Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences and the Public Library Wiener Neustadt are the first libraries in Austria to go live with OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services.
WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the cloud-based library services platform that provides all of the applications needed to manage a library, including acquisitions, circulation, resource sharing, metadata and license management, and a discovery service for library users. It also includes a range of reports that helps libraries better understand their activities and track key metrics over time.
Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences (FHWN) and the Public Library Wiener Neustadt will share a common WMS instance as part of the same library system. WMS will enable both libraries to catalogue, acquire, manage e-resources and borrow more efficiently, as well as save staff time to devote even more resources to customer service. In 2019, both libraries will also move to and share one physical location.
Following the selection decision in June 2017, the libraries began intensive preparation and training. Migration from their previous BIBLIOTHECAplus systems to a common WMS system began in mid-January 2018. On February 13, both libraries started routine operations with WMS.
In addition to library management services, both libraries now have access to WorldCat, the world's most comprehensive global network of data about library collections. Holdings from Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences and the Public Library Wiener Neustadt are now listed in WorldCat, making those collections more visible and accessible to researchers around the world.
More than 500 libraries worldwide are using WMS to share bibliographic records, publisher and knowledge base data, vendor records, serials patterns and more. With WorldCat at its foundation, WMS enables libraries to draw on the collaborative data and work of libraries worldwide for more efficient workflows. WMS also provides libraries with the unique opportunity to share innovation, applications, infrastructure, vision and success in serving their users.
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