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We offer a variety of events both physical and virtual for different engagement and comfort levels. You can decide what’s best for you based on what you need to know. Use this list to keep informed of upcoming meetings, conferences, events, and webinars that OCLC plans to host or attend.
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23 March 2025 - 26 March 2025
20th Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference
OCLC will participate at the 20th Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference because together, we make breakthroughs possible.
- Venue: Learn more about the ER&L Conference
- Location: Austin, TX
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25 March 2025
WMS-Basics: Alle wesentlichen Grundlagen kompakt und in Kürze. (German)
Kostenloses OCLC Produkt Web-Seminar 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 11:30 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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25 March 2025
Product Insights: WorldCat URI Workflows (UK, Europe, Americas East)
In this 60-minute Metadata Managers Focus Group product insight session, we'll meet with Jeff Mixter, Senior Product Manager, to learn about OCLC URIs in WorldCat records and how to use them in OCLC cataloging applications and WorldCat APIs. [Participants must be current members of the RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group]
- Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 March 2025
Product Insights: WorldCat URI Workflows (Americas West)
In this 60-minute Metadata Managers product insight session, we'll meet with Jeff Mixter, Senior Product Manager, to learn about OCLC URIs in WorldCat records and how to use them in OCLC cataloging applications and WorldCat APIs. [Participants must be current members of the RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group]
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 March 2025
Product Insights: WorldCat URI Workflows (Asia Pacific)
In this 60-minute Metadata Managers product insight session, we'll meet with Jeff Mixter, Senior Product Manager, to learn about OCLC URIs in WorldCat records and how to use them in OCLC cataloging applications and WorldCat APIs. [Participants must be current members of the RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group]
- Time: 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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27 March 2025
RFID in Öffentlichen Bibliotheken: RFID-Einführung und Erstausstattung (German)
Kostenloses OCLC Produkt Web-Seminar 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 10:45 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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01 April 2025 - 04 April 2025
Texas Library Association (TLA) Conference
OCLC to participate at the TLA Conference
- Location: Dallas, TX
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02 April 2025
Maximale Flexibilität: Fremddatenübernahme in BIBLIOTHECAnext leicht gemacht (German)
BIBLIOTHECAnext Online-Schulungen 2025 (German)
- Time: 10:00 – 11:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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02 April 2025 - 05 April 2025
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference
OCLC to participate at the ACRL Conference
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
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08 April 2025
AskQC office hours: Accessibility metadata in bibliographic records
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 April 2025 - 12 April 2025
Alabama Library Association Annual (ALLA) Conference
OCLC to participate at the ALLA Conference
- Location: Guntersville, AL
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09 April 2025
RSC25 | ILL: Intra-library Liaising to improve Interlibrary Loan
This session will explore ILL service examples and provide tips on how your ILL operation can work with—and often support and learn from—your colleagues throughout the entire library to improve services, collections, and employee enrichment.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 April 2025
RSC25 | Enhancing visual literacy for navigating ILL services
This session will focus on creating and implementing audio-visual aids that help users navigate ILL services. We will discuss assessing this need, developing scripts and images that boost user confidence while promoting inclusivity, and incorporating captions and jargon definitions to improve accessibility.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 April 2025 - 12 April 2025
Washington Library Association (WLA) Conference
OCLC to participate at the WLA Conference
- Location: Tacoma, WA
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10 April 2025
Safeguarding public libraries: Cybersecurity best practices and solutions
Join us for a comprehensive webinar on cybersecurity in public libraries, where we will delve into the evolving threats targeting public libraries and share best practices to enhance security measures.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 April 2025
E-Medienverwaltung in WMS und WorldCat Discovery: Lizenzen und Kollektionen einfach verwalten. (German)
Kostenloses OCLC Produkt Web-Seminar 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 11:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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16 April 2025
RSC25 | The custom holdings connection: Enhancing ILL efficiency
In this session, we’ll discuss how to design and update custom holdings for ILL borrowing to make the best use of automations offered by OCLC, take advantage of consortial borrowing agreements, and explore new borrowing opportunities.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 April 2025
Optimizing your public library’s interlibrary loan: Exploring the power of OCLC solutions
Join us for this 30-minute webinar to see how public libraries are combining OCLC solutions to create efficient workflows for library staff and enhanced experiences for patrons.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 April 2025
Works in Progress Webinar: Using metrics to gain insights into born-digital archival workflows
Join this webinar to learn how data about born-digital archival workflows can provide insights that may support decision-making and resource allocation.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 April 2025
AskQC office hours: Accessibility metadata in bibliographic records
Join OCLC Metadata Quality staff to discuss WorldCat quality issues and cataloging questions.
- Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]