The HELIN Library Consortium, which includes seven academic libraries in the north-eastern United States, is now live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services.
WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the library services platform that offers all the applications needed to manage a library, including acquisitions, circulation, metadata, resource sharing, license management and a single-search discovery interface for library users. WMS also includes a range of reports that helps libraries better understand their activities and track key metrics over time.
HELIN selected WMS in February 2016 and member libraries have been working closely with each other to share information and best practices to implement WMS. OCLC implementation staff have been guiding the group through their transition by conducting weekly virtual meetings with consortium members, which also provides them the opportunity to ask questions and to have discussions as they progress.
The HELIN Library Consortium is composed of seven regional academic libraries in and nearby Rhode Island represented by the Community College of Rhode Island, Johnson & Wales University, Providence College, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, and Wheaton College.
The unique WMS group model preserves the autonomy, privacy and policy differences among members of a group while leveraging opportunities through shared data, infrastructure and community. While each member library of a group can manage its own instance of WMS, the WorldShare architecture enables individual member libraries to easily select group functionality. Libraries also can choose what data to share among a group.
Since the introduction of WMS five years ago, more than 500 libraries spanning six continents have selected WorldShare Management Services.
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