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# Web scale library management services
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/web-scale-library-management-services/
- Published: 2009-04-23T14:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:15:41.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: #MPOW, Systems, UX

OCLC has just released a press-release about its Web scale library management services. For some context see Andrew’s note:

> OCLC is extending the [WorldCat Local](https://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcatlocal/default.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net) platform to include circulation and delivery, print and electronic acquisitions, and license management components. A quick start version of WorldCat Local–available at no additional charge to FirstSearch WorldCat subscribers–is a first step to WorldCat Local and to a truly next-generation cooperative library management service. \[[And now for something completely different – Hectic Pace](https://community.oclc.org/hecticpace/archive/2009/04/and-now-for-something-complete.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

Further details and directions are available [here](https://www.oclc.org/productworks/webscale.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net).  
Through its cataloging and resource sharing services OCLC and its members have shown the value of shared network level activity. These new services extend that model to generate efficiencies across a wider range of library operations.