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
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Jun 24
Jun 24
OCLC Updates
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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Jun 23
WiLSWorld Conference 2013
Thanks to all of you who attended the 2013 WiLSWorld Conference, and a huge thank you to all of our presenters. We’ll be posting presentations soon, so keep an eye on the conference page. Read more
Jun 21
Reorganization Update
Welcome to another installment of the WiLS Weekly Message.
This will be our next-to-last transition message. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to read these messages! Read more
Jun 13
ALA Conference
Plan a little getaway for the end of this month in Chicago. ALA Conference will be held there June 27 to July 2. Register by June 21st for the lower advance registration rate.
May 23
Spring Peer Council Meeting 2013
The Spring Peer Council Meeting was held May 30, 2013 at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wisconsin. WiLS Peer Council Meeting information and presentation slides are available here.
Apr 19
Resource Sharing Update from WiLS and UW-Madison—April 22, 2013
Beginning July 1, 2013, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries will incorporate lending into its full range of interlibrary loan and document delivery services. Read more
Apr 19
WAPL Conference 2013
What shade is your library? Come join your library colleagues at Lake Geneva for the 2013 WAPL Conference and discover why libraries are not just black and white and read all over. See WiLS staff presentations.
Apr 19
WAAL Conference 2013
The WAAL Conference will be held at the Osthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake, WI, April 23-26, 2013. The theme is Fast Track to the Future. Come explore what the future might hold for academic libraries. See WiLS staff presentations.
Mar 28
WEMTA Conference—April 7-9, 2013
WEMTA Conference: Learning and Leading by Design
Visit us at the WiLS’ booth #115 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Stop by and say “hi” to Stef Morrill, Sara Gold, Coop Info and Emily Pfotenhauer.
At the Recollection Wisconsin session (April 9, 10:15a.m.) Emily Pfotenhauer will guide a tour through primary sources from across the state, including photos, postcards, maps, yearbooks, scrapbooks, letters, diaries, oral histories, artifacts of the newly minted website. She will review free tools, including Tumblr and HistoryPin, that Recollection Wisconsin is using to help people connect to history in their own communities.
WEMTA Conference: Learning and Leading by Design Please visit the WEMTA web site. There are great speakers and events lined up for this year, including two authors and a “play” event on Sunday. Check out this flyer for more details: WEMTAFlyer
