How do I log into OCLC?
Go to the Sign in to OCLC Services page and select WorldShare Management Services, WorldShare Metadata Services, or WorldShare Interlibrary Loan. Search for your institution with your OCLC symbol, institution name, or zip code. Select your institution from the list and click Continue. Enter your User Name and Password.
Is OCLC Connexion free?
OCLC offers software downloads for several products as well as free browser plug-ins for access to library collections on the Web.
What is OCLC connection?
Related OCLC services
Connexion is a full-service online cataloging tool backed by OCLC's 40+ years of cataloging experience. Connexion lets you create and edit high-quality bibliographic and authority records and then share them with the entire OCLC cooperative, which benefits libraries around the world.
What is OCLC consortium?
OCLC is a global library cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, pioneers, leaders and learners.
What does OCLC stand for?
Online Computer Library Center
What are the OCLC services?
OCLC service area
- Discovery and reference services.
- Library management systems.
- Management services.
- Metadata services.
- Resource sharing services.
How much does OCLC cost?
The annual fee, called "Dial Access Authorization," is $225 per year, billed in July. If service begins before July, OCLC will prorate for the months up to July: $225 divided by 12 months = $18.75 per month.
How do I join the OCLC?
If your institution would like to join the OCLC Research Library Partnership, please fill out our Partnership Agreement Form. We will invoice you upon receipt. We will follow up with an orientation for members of your leadership team (this may be virtual, or if it is mutually advantageous, in person).
How do I find my OCLC number?
The OCLC Control Number is a unique, sequentially assigned number associated with a record in WorldCat. The number is included in a WorldCat®record when the record is created. The OCLC Control Number can be found in MARC fields 001, 019, and 035 as follows.
What is OCLC no?
OCLC number is a variable-length numeric string with leading zeros for numbers with less than 8 digits and no leading zeros for those with 8 or more digits. (OCoLC)198765401. (OCoLC)00003862. Note: Field 019 contains the OCLC control number of a deleted or merged record replaced by the current one.