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January 9, 2006
Barbara Quint |
OCLC Expands Linking Resources with Acquisition of Openly Informatics OCLC, the leading library vendor, has acquired Openly Informatics, a service that supplies linking software and services to libraries through direct arrangements and, especially, through platform services provided to library vendors.   |
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December 15, 2011
Marshall Breeding |
OCLC WorldShare Platform: OCLC Brands and Strengthens Its Webscale Strategy It has been no secret that OCLC has been hard at work developing a new global technology platform to support the automation needs of libraries. |
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April 24, 2014 |
OCLC and Ingram Automate WorldCat Ebook Holdings OCLC and Ingram Content Group collaborated on a new program that automatically maintains Ingram's MyiLibrary ebook holdings in OCLC's WorldCat. |
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November 2008
Miriam A. Drake |
OCLC: An Enterprise With a Global Perspective In the 10 years since Robert "Jay" Jordan became president of OCLC, he has transformed the company into a global enterprise and created greater value for libraries and the public. |
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March 6, 2008 |
National Library of China to Add Its Records to OCLC WorldCat The National Library of China, the largest library in Asia, will add its bibliographic records to the OCLC WorldCat database, making those records available to researchers worldwide. |
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April 18, 2013 |
New OCLC Registry Service Shines a Spotlight on Libraries OCLC announced that libraries can increase their visibility on the web by registering basic local information with the OCLC Library Spotlight program, a free service that works with popular web services to promote libraries. |
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October 27, 2008 |
Bibliotheque nationale de France to Add Records to WorldCat OCLC and Bibliotheque nationale de France have signed a letter of intent to work cooperatively to add records from the French national library to OCLC's WorldCat, the world's largest online resource for finding information in libraries. |
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May 20, 2013
Paula J. Hane |
Skip Prichard Named OCLC President and CEO Following a nearly yearlong search, David "Skip" Prichard, a well-known and experienced senior executive in the information services market, was named the next OCLC president and CEO. He will succeed Jay Jordan, who will retire June 30. |
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July 28, 2015 |
OCLC Launches Community Portal for Its Users OCLC created the OCLC Community Center, a new online resource that helps its users connect, share best practices, learn about OCLC's products, and submit suggestions for improving services. |
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August 12, 2010 |
OCLC Issues Statement on SkyRiver Lawsuit On July 29, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed suit against OCLC, alleging anticompetitive practices. We at OCLC believe the lawsuit is without merit, and we will vigorously defend the policies and practices of the cooperative. |
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August 2, 2010
Edward M. Corrado |
SkyRiver and Innovative Interfaces File Antitrust Suit Against OCLC The suit alleges that OCLC is "unlawfully monopolizing the bibliographic data, cataloging service and interlibrary lending markets and is attempting to monopolize the market for integrated library systems." |
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June 6, 2011 |
OCLC Web-scale Management Services on Target for July 1 Release In addition to the 32 committed libraries in the U.S., BIBSYS, the Norwegian library consortium signed an agreement with OCLC to base its new library management system on Web-scale Management Services, which will include management tools for more than 100 libraries in Norway. |
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October 30, 2000
Barbara Quint |
With OCLC's New Strategy, Is the Earth's Largest Library in Sight? OCLC, the largest library online cooperative, is setting a new strategy that could move it as well as public and academic libraries across the country and the world into an emerging, unified, virtual library service on the Web... |
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January 17, 2008 |
OCLC Acquires EZproxy Authentication Software EZproxy, a software solution for serving library patrons remotely, has been acquired by Useful Utilities. |
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March 19, 2007 |
OCLC Acquires TechAtlas Tech Planning Software OCLC has acquired TechAtlas technology planning software and begin an intensive round of design and development work to extend its features. |
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January 28, 2013 |
OCLC and Gale Expand Partnership OCLC and Gale agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local and to explore broadening discoverability of Gale collections through other applications available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. |
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April 10, 2008 |
Article Records From British Library Now in WorldCat.org OCLC announced it has added some 20 million article-level metadata records to WorldCat.org from The British Library. |
Information Today
March 20, 2006 |
Weekly News Digest OCLC PICA Expands Open WorldCat for Europe... New Social Services Directory Available Online... etc. |
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January 2001
Barbara Quint |
Breach of Precedent Is Earth's largest library now in sight? |
Information Today
May 30, 2013 |
OCLC Working With Libraries to Test Record Management Functionality OCLC is working with 13 libraries on three continents to beta test OCLC WorldShare Metadata Record Manager, which offers new record management functionality to enhance a library's ability to catalog its collections. |
Information Today
January 15, 2009 |
OCLC Still Reviewing Policy for Use of WorldCat Records The goals of the new policy are to modernize record use and transfer practices for application on the web, foster new uses of WorldCat data that benefit members, and clarify data-sharing rights and restrictions. |
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September 17, 2009 |
OCLC Convenes Council to Develop New WorldCat Record Use Policy The intent is to recommend to the OCLC board of trustees a new policy that is aligned with the present and future information landscape. |
Information Today
May 8, 2006
Paula J. Hane |
RLG to Merge with OCLC The two leading membership-based organizations in the library world have announced that they plan to join forces. |
Information Today
June 25, 2013 |
OCLC Creates Metadata API to Improve WorldCat Cataloging Services The API helps OCLC members and partners build applications that allow them to catalog their collections on the OCLC WorldShare Platform, which supports OCLC's cloud-based services and applications worldwide. |
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March 2, 2009 |
ARL Calls on OCLC to Develop New Policy for WorldCat Records The Association of Research Libraries Ad Hoc Task Force to Review the Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records has issued its final report, which calls on OCLC to develop a new policy to replace the one released in November 2008 |
