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OCLC Annual Report 2024–2025
OCLC’s Annual Report presents the key milestones and major innovations that libraries and OCLC achieved as the result of our collective efforts.
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FY25 was a year of unprecedented uncertainty and pathbreaking transformations. Despite the challenges, libraries and OCLC moved aggressively forward with a determined spirit and a steadfast commitment.
⤵️ Read the OCLC Annual Report for 2024–2025.
⤵️ Read the OCLC Annual Report for 2024–2025.
Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader who dreamed of equality, justice, and unity.
➡️ Celebrate his vision by revisiting the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, available through open access on WorldCat.org: oc.lc/4a1jZsh #MLKDay #SearchWorldCat
➡️ Celebrate his vision by revisiting the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, available through open access on WorldCat.org: oc.lc/4a1jZsh #MLKDay #SearchWorldCat
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader who dreamed of equality, justice, and unity.
➡️ Celebrate his vision by revisiting the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, available through open access on WorldCat.org: oc.lc/4a1jZsh #MLKDay #SearchWorldCat
➡️ Celebrate his vision by revisiting the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, available through open access on WorldCat.org: oc.lc/4a1jZsh #MLKDay #SearchWorldCat
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Have insights or expertise to share with the global resource sharing community? 💡 Submit a presentation proposal for the 2026 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference by this Friday, 23 January.
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
January 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Have insights or expertise to share with the global resource sharing community? 💡 Submit a presentation proposal for the 2026 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference by this Friday, 23 January.
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
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January 19, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Kansas. He spoke in K-State's Ahearn Fieldhouse, his final university speech before he was murdered. "The time is always right to do what is right." Know your history. library.ks.gov/kansans . Photo: Kansas Memory. #MLK
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
January 19, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Kansas. He spoke in K-State's Ahearn Fieldhouse, his final university speech before he was murdered. "The time is always right to do what is right." Know your history. library.ks.gov/kansans . Photo: Kansas Memory. #MLK
Have insights or expertise to share with the global resource sharing community? 💡 Submit a presentation proposal for the 2026 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference by this Friday, 23 January.
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
January 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Have insights or expertise to share with the global resource sharing community? 💡 Submit a presentation proposal for the 2026 OCLC Resource Sharing Conference by this Friday, 23 January.
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
➡️ Learn more and submit your proposal here: oc.lc/49xJ4cQ #OCLCrsc26
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Unlocking your library's full potential with WorldCat and OCLC tools... 🔓 Join us this Wednesday to explore why WorldCat is an essential resource for libraries and how OCLC works behind the scenes to maintain its records.
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
A fresh look at cataloging: Unlocking the full potential of WorldCat for public libraries | OCLC
A 30-minute webinar about how your library can optimize cataloging and enhance your library’s workflows with WorldCat and OCLC tools.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Unlocking your library's full potential with WorldCat and OCLC tools... 🔓 Join us this Wednesday to explore why WorldCat is an essential resource for libraries and how OCLC works behind the scenes to maintain its records.
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
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🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
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#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
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#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
🧵⬇️ (1/5)
#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
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#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
Unlocking your library's full potential with WorldCat and OCLC tools... 🔓 Join us this Wednesday to explore why WorldCat is an essential resource for libraries and how OCLC works behind the scenes to maintain its records.
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
A fresh look at cataloging: Unlocking the full potential of WorldCat for public libraries | OCLC
A 30-minute webinar about how your library can optimize cataloging and enhance your library’s workflows with WorldCat and OCLC tools.
www.oclc.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Unlocking your library's full potential with WorldCat and OCLC tools... 🔓 Join us this Wednesday to explore why WorldCat is an essential resource for libraries and how OCLC works behind the scenes to maintain its records.
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCworldcat
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If you get your book into one library with an OCLC catalog, other libraries that uses OCLC will use that MARC metadata to ´clone’ their own reference. Thus making more easy to catalog.
