As Edith Cowan University Library (🇦🇺) gears up to move to its new campus, it's using the transition to find a smarter way to manage its collections.
⤵️ Ian Welch shares how #OCLCchoreo helped save time, simplify reviews, and make data-driven decisions. #OCLCmembers
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Watch this 30-minute, on-demand Cool Trends & Hot Topics webinar to learn how OCLC's WorldShare Management Services—an advanced library services platform—can transform your e-resource management.
▶️⏺️ View the recording. #OCLCwms
Spat coffee on the title… but it’s deep when you read the article. Rather than self-deprecation, I see a struggle of a man who loves music and considers classical music as the music in its proper form, when film music feels like just a snippet (or puppet?) of it.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Finally felt back home with a proper flat white, ahh.
Recharge with us during #ALAAC25! Visit booth #1147 to grab a refreshing beverage, relax, chat about the conference, and share ideas about supporting libraries. We will be there when the Library Marketplace opens Friday evening.
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3T4gaJM
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We’re thrilled to welcome the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, to the OCLC Research Library Partnership! 🎉 Their renowned collections and expertise in art and design enrich our global network of research libraries. Welcome, NAL!
#EngagedLibraries empower their supporters. 🛠️ OCLC’s #WebJunction offers a range of resources for organizing a Friends group, training trustees, and recruiting volunteers, as well as best practices for working with these groups.
➡️ See the resources: oc.lc/3SVwpZi
made a PA.E.LLA for mother’s day for my daughter’s mom
Am I alone to think that we can use the ‘white smoke / black smoke’ analogy from the papal election to our everyday sales activity? As in ‘do you have your white smoke weapon for your decision-making’?
I didn’t know Sydney has this beautiful gothic cathedral. Next time I plan to visit inside (especially as I’m reading a book about the cathedral in Burgos right now)
Good morning Sydney
OCLC’s Advocacy for a Greener Environment and our employees celebrated #EarthDay throughout April with learning, sustainability, and giving back activities.
▶️⤵️ Check out some of the highlights and see the results of our collective efforts in the 🧵 below. 1/4 #LifeAtOCLC
That moment you’re going to play a lacrosse game and feel supported by your employer
江戸時代の言葉を話すAIチャット「からまる」 Sakana AIが公開 古文書の2500万文字を学習
www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2504/01/...
Have you heard of WorldCat? WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog. It's great for finding everything but especially rare materials and where they're held. I used it a lot in college for undergrad and my PhD. search.worldcat.org
Hoy, 23 de abril, celebramos y recordamos a Miguel de Cervantes, también a William Shakespeare y al inca Garcilaso. Marta Vizcaíno habla en @euronewsespanol.bsky.social de las ediciones del Quijote de la @bne.es y de otras curiosidades. #DíadelLibro
es.euronews.com/cultura/2025...
The Bowdoin College Library has transformed its interlibrary loan home page into a captivating visual experience, showcasing the global reach of its ILL services.
⤵️ Check out the interactive map.
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ICYMI: OCLC's #CloudLibraryApp, the platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content, is now integrated with #OCLCworldcat, making libraries with OCLC cataloging subscriptions more visible and discoverable.
⤵️ Read more. #OCLCnews
I should have added “innovative technology” “researches that advocate and advances librarianship” “with 18 global offices”
Prompt. “Please show me action figure starter kit of an OCLC employee. OCLC is a global organization based in the USA whose employees are passionate about libraries, books and people. “
ChatGPT action figure creation is so much fun! Prompt I used is in the comment. (Let’s discuss bias and hallucination offline😀)
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system can seem overwhelming. That's why we invited librarians who’ve recently implemented the cloud-based #OCLCwms to share tips on the process from start to finish.
▶️⏺️ Watch our on-demand webinar.
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
Various agencies had been investigating Japanese American communities for nearly a decade prior to WWII, leading to the creation of custodial detention lists of Issei—as well as immigrant Germans, Italians and other Europeans—to be picked up if and when war broke out.
A group of internees pose in front of the dispensary at Lordsburg. One of the men wears a sweatshirt that reads “Lordsburg, New Mexico.” Courtesy of David Rogers.
Donald Trump’s recent attempt to invoke the Alien Enemies Act has sparked much interest in the roundup and internment of Issei during WWII, the most recent use of this 1798 law. So here is a brief outline of what our Issei leaders experienced the last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked.
Hello #metadata lovers, #linkeddata fans, #OCLC members, #ResearchInformation readers, and all #librarians. Don't miss the chance to meet the best and the brightest!
www.linkedin.com/posts/resear...
In a letter to Congress, four of the Big Five publishers are urging Congress to restore the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which has been targeted for closure by a Trump administration executive order. via @naypinya.bsky.social
Happy marriage with tangible benefits! 👀 "this helps them find digital library resources more easily. At the same time, library staff can simplify their workflows and keep catalogs accurate with automatic updates." #library #metadata #cloudlibrary #oclc
www.oclc.org/en/news/rele...
...join us for our Friday session:
📅 Making shared print work: Data, tools, and workflows for monographic shared print collections (3 to 4 p.m. in the Minneapolis Convention Center, Meeting Room 200HI)
⤵️ Learn more. 🧵 2/2 #ACRL2025
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The first full day of #ACRL2025 is in the books! 📚 Don't forget to visit the OCLC booth tomorrow to test your word search skills and learn all about linked data...
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/41Wb0op 🧵 1/2
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