Information Today
December 2000 |
OCLC to Distribute ILLiad Software OCLC has announced that it has finalized an agreement with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. and Atlas Systems, Inc. to license and distribute ILLiad software, a management tool that automates routine inter-library loan (ILL) functions and provides tracking statistics to library staff... |
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May 22, 2008
Barbara Quint |
OCLC Tightens Links to Google Book Search This week, OCLC signed an agreement confirming and increasing the links between OCLC's WorldCat.org free web service and Google Book Search. |
Information Today
July 16, 2006
Paula J. Hane |
OCLC to Open WorldCat Searching to the World In a move designed to reach users outside library environments, OCLC is planning to launch a new destination site and downloadable search box for searching the content of libraries participating in WorldCat. |
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August 29, 2011 |
OCLC to Offer Atlas Systems' Free Electronic Document Delivery Software Odyssey complements the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software that was developed by Atlas Systems and is now distributed by OCLC. |
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November 12, 2013 |
ProQuest and OCLC Automate WorldCat Updates OCLC and ProQuest are collaborating on an automation process for updating holdings from ebrary and EBL (Ebook Library) and offering current links in the WorldCat database and in library catalogs. |
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June 11, 2012 |
OCLC Names New CEO: Jack Blount Jack B. Blount, an executive with experience leading several technology organizations in a career spanning 35 years, has been named OCLC President and CEO. |
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March 7, 2013 |
Innovative Integrates SkyRiver Operations and Drops OCLC Lawsuit Innovative Interfaces, Inc. announced that all operations of sister company SkyRiver Technology Solutions, Inc. will be integrated into Innovative and that the SkyRiver cataloging service will become part of Innovative's product suite. |
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January 27, 2011 |
EasyBib.com and OCLC Collaborate on Library-Branded Citation Service The EasyBib Library Edition service will be rolled out in a beta testing phase with select OCLC member libraries this month. |
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August 21, 2006
Barbara Quint |
OCLC Unifies Digitization Forces with Its Acquisition of DiMeMa In the face of what Cathy De Rosa, vice president of OCLC Marketing and Library Services, referred to as the "exploding" market for digitization by libraries, OCLC has acquired DiMeMa. |
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March 5, 2012 |
Relais International Partners With OCLC to Share Data and Services Relais International has signed an agreement with OCLC that will allow mutual subscribers access to WorldCat data and OCLC services through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. |
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November 19, 2001
Paula J. Hane |
OCLC Offers to Purchase netLibrary's Assets OCLC announced that it has made an offer to purchase "substantially all the assets of netLibrary and assume certain netLibrary liabilities"... |
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July 22, 2014 |
OCLC Gets Grant to Promote Early Literacy in Public Libraries OCLC's project will increase libraries' awareness of the new service model and help library staff members and administrators support their early literacy services. |
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September 2000 |
OCLC Introduces WebExpress, CORC Service OCLC has announced both the release of WebExpress, a gateway to local and remote Z39.50 information resources, and the debut of its Cooperative Online Resource Catalog |
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January 13, 2015 |
OCLC and the British Library Team Up for Document Delivery OCLC's WorldShare Interlibrary Loan is now fully integrated with the British Library Document Supply Service to give libraries a new option for document delivery. |
Information Today
August 4, 2008 |
OCLC Offers Web Harvester for CONTENTdm OCLC is now offering Web Harvester, a new product that allows libraries and other cultural heritage institutions to capture and add web content to their digital collections |
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August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
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August 30, 2012 |
OCLC Libraries Begin Phased Migration to WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Service WorldShare Interlibrary Loan is scheduled to replace WorldCat Resource Sharing in 2013 as part of libraries' existing subscriptions. |
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October 27, 2003
Barbara Quint |
OCLC Project Opens WorldCat Records to Google OCLC has announced to its library members that it will begin testing the opening of WorldCat records to Google access. The project will extract a 2 million-record subset consisting of the most populare and widely-available books from the more than 53 million records in the database. |
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June 24, 2010 |
New OCLC WorldCat Record Use Policy Approved The new policy outlines the rights and responsibilities associated with stewardship of the WorldCat bibliographic and holdings database by and for the OCLC cooperative, including the use and exchange of OCLC member-contributed data comprising WorldCat. |
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September 6, 2012 |
OCLC Member Libraries Can Contribute Metadata to Europeana.eu Portal OCLC member institutions will be able to contribute metadata derived from OCLC's WorldCat database to the Europeana.eu portal in a manner that is consistent with OCLC's WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative. |
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November 22, 2010 |
The British Library Adds 12 Million Records to WorldCat As a result of the cooperative effort, OCLC and the British Library have enhanced the process to add these valuable records to WorldCat for the benefit of researchers worldwide. |
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January 24, 2011 |
OCLC Releases New Report on Perceptions of Libraries The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences, and perceptions. |
Information Today
April 12, 2010
Barbara Quint |
WorldCat Record Use Policy Changes at OCLC OCLC is making a second attempt to define the acceptable use of records in WorldCat, the world's largest library union catalog. |
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April 14, 2011 |
OCLC and Ingram to Offer New Option for Access to Ebooks The new service option, to launch in the coming months, expands access to library content available through WorldCat Resource Sharing to include access to ebooks from Ingram's MyiLibrary ebook collection for a period of up to 9 days. |
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June 25, 2007
Barbara Quint |
OCLC Gets Sociable: New Social Networking Initiatives OCLC has nonetheless begun adding social networking features to its WorldCat.org site and redesigning WebJunction, its existing outreach and training service to librarians, for greater interactivity. |
