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OCLC is a nonprofit global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs so that libraries can better fuel learning, research, and innovation.
OCLC, Inc., doing business as OCLC, is an American nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large".
OCLC is a global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, pioneers, leaders, and learners.
Unique in scale and unparalleled in data quality, WorldCat makes library collections findable and accessible around the world. OCLC’s team of expert catalogers and data quality specialists constantly enrich WorldCat records with new and corrected information to ensure that WorldCat contains the highest quality records possible.
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a worldwide library cooperative, owned, governed and sustained by its members. OCLC serves 17,900 member institutions in 123 countries and territories. OCLC provides economical services to libraries to help manage their collections and services in a cost-effective way that scales. Mission. OCLC's mission is to
Get started with WorldCat.org. In about two minutes, you can learn how to make a WorldCat.org profile, create and add items to lists, export citations, and use facets to narrow your search criteria.
OCLC makes WorldCat itself available free to libraries, but the catalog is the foundation for other subscription OCLC services (such as resource sharing and collection management). WorldCat is used by librarians for cataloging and research and by the general public.
Find the training you need. OCLC offers a wide variety of options for product training. As part of our commitment to keeping library costs down, online instructor-led training and tutorials for our products are provided to our members free of charge.
In a recent post, I introduced the topic of linked data for libraries and OCLC’s plans for moving forward. Today, let’s dig into the details on how linked data amplifies the knowledge in library collections and the tools we can use to make it happen.
Find instructional materials for OCLC products and services. OCLC is a global library cooperative that supports libraries through technology services, original research and community programs.
