Libraries today are faced with a rapidly changing environment, evolving user needs and increasing pressure to measure and communicate impact. OCLC products help libraries address these challenges by sharing data, streamlining workflows and connecting people to the knowledge held in the world's library collections.
Management services
Manage your entire library with services that increase efficiency across departments and locations.
WorldShare Management Services
A complete, cloud-based library services platform
Individual products:
WorldShare Acquisitions, WorldShare Circulation, WorldCat Discovery, WorldShare Metadata Services, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, WorldShare License Manager, WorldShare Report Designer
WorldShare License Manager
Easy manager for all your licensed and electronic resources
EZproxy
The leading access and authentication solution
Sustainable Collection Services
Data-driven deselection consulting and application
CONTENTdm
Storage, management, preservation and delivery of your digital collections
WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
Maximized visibility of your digital collections with WorldCat
Metadata services
Build, manage and share data about your collections while making your library more visible.
OCLC Cataloging and Metadata Subscription
Maximize cataloging efficiency and collection visibility
WorldShare Collection Manager
Workflow efficiencies and increased collection visibility
WorldShare Record Manager
A solution for your physical and electronic management needs
Dewey Services
The world's most widely used library classification system
Contract Cataloging
Access to expert cataloging services in a variety of formats and more than 30 languages
CatExpress
A simple-to-use copy cataloging tool that enables you to put materials on the shelves for your users quickly and efficiently
Syndeo
Facilitate regional and national library collaboration
Resource sharing services
Centralize resource sharing workflows previously managed in multiple systems while speeding fulfillment of interlibrary loan requests.
WorldShare Interlibrary Loan
Integrated discovery and delivery of electronic, digital and print materials
Tipasa
Cloud-based interlibrary loan management system that automates routine borrowing and lending functions for individual libraries
Discovery and reference services
Get people to the materials they need from your library and from other libraries worldwide.
WorldCat.org
Website that connects information seekers online to collections in the world's libraries
WorldCat Discovery
Cloud-based application that enables people to search WorldCat and discover more than electronic, digital and physical holdings in a single search
QuestionPoint
A complete reference management system, integrating chat and email
FirstSearch
FirstSearch delivers the precise, full-featured WorldCat searching that library staff and researchers value.
WorldShare provides a complete set of library management applications and platform services built on an open, cloud-based platform. WorldShare offers integrated management of library workflows and creates new efficiencies as libraries share work, data and resources to save money and deliver value to their users.
WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Libraries cooperatively contribute, enhance and share bibliographic data through WorldCat, connecting people to cultural and scholarly resources in libraries worldwide.
Member stories
Make open content discoverable to share with the world
Discover how the Open Access Digital Theological Library achieves its mission to make religious scholarly content freely available worldwide.
Deliver more study space and benchmark library stock
Find out how University College London uses GreenGlass to rationalize its extensive library collections safely across its 18 sites and off-site storage facility.
Want to learn more?
Connect with your OCLC representative to learn how the cooperative's services can reduce local hardware and software dependencies so you can focus more on your users.
