Library information provider OCLC has announced that Lethbridge College, Tyndale University College and Seminary, and University of New Brunswick in Canada are now using OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS), moving library management services to the cloud. More than 240 libraries worldwide have selected WMS; more than 150 libraries are currently using the services.
WorldShare Management Services streamline cataloguing, acquisitions, license management and circulation workflows, and offer the WorldCat Local discovery service for library users.
WMS is a cooperative, cloud-based library management system. It moves shared data and routine yet critical library functions to the cloud. These, combined with the use of the WorldCat database, generate cost benefits, simplified workflows and time savings for libraries, which weren't previously possible when using disparate and specialised library systems.
The data centre in Toronto enables OCLC to support access and data privacy requirements in Canada, as well as technical standards that promote the cost-effective, worldwide sharing of information across platforms, scripts, languages and cultural materials. The Toronto data centre employs best-in-class technologies to ensure the highest levels of performance, reliability, scalability and cost-effectiveness.
