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New OCLC President & CEO
Skip Prichard has been named OCLC President and CEO. An experienced senior executive in the information services market, Mr. Prichard has led multi-national organizations that serve libraries across the full spectrum of library services and content needs. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Ingram Content Group Inc., which provides a broad range of physical and digital services to the book industry.

Mr. Prichard will succeed Jay Jordan, who will retire June 30 after 15 years as OCLC President and CEO. He will serve as OCLC President-elect, effective June 3, and will officially become President and CEO on July 1.
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WorldCat Database Reaches 2 Billion Holdings
On Saturday, May 4 at 2:58 a.m. (MDT), the holding symbol for the University of Alberta Libraries, in Edmonton, was set through an automated process to the WorldCat record for the e-book, Evaluation of the City of Lakes Family Health Team Patient Portal Pilot Project: Final Report. It was the 2 billionth holding set in WorldCat.
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A Pleasant Surprise: Student Workers and WorldShare
Laura C. Slavin, Technical Services Librarian, Lincoln Memorial University’s Carnegie-Vincent Library, shares with us about how the ease-of-use of WorldShare Management Services helped provide more options and opportunities for workflow improvements and time savings in her library. Read the full article here

The WorldShare community celebrates 100+ libraries “live” worldwide with this fun video!
University of Nebraska Omaha is 100th OCLC WorldShare Management Services user in production. The University of Nebraska Omaha is now live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services, making it the 100th institution worldwide to fully implement the new Web-based, cooperative library management and discovery services.
Watch this clever video here!

Attend an Upcoming WorldShare Webinar

  • OCLC Best Practices Webinar: Top 10 List of ILL Pet Peeves
    Date: June 4th, 2013, Time: 3:30-4:30pm EST
    Melissa Jackson, ILL Librarian at Armstrong Atlantic State University and Tony Melvyn, OCLC, will introduce a “Top 10” list of ILL pet peeves and moderate a discussion from the community about best practices for dealing with them.
    Register for this webinar here
  • Using a WSkey (Web services key) for your upgrade
    to ILLiad version 8.4
    Date: June 6th, 2013, Time: 12:00-1:00pm EST
    ILLiad software version 8.4 is scheduled for release in late May 2013. Use of a WSKey (Web services key) is required for access to ILLiad version 8.4 software as well as some related new resource sharing APIs for Article Exchange, the OCLC Policies Directory and Interlibrary Loan Fee Management (IFM). This is the first time a new version of ILLiad software has required use of a WSKey.
    Register for this webinar here.
  • WorldShare Management Services demonstration:
    Circulation and discovery
    Date:  June 18th 2013, Time: 2:00-3:00pm EST
    Find out how OCLC WorldShare® Management Services provide a new cooperative approach to managing library services, such as integrated acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, patron administration, resource sharing and e-resource management.
    Register for this demonstration here

The EZproxy 5.7 release is now available from the OCLC Web site

New features added to EZproxy 5.7 increase the system’s flexibility for additional local control, including the following:

  • A new config.txt option, MimeFilter has been added to allow EZproxy to determine which object types should support URL rewriting. This way, libraries can have finer-grained control over what object types (java_script, pdf, text or HTML) are being proxied, allowing greater flexibility in configuring access to e-content.
  • In the admin server status screen, a checkbox for location has been added. If checked, the display includes relevant geolocation information for all session on the status screen. By including location, library staff can now see where their users are located when accessing e-content.
  • When using LDAP authentication, expressions are now accepted for the BindUser and BindPassword directives. This change allows EZproxy administrators to use more complex expressions to derive bind usernames and bind passwords, giving them more flexibility to meet campus-specific requirements.
  • EZproxy now supports the range of cipher options using the SSLCipherSuite syntax and options supported in the Apache web server, giving you more control over security settings with EZproxy. Use the configuration statement SSLCipherSuite to specify the cipher options.
    Example: SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:LOW:EXP:!ADH:!aNULL
    Note the previous cipher-related options can still be used.
  • Many general bug fixes and additional security issues were also addressed in this release.

For more details and a full list of changes, please go to: www.oclc.org/support/services/ezproxy/documentation/changes.en.html
To upgrade to EZproxy 5.7:www.oclc.org/ezproxy/download.en.html

Signup for the June 11th webinar about the Geek the Library campaign:
The Geek the Library community awareness campaign helped the staff at Delaware County District Library in Ohio start important local conversations about the value of the library. Get the scoop during a live question and answer session on June 11 featuring Communications Manager Shea Alltmont. The event starts at 2 p.m. (EST) and is scheduled for 30 minutes. Register now!<--break->

Increase your visibility on the Web using OCLC’s new OCLC Library Spotlight program
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. Yelp, the popular local directory service, has agreed to be one of the first to work with OCLC on this new program.

Expansion of the OCLC Control Number: test records now available
WorldCat continues to grow! OCLC Control Numbers are assigned to WorldCat bibliographic records, including Institution Records. As previously announced, the OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach 1 billion sometime after July 1, 2013. At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC Control Number to accommodate a variable-length number string. If you use and/or store OCLC MARC bibliographic records and the OCLC Control Number, you will notice a change when the OCLC Control Number 1 billion is reached. Sample files are now available for use in testing your systems. See OCLC Control Number expansion website»

New video explains the power of syndicating library data
A new, short video—less than 10 minutes—about online syndication of media and data, and the opportunities that syndication can provide for libraries, is now available on the OCLC YouTube channel.  View video »Join us to participate in our first, regional program Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data! 

May 31, 2013
OCLC and Northwestern University Library invite you to join us on 31 May for an engaging symposium on the break-through opportunities and operational challenges of turning data into powerful analyses and purposeful action for academic libraries and the campuses they serve. We will explore how shared user, usage and collections data are changing academic libraries.  The program consists of a keynote address by Professor Larry Birnbaum who will share his experience in translating data into meaningful stories, followed by several local academic librarians who will discuss deploying shared data, understanding user behaviors through the ERIAL project, analyzing usage data to guide decision-making, and learning about the CIC’s work on shared print repositories.

Space is limited, so register now to ensure your seat, or for  more details on the event, as well as a full list of speakers and the agenda, click here and scroll down to the May 31st date.

Increase your visibility on the Web using OCLC’s new OCLC Library Spotlight program
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. Yelp, the popular local directory service, has agreed to be one of the first to work with OCLC on this new program.

Expansion of the OCLC Control Number: test records now available
WorldCat continues to grow! OCLC Control Numbers are assigned to WorldCat bibliographic records, including Institution Records. As previously announced, the OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach 1 billion sometime after July 1, 2013. At that point, OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC Control Number to accommodate a variable-length number string. If you use and/or store OCLC MARC bibliographic records and the OCLC Control Number, you will notice a change when the OCLC Control Number 1 billion is reached. Sample files are now available for use in testing your systems. See OCLC Control Number expansion website»

New video explains the power of syndicating library data
A new, short video—less than 10 minutes—about online syndication of media and data, and the opportunities that syndication can provide for libraries, is now available on the OCLC YouTube channel.  View video »

MOOCs and Libraries event videos now available
The “MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?” event took place 18–19 March at the University of Pennsylvania and was broadcast live online. Hosted by OCLC Research and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, the event featured thoughtful and provocative presentations about how libraries are already getting involved with MOOCs, and engaged attendees in discussions about strategic opportunities and challenges going forward.

Find links to all 11 individual videos, presenter’s slides, and additional information on this exciting event here!

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