OCLC News

Enriching WorldCat with FAST

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2013-10-03 09:54

FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) is a fully enumerative faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), a widely-used subject-access vocabulary published and maintained by the Library of Congress. The development of FAST has been a collaboration between OCLC and the Library of Congress with advice from members of the ALCTS/SAC/Subcommittee on FAST.

OCLC Adds New Features to WorldShare ILL, Extends WorldCat Resource Sharing Access through May 2014

Submitted by Amigos on Thu, 2013-10-03 09:52

New features now available in OCLC WorldShare® Interlibrary Loan include printing and workflow options completely new to WorldShare ILL. Several of the new features are listed below, and additional details about these enhancements are available in the September 2013 WorldShare ILL Release Notes.

OCLC Releases Groups and Consortia Survey Findings

Submitted by Amigos on Fri, 2013-09-27 09:43

OCLC recently released the findings from a survey it conducted among U.S. library consortia leaders. The report, entitled "A Snapshot of Priorities & Perspectives, U.S. Library Consortia," details findings from a study OCLC conducted in 2012 to learn about the demographic make-up of their groups, their strategic initiatives, their groups' challenges and top methods for communicating with their members.

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