OCLC Cataloging Community Meeting

24 April 2024 - For Libraries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa

In this session, we heard from speakers and fellow cataloging community members about initiatives to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in library metadata. OCLC staff also provided an update on our cataloging products and services.

Session recording, slides, and resources list


Materials
Agenda

Legacies of Catalogs and Cataloging Labor: past, present, future

Dr James Baker, Director of Digital Humanities, University of Southampton 

OCLC updates

  • Linked data and the integration of WorldCat Entities URIs into WorldCat 
  • Continuous efforts to enrich and improve WorldCat data and methods to update your local collection 
  • Ways to optimize e-resource management, access, and visibility using Collection Manager 
  • Reminders for users of Connexion browser and the WorldCat Metadata API