More than 120 library professionals from around the world are meeting at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio, to offer best practices and discuss their experiences with WorldShare Management Services (WMS), the cloud based cooperative library management system.
The first-ever OCLC WMS Global Community & User Group Meeting, September 19-20, is an opportunity for WMS users worldwide to share insights, workflows and enhancement ideas with library peers and with OCLC product management and development teams.
Since the introduction of WMS five years ago, more than 500 libraries spanning 6 continents—Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America—have selected WorldShare Management Services as their library management system. Librarians from Australia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands are participating in this global meeting.
WMS users have been gathering since 2013 at more than a dozen regional meetings hosted by WMS community libraries. This is the first time users have gathered in one place—at OCLC in Dublin—for a global community meeting.
Nearly 50 presenters and panelists will be actively sharing insights in multiple community-led tracks with meeting participants—along with OCLC product, support and development staff—setting a new standard for community collaboration.
The WMS Community Leadership Planning Team was instrumental in arranging this event. The team is comprised of: Noah Brubaker, PALNI (Private Academic Library Network of Indiana); Katy Gabrio, Macalester College; Jackie DeLong, Radford University; Michael Winecoff, University of North Carolina Charlotte; and Helene Blowers, OCLC.
WorldShare Management Services is the complete, cloud-based library management system that offers 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 help libraries understand their activities and track key metrics over time.
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