January 10, 2026 at 4:17 AM
If you get your book into one library with an OCLC catalog, other libraries that uses OCLC will use that MARC metadata to ´clone’ their own reference. Thus making more easy to catalog.
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AI is transforming how we access and share information, but its true power depends on the quality of data behind it. Join us this Tuesday to discover real-world applications of AI and linked data in resource sharing and discoverability.
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
AI is transforming how we access and share information, but its true power depends on the quality of data behind it. Join us this Tuesday to discover real-world applications of AI and linked data in resource sharing and discoverability.
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
OCLC launches the Colombia Discovery Catalog, a collective catalog that brings together collections of Colombian libraries in a single search…
It makes it easier for users to locate resources, improve the visibility of collections and encourage borrowing and collaboration between institutions.
It makes it easier for users to locate resources, improve the visibility of collections and encourage borrowing and collaboration between institutions.
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#OCLC lanza el Catálogo Colombia Discovery, catálogo colectivo que reúne colecciones de #bibliotecas colombianas en un único punto de búsqueda
Facilita que los usuarios localicen recursos, mejora la visibilidad de las colecciones y fomenta el préstamo y la colaboración entre instituciones
#OCLC lanza el Catálogo Colombia Discovery, catálogo colectivo que reúne colecciones de #bibliotecas colombianas en un único punto de búsqueda
Facilita que los usuarios localicen recursos, mejora la visibilidad de las colecciones y fomenta el préstamo y la colaboración entre instituciones
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January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
OCLC launches the Colombia Discovery Catalog, a collective catalog that brings together collections of Colombian libraries in a single search…
It makes it easier for users to locate resources, improve the visibility of collections and encourage borrowing and collaboration between institutions.
It makes it easier for users to locate resources, improve the visibility of collections and encourage borrowing and collaboration between institutions.
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#OCLC
#OCLC lanza el Catálogo Colombia Discovery, catálogo colectivo que reúne colecciones de #bibliotecas colombianas en un único punto de búsqueda
Facilita que los usuarios localicen recursos, mejora la visibilidad de las colecciones y fomenta el préstamo y la colaboración entre instituciones
#OCLC lanza el Catálogo Colombia Discovery, catálogo colectivo que reúne colecciones de #bibliotecas colombianas en un único punto de búsqueda
Facilita que los usuarios localicen recursos, mejora la visibilidad de las colecciones y fomenta el préstamo y la colaboración entre instituciones
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January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
#OCLC
#OCLC lanza el Catálogo Colombia Discovery, catálogo colectivo que reúne colecciones de #bibliotecas colombianas en un único punto de búsqueda
Facilita que los usuarios localicen recursos, mejora la visibilidad de las colecciones y fomenta el préstamo y la colaboración entre instituciones
#OCLC lanza el Catálogo Colombia Discovery, catálogo colectivo que reúne colecciones de #bibliotecas colombianas en un único punto de búsqueda
Facilita que los usuarios localicen recursos, mejora la visibilidad de las colecciones y fomenta el préstamo y la colaboración entre instituciones
AI is transforming how we access and share information, but its true power depends on the quality of data behind it. Join us this Tuesday to discover real-world applications of AI and linked data in resource sharing and discoverability.
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
AI is transforming how we access and share information, but its true power depends on the quality of data behind it. Join us this Tuesday to discover real-world applications of AI and linked data in resource sharing and discoverability.
