DUBLIN, Ohio, 13 February 2024—In the closing months of 2023, 18 new libraries signed on to use OCLC's WorldShare Management Services, the fully integrated library services platform designed to meet the needs of modern libraries.

WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the first cloud-based library services platform and only WMS is built with WorldCat as its foundation. By focusing on library efficiency, WMS allows library staff to better meet the learning and research needs of onsite, hybrid, and remote users. With cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, e-resource management, and resource sharing capabilities, WMS makes it possible for libraries to direct their limited resources to create the greatest impact and easily extend their reach beyond their own electronic and print collections.

"Libraries of all types from all over the world recognize the value of WorldShare Management Services," said Eric van Lubeek, OCLC Vice President, Global Library Services. "WMS supports electronic and print resources, greater efficiencies in workflows, and an opportunity to collaborate with other great libraries around the world. A diverse group of libraries signed on to use WMS toward the end of 2023, and that momentum has carried into 2024."

Among the libraries that recently signed on to use WMS:

• Bennington College, USA
• Fachochschule Gesundheitsberufe OÖ Gmbh, Austria
• Haigazian University, Lebanon
• New York Institute of Technology, USA
• Reinhardt University, USA
• University of Balamand, Lebanon
• The University of Tulsa, USA

Libraries worldwide continue to select WMS, with many going live on the platform in 2023, renewing their commitment to OCLC and WMS, and selecting additional services that enhance their users' experience with the WorldShare platform.

More about WorldShare Management Services is on the OCLC website.