Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that the Tilburg University Library, in the Netherlands, has selected its Web-scale Management Services (WMS) and WorldCat Local as its new library management solution and integrated discovery-to-delivery service. The Tilburg University Library plans to become operational with WMS, the Web-based cooperative library management services, by June 2012.
The library made its decision after an extensive exploration of the current environment and of new developments, such as cloud computing and content integration—important elements to its staff and users.
By delivering services that are at the network level, Web-scale Management Services from OCLC offer libraries the opportunity to share data and business processes. Due to the service-oriented architecture, libraries can develop their own customised applications for library management activities that they can make available to their colleagues on the OCLC platform. With OCLC Web-scale Management Services, the Tilburg University Library will have a solution with workflow management, electronic resource management and integrated licence management, in addition to traditional tools for online library management such as metadata management, acquisition and interlibrary loan. Cataloguing will be done, as before, in the national cataloguing system GGC.
The WorldCat Local discovery-to-delivery service offers the Tilburg University Library simple implementation, a central knowledge base, access to a growing number of databases and collections, and full integration with WMS.
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