research organization, based in Dublin, Ohio, has been named among Computerworld's "Best Places to Work in IT."

• Janet Lees to retire as OCLC EMEA Community Liaison

  • 13 June 2013

  Janet Lees, OCLC Europe, the Middle East and Africa Community Liaison, has announced plans to retire after 31 years with the worldwide library cooperative. 
  

• Bishop Grosseteste University is first UK institution to go live with OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services

  • 11 June 2013

  Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln is the first institution in the UK to go live with OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS) having successfully implemented the services on Monday.

• OCLC completes major technical upgrade of core WorldCat infrastructure

  • 10 June 2013

  On June 6, OCLC completed the development work to convert the underlying structure for its WorldCat database to Apache HBase, a distributed platform in use by many global information providers, including Facebook, Adobe and Salesforce.com.

• University of Aruba Library selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services

  • 10 June 2013

  University of Aruba (UA) Library has become the first library in the Caribbean to implement OCLC WorldShare Management Services, which provide a Web-based environment that streamlines cataloging, acquisitions, license management and circulation wo

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• Axel Kaschte joins OCLC as Product Strategy Director

  • 04 June 2013

  OCLC announced today that Axel Kaschte has joined OCLC as Product Strategy Director, EMEA, with immediate effect. Dr. Kaschte has 20 years of experience working with library management systems and the library community throughout Europe.

• 30 millionth record added to WorldCat through WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway

  • 04 June 2013

  A record for an article from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is the 30 millionth record to be harvested to the WorldCat database via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway.

• EZproxy 5.7 now available

  • 29 May 2013

  The library community’s leading authentication and access solution has been enhanced again.

• Libraries in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Spain working with OCLC to test new record management functionality

  • 23 May 2013

  OCLC is working with 13 libraries on three continents to beta test OCLC WorldShare Metadata Record Manager, which offers new record management functionality that enhances a library’s ability to catalog its collections, including electronic, digita

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• OCLC's WebJunction marks 10 years of supporting and serving libraries

  • 22 May 2013

  This month, OCLC’s WebJunction celebrates 10 years as an online learning community for library staff.
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