DevConnect 2024 continues with its last three sessions in May: 🔵 May 9: “What’s new in BookOps–WorldCat.” This 45-minute presentation will include an overview of recent changes and additions to the BookOps-WorldCat API wrapper as well as a tutorial that highlights the new functionality. 🟢 May 16: “Unlock your analytics potential.” Join us for a discussion on the value of working with library analytics with Sean Duffy, Product Manager of Sustainable Collection Services at OCLC. 🟠 May 30: “Elevate your library’s resource discovery with integrated WorldCat holdings.” EBSCO Information Services and OCLC offer a collaborative webinar that showcases the enhanced capabilities of EBSCO Discovery Service through its integration with WorldCat Search API Version 2.0. This webinar series brings together OCLC experts and library developers to share API and technology insights. By registering, you’ll receive reminders and a link to each recording. Past sessions are also available on-demand. ⤵️ Click below to learn more and register for sessions. --- #OCLC #LinkedData #Metadata #APIs #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
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The shift toward linked data is a long-term strategy for enhancing the findability and accessibility of the important materials that libraries curate and manage. In this #OCLCnext blog, Jeff Mixter, Senior Product Manager of Metadata and Digital Services at OCLC, outlines how linked data can help libraries make more of an impact online and better promote our collective values. "Linked data is not just a new format for library metadata," Jeff writes. "It represents a fundamental and essential shift in how library data interacts with the world. It’s a commitment to make library resources more accessible, discoverable, and impactful than ever before." ⤵️ Click below to read more. --- #OCLC #LinkedData #Metadata #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
How linked data can help libraries make more of an impact online | OCLC
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#EngagedLibraries celebrate reading. 📚 Libraries are constantly finding fun ways to bring people together for reading. Staff at Largo Public Library in Florida hosted their first Read In event to kick off the Free to Read initiative, which included a fun mix of activities outdoors. Attendees gathered in the library’s butterfly garden and courtyard, visited with authors and vendors, and enjoyed coffee in a cozy spot for dedicated reading time. 📲 We want to know how events at your library mixes books with fun. Share your story on social media by including #EngagedLibraries and tagging OCLC in your post. You could be featured in an upcoming issue of Abstracts, on our community engagement hub, in an upcoming blog or video, or across our social media channels. ⤵️ Click below to see photos from the event. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
#EngagedLibraries celebrate reading. How do your events mix books with fun? | OCLC
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Build your future collection with OCLC's Choreo Insights. 📊 Join us on 7 May to learn how our library analytics solution helps library leaders better align academic library collections with institutional priorities, support new and emerging curriculum needs, and plan for future trends. With Choreo Insights, you can: 🔵 Investigate overlaps, gaps, and combined collections to ensure optimal resource availability for faculty and students 🟢 Contribute tangible advancements for institution-level diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by identifying collection issues as a starting point for remediation programs 🟠 Identify cost-saving opportunities between libraries, groups, and consortia to reduce redundancy and relieve budget pressures ⤵️ Click below to register. #OCLCchoreo --- #OCLC #LibraryAnalytics #LibraryCollections #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
Building your future collection: A demonstration of the Choreo Insights library analytics solution | OCLC
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Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Executive Director of OCLC Research, has contributed a chapter, “We Are Not Alone: Libraries Making a Stronger Impact in a Global Community,” to the recently published "Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries." This new book “explores the lessons learned over the past decade and forecasts the opportunities, strengths, and challenges for libraries in the future.” In this video, Lynn discusses research on the impacts of community relationship-building, partnerships, and technological advances on the future of libraries with Library 2035 editor Dr. Sandra Hirsh. ⤵️ Click below to watch their conversation and learn more about the book. --- #OCLC #OCLCresearch #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
OCLC Research contributes chapter to book on library futures
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The European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) and OCLC have signed a multi-year agreement, demonstrating their commitment to work more closely and strengthening the bond between the two organizations. This agreement will allow the organizations to collaborate more, build on their existing relationship, make information more accessible, engage with libraries throughout Europe, and participate in collaborative projects including support of conferences and programs. ⤵️ Click below to read more. #OCLCnews --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
EBLIDA and OCLC sign new multi-year agreement
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We enjoyed hosting public librarians from across the US and Canada during the recent #PLA2024 in Columbus. It was an incredible week, full of inspiring sessions and conversations about our innovative tools, technology, and learning opportunities. Learn how to connect with us about partnering in ways that move your library forward at oc.lc/pla2024. And if you’d like to receive a link to our upcoming generational research report that we previewed at the conference, please register at oc.lc/gen-research. ⤵️ Enjoy our recap video, and we will see you at upcoming conferences soon. --- #OCLC American Library Association #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibrarianLife #LibraryLove
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#EngagedLibraries connect diverse communities. 🏈 During their annual National African American Read-In Celebration, staff at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library hosted a variety of activities for children, teens, and families at a local elementary school. The event even attracted members of the Carolina Panthers football team, including players, cheerleaders, and the team’s mascot, to help “highlight the importance of seeing characters in literacy that represent students of different backgrounds.” This is a great example of how engaging programs and solid partnerships can be an inspiration for all community members. 📲 We want to know how your library celebrate heroes of all backgrounds. Share your story on social media by including #EngagedLibraries and tagging OCLC in your post. You could be featured in an upcoming issue of Abstracts, on our community engagement hub, in an upcoming blog or video, or across our social media channels. ⤵️ Click below to see photos from Charlotte Mecklenburg's event. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
#EngagedLibraries engage diverse communities. How does your library celebrate heroes of all backgrounds? | OCLC
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The opioid crisis has inflicted a devastating toll on the US, and as community anchor institutions, libraries are leveraging their assets in response to this crisis. To aid public library staff in addressing opioid use disorder in their communities, OCLC’s WebJunction developed the “Opioid Crisis Support Kit for Public Libraries.” This resource will help strengthen libraries—and, more broadly, the communities they serve—as the nation continues to struggle with the opioid crisis. The content includes pragmatic strategies, tools, and other resources to help libraries—including those in rural areas—as they determine their specific communities' needs and define the roles and activities their library is most suited to carry out. ⤵️ Click below to read more about the support kit and register for an upcoming webinar to learn more. #EngagedLibraries --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities
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The 2024 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference continues next Wednesday, 1 May, with two lightning sessions: 🔵 "Building bridges beyond borders: Key findings from the international interlibrary loan survey" with Lapis Cohen from Penn Libraries and Joanne McIntyre from the University of Colorado Boulder (12:00 to 12:30 p.m. EDT) 🟢 "Emerging Nations Article Exchange Program" with Joseph Hamilton from the Library of Congress (12:30 to 1:00 p.m.) This free, online conference is open to all users of OCLC's resource sharing solutions. ➡️ Click here to register for this session and others in the series: oc.lc/rsc24 #OCLCrsc24 --- #OCLC #ResourceSharing #InterlibraryLoan #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove