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About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs.OCLC recently acquired RLG.
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OCLC News
The latest OCLC news headlines.
- Latest OCLC research report identifies factors that drive public library funding support in the United States (07/15/2008)
- OCLC named among Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT (07/01/2008)
- OCLC Minority Librarian Fellowship program will provide opportunities for under-represented groups (06/30/2008)
- NetLibrary announces distribution agreements with 19 publishers from around the world (06/27/2008)
- OCLC and Index Data are working together to extend discovery capabilities of WorldCat Local (06/26/2008)
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OCLC Research
The latest announcements from OCLC Research
- Carole Palmer to speak on Research Practice and Research Libraries, 19 June 2008 at OCLC Dublin (Ohio) (06/10/2008)
- The PREMIS Editorial Committee has released the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.0 (04/09/2008)
- Jennifer Bowen and David Lindahl to speak about University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog (XC) on 22 April at OCLC Dublin, Ohio (USA) (04/07/2008)
- Researchers will do online presentation on importance of face-to-face reference skills in the virtual reference (VR) environment (04/04/2008)
- OCLC Programs and Research Offers Online PARcasts (03/26/2008)
Podcasts
OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series
Each year OCLC invites distinguished professionals to Dublin to make presentations on topics of current interest. The topics sometimes align closely with research directions within OCLC, but also may represent areas of interest to the library and information science community not formally under study by OCLC researchers.
- Preservation Rumination (02/16/2005)
- Software Localization and Internationalization: How and Why (12/09/2004)
- Institutional Repositories: Is There Anything Left to Say? (10/07/2004)
- The World Wide Telescope: A Prototype of the Digital Library (05/17/2004)
OCLC Events
OCLC presentations to and meetings with the library and information science community
- "Innovative Ideas" Plenary Presentations (02/11/2008)
- A Vision for Global Resource Sharing (02/11/2008)
- Radically Re-thinking Information Services (02/11/2008)
- OCLC Governance Discussion (02/11/2008)
- OCLC President's Report (02/11/2008)
OCLC Blogs
Lorcan DempseyLorcan Dempsey's weblogOn libraries, services and networks.
| Thom HickeyOutgoingLibrary metadata techniques and trends by Thom Hickey
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Stu WeibelWeibel LinesRuminations on Libraries and Internet standards
| Hanging Together (RLG)hangingtogether.orgThe hangout spot for libraries, archives, and museums
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