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
➡️ Register here: oc.lc/3YEJw4f
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We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
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1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
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January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
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1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
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#MetaFutures Day 2
#LinkedData 2
"A step towards linked data: the University of Southampton’s metadata enhancement project using OCLC Meridian" - Sarah Glaccum & Tricia Hughes
A partnership with OCLC to deliver linked data entities for two unique & distinctive collections for improved user discovery
#LinkedData 2
"A step towards linked data: the University of Southampton’s metadata enhancement project using OCLC Meridian" - Sarah Glaccum & Tricia Hughes
A partnership with OCLC to deliver linked data entities for two unique & distinctive collections for improved user discovery
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
#MetaFutures Day 2
#LinkedData 2
"A step towards linked data: the University of Southampton’s metadata enhancement project using OCLC Meridian" - Sarah Glaccum & Tricia Hughes
A partnership with OCLC to deliver linked data entities for two unique & distinctive collections for improved user discovery
#LinkedData 2
"A step towards linked data: the University of Southampton’s metadata enhancement project using OCLC Meridian" - Sarah Glaccum & Tricia Hughes
A partnership with OCLC to deliver linked data entities for two unique & distinctive collections for improved user discovery
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
📨 Don't receive Abstracts? Sign up at oc.lc/get-abstracts.
1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
📨 Don't receive Abstracts? Sign up at oc.lc/get-abstracts.
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
📨 Don't receive Abstracts? Sign up at oc.lc/get-abstracts.
1️⃣ Take a look at the 100 most requested books via OCLC interlibrary loan in 2024: oc.lc/4qpCvR2
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We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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"Evidence is always more persuasive than exhortation."
From my recent blog post on motivations for participating in shared print programs. Making the case for collaboration often means quantifying the incentives.
hangingtogether.org/autonomy-to-...
From my recent blog post on motivations for participating in shared print programs. Making the case for collaboration often means quantifying the incentives.
hangingtogether.org/autonomy-to-...
Autonomy to alliance: Unpacking the motivations for library partnership - Hanging Together
Why collaborate? Here's some evidence on why libraries band together to steward their collective print book collection.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"Evidence is always more persuasive than exhortation."
From my recent blog post on motivations for participating in shared print programs. Making the case for collaboration often means quantifying the incentives.
hangingtogether.org/autonomy-to-...
From my recent blog post on motivations for participating in shared print programs. Making the case for collaboration often means quantifying the incentives.
hangingtogether.org/autonomy-to-...
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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2️⃣ New AI tools make cataloging faster, smarter: oc.lc/4jCxNg4
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We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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Library historian Wayne A. Wiegand writes about the first "Congress of Librarians" and the beginning of the American Library Association: https://bit.ly/4bvULDy.
Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social.
#ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social.
#ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Library historian Wayne A. Wiegand writes about the first "Congress of Librarians" and the beginning of the American Library Association: https://bit.ly/4bvULDy.
Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social.
#ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social.
#ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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3️⃣ How libraries are shaping the future of knowledge in an AI world: oc.lc/45vc8AT
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We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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5️⃣ Enhancing the visibility and accessibility of open content: oc.lc/3NhFlsz
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
5️⃣ Enhancing the visibility and accessibility of open content: oc.lc/3NhFlsz
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We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
We're counting down the top 🔟 most popular stories from Abstracts, OCLC's flagship newsletter, in 2025.
4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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4️⃣ Taipei National University of the Arts moves to WMS: oc.lc/3Ngieig
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Join us for Coretta Scott King Book Award Literature Week
🗓️ Jan 19–23, 2026
Celebrate Black voices, stories, and literary excellence.
🔗 Register at bit.ly/csk-lit-week-26
#CSKLiteratureWeek #CSKBART #CorettaScottKing #BlackAuthors
🗓️ Jan 19–23, 2026
Celebrate Black voices, stories, and literary excellence.
🔗 Register at bit.ly/csk-lit-week-26
#CSKLiteratureWeek #CSKBART #CorettaScottKing #BlackAuthors
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Join us for Coretta Scott King Book Award Literature Week
🗓️ Jan 19–23, 2026
Celebrate Black voices, stories, and literary excellence.
🔗 Register at bit.ly/csk-lit-week-26
#CSKLiteratureWeek #CSKBART #CorettaScottKing #BlackAuthors
🗓️ Jan 19–23, 2026
Celebrate Black voices, stories, and literary excellence.
🔗 Register at bit.ly/csk-lit-week-26
#CSKLiteratureWeek #CSKBART #CorettaScottKing #BlackAuthors