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
EZproxy
Access and authentication software
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.
Linked data: the next evolution of library metadata
Expand influence and reach with linked data and OCLC
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
Meridian
Create, curate, and connect linked data entities
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
Tipasa
Simplify resource sharing with a cloud-based ILL management system
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
CloudLibrary
Provide access to the popular digital content your library users crave
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 support in providing secure access to digital resources through hosted EZproxy
Learn how The University of Edinburgh provided consistent and secure access to its broad digital library resources with EZProxy for authentication and has now migrated to the OCLC hosted solution, simplifying maintenance and providing much needed support.
Determine the rarity of your collections with precision search
Learn how Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) members use FirstSearch to determine rarity of the items they acquire and sell.
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