News and events
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More than 2 million requests filled through OCLC's Express digital delivery program
- 22 July 2025
Libraries in OCLC's Express digital delivery program have reached a significant milestone—filling more than 2 million copy requests since the program launched in January 2021.
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AI-powered 'smart fulfillment' enhancements advance OCLC's Resource Sharing services for libraries
- 26 June 2025
OCLC is using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced data analysis to deliver faster, smarter resource sharing solutions for libraries worldwide.
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Bowdoin College Library introduces innovative ILL map to highlight global research
- 10 March 2025
The Bowdoin College Library in Maine has transformed its interlibrary loan (ILL) home page into a captivating visual experience, showcasing the global reach of its ILL services.
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14 May 2025
RSC25 | Making sense of all your data: Working with statistics across systems
This session presents an overview of how the City University of New York (CUNY) reconciles data from all their resource sharing programs to get a more accurate and descriptive picture of their resource sharing activities.
- Time: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 May 2025
RSC25 | Resource sharing in the Québec University Library Partnership
In this session, the Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec will share their experience of collaboratively configuring group circulation in WMS, and Tipasa functionalities. They will also go over the partnership with OCLC to enhance resource sharing experience among their members.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 May 2025 - 14 May 2025
Reunión de miembros de OCLC en Chile
Durante esta reunión de un día completo, aprenderá sobre las últimas mejoras de OCLC en catalogación con datos enlazados, BIBFRAME, WebDewey, AI y bibliotecas y reputación universitaria.
- Location: Macul, Región Metropolitana, Chile
- Venue: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Campus San Joaquín
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07 May 2025
RSC25 | OCR they? A data project to estimate how many ILL borrowing documents have optical character recognition
This session will present a project where the University of Minnesota Libraries evaluated PDF files delivered to patrons to get a better sense of how many documents have OCR versus those that do not. They will share findings, including the unexpected issues that surfaced.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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07 May 2025
RSC25 | The side effects of ILL: How ILL requests sparked collaboration and impacted holdings
University Libraries staff from Information Systems, Cataloging and Metadata, Electronic Resources, and Interlibrary Loan at the University of Memphis Libraries will share how interlibrary lending has initiated short and long-term projects that improve the experiences of our libraries users.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 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
Watch 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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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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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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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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19 March 2025
Connecting the Dots: Harnessing the power of resource sharing for your library
Watch a 30-minute overview of how your library can provide patrons with extensive access to materials from libraries’ collections using OCLC’s innovative resource sharing tools
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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12 March 2025
RSC25 | ILL survival guide: Essential tips for new professionals
Join our experienced panel of ILL professionals as they share the insider knowledge they wish they'd known when starting out. We'll demystify ILL terminology, explore networking strategies, discuss training resources and plans, and uncover the unwritten rules of successful ILL operations.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 March 2025
OCLC webinar: WorldShare ILL en Tipasa
Doe mee met ons webinar om op de hoogte te blijven van de nieuwe functies en verbeteringen rondom WorldShare ILL en Tipasa.
- Time: 10:00 – 11:30 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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05 March 2025
RSC25 | Advancing resource sharing: OCLC & Atlas Systems’ ongoing commitment to innovation
Join OCLC and Atlas Systems, Inc. for an in-depth look at the recent advancements shaping interlibrary loan services. Learn how the evolution of smart fulfillment, powered by data and machine learning, and now AI, is driving smarter automation, optimizing fulfillment options, and providing faster delivery.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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08 May 2024
RSC 24 | Advancing resource sharing: OCLC and Atlas Systems innovations in APIs and AI
Join OCLC and Atlas Systems, Inc. for an update on our efforts to innovate resource sharing.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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01 May 2024
RSC24 Lightning sessions | Building bridges beyond borders, Emerging Nations Article Exchange Program
Join us as we explore the RUSA STARS International ILL Committee's global resource sharing survey data, as well as learn more about the Library of Congress’s Emerging Nations Article Exchange Program.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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24 April 2024
RSC24 Lightning sessions | Win-win purchasing, Book digitization at UConn Library, Tiered approach to borrowing
Learn about the benefits of integrating a purchase-on-demand pathway into your existing ILL procedures for physical loan requests, a UConn Library pilot project to re-envision the way we serve patrons with print disabilities, and the University of North Texas Libraries’ tiered system approach to ILL borrowing.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 April 2024
RSC24 | The power of collaboration: Cross-departmental cooperation and resilience
Join staff members from three institutions as we explore the joys, frustrations, and surprises from our collaborative experiences.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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27 March 2024
RSC24 | Forming a more perfect union: The groundbreaking harmonization of resource sharing policies across and within Big Ten Academic Alliance libraries
In this session, we’ll talk about the creation and composition of the new BTAA Resource Sharing Agreement that breaks down barriers to access and the new Big Ten Scanning Standards that serve as a model for others.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 March 2024
Update over WorldShare ILL en Tipasa
Online bijeenkomst over de laatste ontwikkelingen rondom WorldShare ILL en Tipasa
- Time: 10:00 – 11:30 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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13 March 2024
RSC24 Lightning sessions | It’s dangerous to go alone, Streamlining access, From silo to collaboration
Hear from library staff at the Texas Tech University Libraries, the Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 November 2023
Connecting the Dots: Unlock the power of WorldCat with interlibrary loan
Explore why WorldCat is the cornerstone of interlibrary loan success for public libraries—essential for meeting the diverse needs of library users worldwide.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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20 June 2023 - 20 June 2023
Novedades y actividades de OCLC en España. Balance del año 22-23 para preparar el nuevo curso con todas las claves.
Compartiremos las novedades sobre nuestros servicios tecnológicos disponibles en nuestro país, proyectos de innovación bibliotecaria e iniciativas de investigación bibliotecaria llevadas a cabo por OCLC en España y en colaboración con instituciones del país.
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14 February 2023
OCLC update over WorldShare ILL en Tipasa
Online bijeenkomst over de laatste ontwikkelingen
- Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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26 January 2021
ALA Midwinter OCLC Resource Sharing User Group Meeting
A new year and new possibilities!
- Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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