Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that 32 libraries have committed to using OCLC Web-scale Management Services since the organisation announced that it was making its cloud-based library management services available to early adopters 10 months ago. OCLC Web-scale Management Services is the Web-based cooperative library management tools for metadata management, acquisitions, circulation, license management and workflow improvement. The early-adopter phase has now ended, and July 1 will mark general release of these innovative cloud-based services.
Boundary County District Library was among the first to join the early adopters, 15 of which are now using the services in full production. In addition to the 32 committed libraries in the US, BIBSYS, the Norwegian library consortium signed an agreement with OCLC to base its new library management system on Web-scale Management Services, which will include management tools for more than 100 libraries in Norway.
Libraries using Web-scale Management Services will lower the total cost of ownership for their library's management and free staff time for higher-priority services. As more institutions migrate to Web-scale Management Services, libraries will be able to share data, applications and workflow improvements with peer institutions, end users and partners.
With the early-adopter phase of the project completed, OCLC is now accepting orders for libraries interested in using Web-scale Management Services. More information on OCLC Web-scale Management Services can be found on the OCLC website.
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