« OCLC a repensé WorldCat.org pour créer une meilleure expérience utilisateur, augmenter l’impact des bibliothèques sur le Web et leur donner de nouveaux moyens de se connecter avec leurs utilisateurs et de présenter leurs collections. WorldCat.org fait partie intégrante du programme de visibilité Web d’OCLC qui garantit que…
« WorldCat.org, the only website that connects online searchers to the world’s libraries, has been redesigned and reimagined to offer greater accessibility to the collections and resources of more than 10,000 libraries. From an updated technology infrastructure to a contemporary search interface and a wealth of additional user-centric…
« A partnership between OCLC and Europeana has now made millions of open cultural heritage resources easily accessible through WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections.
Europeana works with thousands of European archives, libraries, museums and audio-visual collections to share cultural heritage for…
« Les efforts de la communauté peuvent « changer la donne », thème de la dernière conférence annuelle de la coopérative mondiale de bibliothèques OCLC (Online computer library center) qui s’est tenue les 26 et 27 février derniers à Marseille. Notamment pour améliorer les services qui profitent à toutes les…
« WorldCat, an aggregate database of library catalogues worldwide, was primarily set up to aid libraries in carrying out their work in areas such as cataloguing or resource sharing. But the information it carries about much of the world’s accumulated published output is also a a unique source of information for…
« OCLC, working closely with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to enhance the underlying infrastructure of the OCLC WorldCat database and CRL’s Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) to accommodate and make accessible actionable data for…
« (…) « WorldCat represents the cooperative spirit of thousands of librarians and catalogers around the world who have contributed to this unique resource for the past 45 years, » said Skip Prichard, OCLC President and CEO. « What started as a database created for Ohio libraries to share work and resources…
« … OCLC is working with Ingram, one of the world’s largest distributors of physical and digital content, to set and maintain holdings for e-books in WorldCat automatically, saving library staff valuable time and effort.
This new program enables libraries with an OCLC cataloging subscription and…
« OCLC and NetAdvance are working together to add metadata from the JapanKnowledge and JK Books collections to WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive online catalog of library resources, increasing discovery and access to these rich Japanese-language resources (…) »
