Latest OCLC news releases:
OCLC announces strategy to move library management services to Web scale
OCLC is connecting the content, technology and expert capabilities of its member libraries worldwide to create the first Web-scale, cooperative library management service. Member libraries can take the first step to realizing this cooperative service model with a new, “quick start” version of the OCLC WorldCat Local service.
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WebJunction–British Columbia joins online learning community for library staff
WebJunction, the leader in online learning for library staff, is working with the British Columbia Library Association (BCLA), British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association, and the British Columbia Library Trustees Association to launch WebJunction–British Columbia, the first WebJunction learning community created for libraries outside the United States. Members of the three associations and public library staff and volunteers in British Columbia will have access to courses, articles, discussions and a professional network that will keep their skills up-to-date and help their libraries stay relevant to current user needs.
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Gates Foundation and OCLC Will Develop Community-Based Awareness Campaign to Increase Support for Libraries
Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $5 million grant to the OCLC library cooperative to develop a public information campaign that will help public library leaders heighten awareness of the needs of local libraries and increase support for the services they provide during these challenging times. OCLC will pilot the campaign in select areas of Georgia and Iowa starting this summer as well as a limited number of other communities which will be selected later this spring. Later in the year, OCLC will make available community awareness campaign materials and other guides to assist library leaders throughout the country in their efforts to strengthen support for local libraries.
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Membership news:
OCLC welcomes the following new member institutions
UNIBE Universidad Iberoamericana
Location: Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic
OCLC Symbol: DRUNI
OCLC Network: OCLC Latin America & the Caribbean
American Falls High School
Location: American Falls, Idaho, USA
OCLC Symbol: IDAFS
OCLC Network: OCLC Western
Gunnedah Shire Library
Location: Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
OCLC Symbol: ATGNN
OCLC Network: OCLC Asia Pacific
Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences
Location: Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan
OCLC Symbol: RCHSS
OCLC Network: OCLC Asia Pacific
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Location: Braunschweig, Germany
OCLC Symbol: DEBUF
Fachhochschule Westküste
Location: Heide, Germany
OCLC Symbol: DEFAC
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