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As Edith Cowan University Library (🇦🇺) gears up for a big move to its new city campus, it's using the transition as a chance to rethink how it manages collections. With a long-standing digital-first approach, the library wanted a smarter way to handle both print and electronic materials. Associate University Librarian Ian Welch shares how #OCLCchoreo Insights, an extensive library analytics solution, helped the team save time, simplify reviews, and make data-driven decisions. "Choreo Insights is like a crystal ball," Ian said. "We’re using it to gain a clearer understanding of our library holdings and to evaluate vendor offers by comparing them against our physical collection. This helps us maximize the value of our e-resource spend and make more informed decisions when deselecting print items.” ⤵️ Read more. #OCLCmembers --- #OCLC #OCLCanz OCLC Australia and New Zealand #LibraryAnalytics #LibraryCollections #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

Putting the pieces together with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS): Check out our webinar series and other resources to discover how WMS strategically pieces together applications and services to stand apart from traditional library systems. With shared data, infrastructure, and community, you'll learn how your library can better manage electronic and physical resources in a single, integrated interface. ▶️⏺️ Watch on-demand here. #OCLCwms --- #OCLC #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

It's #GreenLibraries Week 2025 in the UK, celebrating how libraries are focusing on climate and sustainability. 🌍🌱🇬🇧 ➡️ Check out this year's campaign assets and showcase what your library is doing to help the environment: lnkd.in/eXjfnTn6 #OCLCuk --- #OCLC CILIP, the library and information association #EngagedLibraries #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

CloudLink, CloudLibrary’s unique content sharing program, is a budget-friendly way to expand the breadth and depth of your ebook and audiobook collection. You’ll increase circulation of lesser-used titles and decrease hold times on popular materials by working with other CloudLink libraries in your state. ⤵️ Learn how to instantly expand and diversify your collection with CloudLink sharing. #CloudLibraryApp --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

Library friends and trustees fall into two camps—those who have served on a nonprofit board and those who have not. Join OCLC's WebJunction on 28 October to learn about the role and responsibilities of an effective library board member and how to be a true advocate for your library. "10 things every library friend or trustee should know" is presented by: 🔵 Mary Beth Harrington, 501c³ Empowering Nonprofits, LLC ⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

OCLC’s publisher relations team works to strengthen collaboration between libraries and publishers, ensuring open access content is easier to find and to use. In this #HangingTogether blog post, Claire Holloway, Manager of Publisher Relations at OCLC, explores how libraries and publishers can work together to improve open access discoverability. "As publishers, librarians, and discovery partners continue to navigate the evolving landscape of open access, the myriad of publishing models and methods to discover content will continue to strain the sometimes-tenuous bonds between library and publisher," Claire writes. "Ultimately, improving metadata, streamlining access, and building trust are foundational in ensuring (open access) content is both discoverable and valued." ⤵️ Read more. #OCLCresearch #OAweek --- #OCLC #OpenAccess #OpenContent #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

We’re getting ready for the 2026 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference (#OCLCrsc26) virtual web series. This annual event brings together the global resource sharing community to connect, learn, and exchange innovative ideas and best practices. As we shape the agenda, we’d like to hear from you about the topics and issues that you’re eager to learn about. ➡️ Complete our brief survey by this Friday, October 24, to share your ideas: oc.lc/3WePd7P --- #OCLC #ResourceSharing #InterlibraryLoan #ILL #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

It's International #OpenAccess Week! 🔓 We continue to build on our commitment to partner with libraries, researchers, and publishers to provide high-quality, open access content in our WorldCat services, including: 🔵 More than 135 million open access items in WorldCat 🟢 Open access search filters in WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat.org to make it easier to find open content from libraries around the world 🟠 The Open Access Content database on FirstSearch, where searches retrieve only OA items with links to full-text open content 🔵 More than 1,000 open access collections in the WorldCat knowledge base ⤵️ Discover how we are enhancing the visibility and accessibility of open content. #OAweek --- #OCLC SPARC #OpenContent #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

#EngagedLibraries recognize and respond to community needs. 🚲 Delivering Together, a new project at the Brooklyn Public Library, is connecting app-based food delivery workers with safe, supportive spaces and essential services. Across the library’s 62 branches, these workers can take a break indoors, charge their phones and use free WiFi, use the restrooms, refill water bottles, learn about programming available to them, sign up for a library card, and more. 📲 We want to know how your library steps up to meet the needs of essential workers. Share your story on social media and include #EngagedLibraries 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. ⤵️ Learn more about the program. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

Join us on 21 October for a panel discussion with community college librarians who’ve recently implemented OCLC's WorldShare Management Services, an advanced library services platform. Our panelists will share what helped and hindered their search, questions that led them towards a decision, and what they wish they had known before they went through the process: 🔵 David Marks, Dean of Library at Bergen Community College 🟢 Christine Whitney, Director of Library Resources at Des Moines Area Community College—Ankeny Campus 🟠 Lorely Ambriz, NW Head Librarian, Professor, and District-Wide Libraries Coordinator at El Paso Community College ⤵️ Register here. #OCLCwms --- #OCLC #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove