Largest Programs

Oclc Inc. reported its largest program on its FY 2017 Form 990 as:

OCLCOCLC IS A NONPROFIT GLOBAL LIBRARY COOPERATIVE THAT PROVIDES SHARED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SO THAT LIBRARIES CAN BETTER FUEL LEARNING, RESEARCH AND INNOVATIO ... (More)
OCLCOCLC IS A NONPROFIT GLOBAL LIBRARY COOPERATIVE THAT PROVIDES SHARED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SO THAT LIBRARIES CAN BETTER FUEL LEARNING, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. THROUGH OCLC, MEMBER LIBRARIES COOPERATIVELY PRODUCE AND MAINTAIN WORLDCAT, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL NETWORK OF DATA ABOUT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES. LIBRARIES GAIN EFFICIENCIES THROUGH OCLC'S WORLDSHARE, A COMPLETE SET OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES BUILT ON AN OPEN, CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM. IT IS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND SHARING OF THE WORLD'S COLLECTED KNOWLEDGE THAT LIBRARIES CAN HELP PEOPLE FIND ANSWERS THEY NEED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. TOGETHER AS OCLC, MEMBER LIBRARIES, STAFF AND PARTNERS MAKE BREAKTHROUGHS POSSIBLE.2017 MARKED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OCLC INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION WITH LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD.WHAT BEGAN 50 YEARS AGO AS THE OHIO COLLEGE LIBRARY CENTER, A REGIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR 54 OHIO COLLEGES, HAS BECOME OCLC, A GLOBAL LIBRARY COOPERATIVE THAT PROVIDES SHARED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO OVER 16,000 LIBRARIES IN 120 COUNTRIES.THOUSANDS OF LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD USE OCLC SERVICES TO LOCATE, ACQUIRE, CATALOG, LEND, PRESERVE AND MANAGE LIBRARY MATERIALS AND COLLECTIONS. RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS, FACULTY, SCHOLARS, PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS AND OTHER INFORMATION SEEKERS USE OCLC SERVICES TO OBTAIN BIBLIOGRAPHIC, ABSTRACT AND FULL-TEXT INFORMATION.CATALOGING AND WORLDCATLIBRARIES COOPERATIVELY CONTRIBUTE, ENHANCE AND SHARE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA THROUGH WORLDCAT, THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL NETWORK OF DATA ABOUT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES. WORLDCAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO CULTURAL AND SCHOLARLY RESOURCES IN LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE. OCLC'S TECHNOLOGY AND 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. DATA SHARED THROUGH WORLDCAT SUPPORTS A VARIETY OF NETWORK SERVICES AND SPURS INNOVATION.IN 2017, OCLC AND MEMBER LIBRARIES EXPANDED WORLDCAT TO MORE THAN 412,000,000 RECORDS, AND 2,617,000,000 HOLDINGS, AND ADDED MORE THAN 2,000 NEW COLLECTIONS FROM MORE THAN 150 NEW PROVIDERS TO THE WORLDCAT KNOWLEDGE BASE.RESOURCE SHARINGIN 2017, OCLC INTRODUCED TIPASA, THE FIRST CLOUD-BASED INTERLIBRARY LOAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT AUTOMATES ROUTINE BORROWING AND LENDING FUNCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBRARIES. THE NEW TIPASA SYSTEM IS BUILT ON THE OCLC WORLDSHARE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST RESOURCE SHARING NETWORK.TIPASA REIMAGINES FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE WINDOWS-BASED ILLIAD SERVICE, AND MOVES THEM TO THE CLOUD. BECAUSE UPDATES AND ENHANCEMENTS HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY IN A CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM, TIPASA REQUIRES ONLY LIMITED IT RESOURCES. THE SIMPLE INTERFACE IS EASY TO USE, MAKING IT EASY TO TRAIN STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENT ASSISTANTS. BY THE END OF 2017, THERE WERE 144 LIBRARIES CONTRACTED TO USE TIPASA.ALSO IN EARLY 2017, OCLC ACQUIRED RELAIS INTERNATIONAL, A LEADING INTERLIBRARY LOAN SOLUTION PROVIDER BASED IN OTTAWA, CANADA, TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE RESOURCE SHARING OPTIONS AND CAPABILITIES FOR BOTH RELAIS CUSTOMERS AND OCLC MEMBER LIBRARIES AND GROUPS WORLDWIDE.IN 2017, THE INAUGURAL OCLC RESOURCE SHARING CONFERENCE ENABLED NEARLY 350 RESOURCE SHARING LIBRARIANS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.WORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICESWORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES IS THE LIBRARY SERVICES PLATFORM THAT OFFERS ALL THE APPLICATIONS NEEDED TO MANAGE A LIBRARY, INCLUDING ACQUISITIONS, CIRCULATION, METADATA, RESOURCE SHARING, LICENSE MANAGEMENT AND A SINGLE-SEARCH DISCOVERY INTERFACE FOR LIBRARY USERS. WMS ALSO INCLUDES A RANGE OF REPORTS THAT HELPS LIBRARIES BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR ACTIVITIES AND TRACK KEY METRICS OVER TIME.THE COMMUNITY USING WMS CONTINUED TO GROW IN 2017. 52 CONTRACTS REPRESENTING 54 LIBRARIES WERE SIGNED IN 2017. AMONG THE NEW SUBSCRIBERS WERE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA; M NSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES (FACHHOCHSCHULE M NSTER), THE FIRST ACADEMIC INSTITUTION IN GERMANY; AND DE LA SALLE-COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE, IN MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES, THE FIRST LIBRARY IN ASIA TO SELECT WMS.OCLC WORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES EXPANDED ITS MOBILE CAPABILITIES IN 2017. OCLC INTRODUCED DIGBY, A NEW MOBILE APP THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE AS PART OF WORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. DIGBY OFFERS STUDENT LIBRARY WORKERS, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF GREATER EFFICIENCY, ACCURACY AND INDEPENDENCE WORKING WITH WORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.REGIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFRUSTRUCTUREIN 2017, OCLC CONTINUED TO ADD MANY NATIONAL CATALOGS, UNIQUE LOCAL COLLECTIONS, AND IMPORTANT ACADEMIC RESOURCES, INCLUDING ORIGINAL RECORDS FROM THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY OF ROME, THE BIBLIOTH QUE ET ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU QU BEC, AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF KOREA.OCLC ENTERED INTO A NEW COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH JISC IN THE UK TO BUILD A NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGEBASE.AS PART OF DELIVERING ON THE VISION OF A UK NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY, JISC AND OCLC HAVE PARTNERED TO BUILD A NEW SHARED SERVICE THAT WILL AGGREGATE ACADEMIC BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AT SCALE, IMPROVING LIBRARY COLLECTION MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE DISCOVERY FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS.OCLC WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO DEVELOP A NEW NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGEBASE (NBK). THE NBK, ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN JISC'S NATIONAL MONOGRAPH STRATEGY, WILL SUPPORT THE LEARNING AND RESEARCH NEEDS OF THE UK HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY.LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADALIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA HAS LAUNCHED VOIL , CANADA'S NEW NATIONAL UNION CATALOGUE THAT WILL MAKE THE COUNTRY'S DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE MORE WIDELY ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE TO LIBRARY USERS IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH WORLDCAT.LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA (LAC) CATALOGUE DATA FROM CANADIAN LIBRARIES HAS BEEN ADDED TO AND WILL NOW BE MAINTAINED IN WORLDCAT, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE UNION CATALOGUE THAT REPRESENTS THE COLLECTIONS OF HUNDREDS OF CANADIAN LIBRARIES AND THOUSANDS OF LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD. VOIL IS A SUBSET OF WORLDCAT CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO PRODUCE A CANADIAN VIEW OF THE CATALOGUE. AS PART OF WORLDCAT, LIBRARIES IN CANADA HAVE ACCESS TO RECORDS OF COLLECTIONS FROM LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD; LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD NOW HAVE ACCESS TO UNIQUE RECORDS FROM CANADIAN LIBRARIES.IN ADDITION TO LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, OCLC ALSO PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES OF FRANCE, GERMANY, JAPAN, CHINA, GREAT BRITAIN, THE NETHERLANDS, AND MANY OTHERS.SYNDEOOCLC INTRODUCED SYNDEO IN DECEMBER 2017 (DURING THE ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING IN NOVEMBER 2017), A FLEXIBLE SUITE OF SERVICES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO FACILITATE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LIBRARY COLLABORATION.SYNDEO PROVIDES IMPROVED EFFICIENCIES WITH SUPPORT FOR IN-REGION WORKFLOWS, INCLUDING AUTHORITY FILE MANAGEMENT AND COPY CATALOGING FROM MORE THAN 400 MILLION RECORDS IN WORLDCAT, THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL NETWORK OF DATA ABOUT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES. SYNDEO OFFERS GREATER VISIBILITY OF REGIONAL COLLECTIONS TO SEARCHERS WORLDWIDE BY REGISTERING COLLECTIONS IN WORLDCAT. AND THE SUITE REDUCES MAINTENANCE COSTS WITH A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART INFRASTRUCTURE.SUSTAINABLE COLLECTION SERVICESSUSTAINABLE COLLECTION SERVICES (SCS) PROVIDES TOOLS AND SERVICES TO HELP MANAGE AND SHARE PRINT MONOGRAPHS. SCS OFFERS GREENGLASS, A WEB APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS SINGLE LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY GROUPS TO EXPLORE AND VISUALIZE THEIR COLLECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COLLECTIVE COLLECTION, QUICKLY MODEL DESELECTION AND PRINT MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS, AND GENERATE CUSTOM REPORTS AND LISTS TO SUPPORT WEEDING AND OTHER COLLECTION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESAMONG THE 2017 SCS PROJECTS: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, ONE OF BRITAIN'S LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES; UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND & AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS (USMAI) LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, WHICH COMPRISES 17 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN MARYLAND; AND SCS AND 14 LIBRARIES FROM THE STATEWIDE CALIFORNIA ELECTRONIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM (SCELC) COLLABORATED TO ADVANCE A SHARED PRINT BOOK COLLECTIONS PROJECT.DIGITAL COLLECTION SERVICESIN 2017, OCLC ANNOUNCED THAT IT NOW SUPPORTS IIIF IMAGE AND PRESENTATION APIS IN ITS CONTENTDM DIGITAL COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, ENSURING THAT ITS MEMBER LIBRARIES AND INSTITUTIONS CAN SHARE AND PRESENT MILLIONS OF DIGITAL IMAGES ACROSS A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORMS.CONTENTDM, CURRENTLY USED BY MORE THAN 2,500 INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE, WAS RECENTLY REDESIGNED TO CREATE A NEW END-USER EXPERIENCE FOR ANY DEVICE. THE REDESIGN SUPPORTS THE IIIF IMAGE API, WHICH PROVIDES A COMMON MECHANISM FOR MANIPULATING DIGITAL IMAGES FOR DISPLAY AND DOWNLOAD. THE IIIF PRESENTATION API, WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO PRESENT IMAGE METADATA AND NAVIGATE THROUGH COMPLEX DIGITAL OBJECTS, IS NOW THE SECOND API ADDED TO CONTENTDM. (Less)