WorldShare Management News

WorldShare Event at ALA Annual 2013!
Results—and Revelations—from OCLC WorldShare Management Services Libraries
Date: Saturday, June 29, 8:30-10:00 am CDT

More than 100 libraries worldwide are “live” with OCLC WorldShare Management Services, a library services platform introduced in 2011 and built on WorldCat cooperative data.

Join OCLC’s Andrew K. Pace who wesent revolutionary results from these libraries and a preview of what’s coming next. Also, WMS community members will share the impact of WMS on their library’s users and staff.
Register for this session here
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Introducing WorldShare Metadata and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan!
The library community has made it clear that traditional management systems lack the flexibility to meet the challenges of changing collections and the needs of library users. And since the demand for library services has never been higher, new collaborative and innovative solutions are needed now more than ever.

With ongoing member feedback, we are now incrementally moving new and existing OCLC services to the WorldShare Platform, including WorldShare Metadata and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan. One of the key design principles for the WorldShare architecture is vendor neutrality, recognizing that libraries work within an environment of non-OCLC and OCLC services.  Learn about these exciting new WorldShare services and applications here!

Developers can now build applications with real-time data from the new WorldCat Live! API
Developed by the OCLC Innovation Lab, the WorldCat Live! API provides a real-time stream of newly added records of library collections and published materials to WorldCat. It is freely available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.  View API live here!

Thursday, May 16, 1:00 pm, Central Time
Join Us for an In-Depth Demonstration of WorldShare Management Services: Acquisitions and License Manager
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. View event details and register here.