OCLC grant award 'to help improve library practices'
1 April 2021
Project will convene diverse group of experts, practitioners, and community members
James Molloy reflects on the many different strands of his role as a librarian
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Libraries, the cloud and Covid-19
6 October 2020
Thursday 12 March – Driving library value and impact with EZproxy Analytics
28 January 2020
Being able to demonstrate measurable impact and value is becoming critically important for academic libraries
Learning curves
25 November 2019
As the pressure to understand student success rises, Rebecca Pool asks: are libraries coming around to learning analytics?
Jisc launches three library services
29 July 2019
Jisc, the not-for-profit technology solutions provider for education and research, is launching three library services.
Library hub discover, Library hub compare, and Library hub cataloguing are aimed at making it easier for UK higher education libraries and researchers to access, discover and manage academic collections.
NBK a 'game-changer' for UK librarians
22 March 2019
A new National Bibliographic Knowledgebase has been hailed as a key piece of national data infrastructure for the UK
National Bibliographic Knowledgebase 'key UK infrastructure'
22 March 2019
NBK has made a great start providing one place for UK academic library data, writes Sarah Bartlett
From tradition to change
29 September 2017
Complex workflows and new services are driving developments in cloud-based library management systems, reports Rebecca Pool
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WMS saves libraries time and money to improve user services
1 October 2016
At the Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid, 'Our students define the future,' said Head Librarian, Amada Marcos Blázquez. The library provides 24/7 support, she explained, 'around the world, in courses, classrooms and MOOCs. All this can be achieved thanks to WorldShare® Management Services from OCLC.'
Users don't expect social networking from libraries
19 November 2007
A new study from OCLC reveals that just 13 per cent of the public feels it is the role of the library to create a social networking site for their communities, writes Siân Harris
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Andrew Barker
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