OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—the first cloud-based library services platform and the only platform built with WorldCat as its foundation—continues to expand its reach. Since July 2024, 53 new libraries have selected WMS to streamline operations, improve user experiences, increase the visibility of collections, and collaborate with leading institutions worldwide through OCLC’s global network.
WMS is designed to meet the complex and evolving library management needs of all sizes of academic libraries, special libraries, and consortia. WMS is an integrated library services platform that supports library priorities with actionable data, a user-focused experience, and unified management of electronic and physical resources.
Because WMS is built on WorldCat—the world’s most comprehensive network of data about libraries—it gives users access to hundreds of millions of bibliographic records and leverages the cooperative power of thousands of libraries. This shared infrastructure reduces duplication of effort and empowers libraries to focus more time and resources on local priorities and services.
Among the new libraries that have signed on to OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services:
- ACT Legislative Assembly Library, Australia
- Alberta Innovates, Canada
- American University of Kurdistan, Iraq
- Artevelde Hogeschool, Belgium
- Burman University, Canada
- Carey Baptist College, New Zealand
- Children’s Health (Dallas, Texas), US
- Colby-Sawyer College, US
- Council on Foreign Relations Library, US
- Dalton McCaughey Library, Australia
- El Paso Community College, US
- Evangelisch-Lutherisches Landeskirchenamt Sachsens, Germany
- Gauteng Provincial Legislature, South Africa
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Germany
- Hogeschool Gent, Belgium
- Hogeschool PXL, Belgium
- Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Humanistische Hochschule Berlin AdöR, Germany
- Katholische Hochschule Mainz, Germany
- Keyano College Library, Canada
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V., Germany
- Mpumalanga Prov Legislature (3241), South Africa
- Newman University, US
- Northwest University, US
- Northwestern Polytechnic, Canada
- NT Supreme Court Library (LANT), Australia
- Olds College Library, Canada
- Oral Roberts University Library, US
- Paul Smiths College Library, US
- Red Deer Polytechnic, Canada
- Rider University Library, US
- Saint Edward’s University Library, US
- Shepherds Theological Seminary, US
- Stella Vorarlberg Privathochschule für Musik GmbH, Austria
- Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
- Texas A&M International University, US
- The Africa Institute/Global Studies University, United Arab Emirates
- The King’s University, Canada
- Universidad de Loyola, Spain
- Universidad de Zaragoza – Biblioteca, Spain
- Universität Heidelberg, Germany
- University of Glasgow, UK
- University of Kurdistan Hewlêr, Iraq
- Vanguard College, Canada
“WorldShare Management Services is a proven solution for libraries seeking flexibility, efficiency, and global collaboration,” said Mary Sauer-Games, Chief Product Officer, OCLC. “Our platform is continually enhanced through ongoing communication and partnership with our libraries. The result is an advanced platform that continues to grow to support student success and meet the complex and evolving challenges of modern libraries.”
Learn more about WorldShare Management Services at the OCLC Booth #1147 during the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now through June 30. An OCLC event schedule is on the website.
