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The world’s libraries. Connected.
What is OCLC
Chris Thewlis Regional Manager
OCLC Australia / New Zealand
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Further access to the world’s information
Reduce the rate of rise of library costs
72,035 libraries in
170 countries
The OCLC cooperative: a nonprofit, membership organization
OCLC serves libraries
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Shared data about the world’s libraries. Find and get it.
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The original social network
2+ billion holdings
Books Serials Maps Scores Visual Mixed Sound Computer
300+ million records
As of 11 June 2013
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30 June 2012
60.2%
Total Records
English
German
French
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese
Italian
Dutch
Russian
Latin
274 m
108.6 m
36.5 m
25.5 m
11.3 m
8.0 m
6.5 m
4.7 m
4.3 m
3.6 m
3.5 m
Multilingual WorldCat
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OCLC offers services for a library’s entire
workflow:
– Management Services
– WorldCat discovery and delivery services
– Content and collections
– Digital collection management
– Reference and discovery
– Resource sharing and delivery
– Web services and developer resources
OCLC services
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Community initiatives
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www.worldcat.org
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OCLC and Australian Libraries
National Cataloguing
Agreement
Australian National
Bibliographic Database
(CBS)
Libraries Australia Document
Delivery (LADD)
(VDX)
Access to WorldCat Exposure in WorldCat.org
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Australian Office
EZproxy®
authentication and access software
CONTENTdm®
Digital Collection Management Software
Amlib™
Integrated library management software
VDX® Resource sharing
OCLC WorldShare™ Management Services
The first cooperative management service for libraries
Shared infrastructure to manage and share resources across libraries and across communities.
Shared data about the world’s libraries. Find and get it.
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Thank you