OCLC

Global library cooperative

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2022 OCLC expanded its membership and governance to include any institution with a subscription to qualifying OCLC products, except for-profit organizations in the partner program.
2019 OCLC began offering the Wise integrated library system to libraries in the United States.
2019 OCLC sold its reference service to Springshare, which migrated it to the LibAnswers platform.
2017 OCLC acquired Relais International, a library interlibrary loan service provider based in Ottawa, Canada.
October 1 2015 OCLC printed its last catalog cards, marking the end of its catalog card production service.
January 2015 OCLC acquired Sustainable Collection Services (SCS), a consulting service for library print collection data management.
2013 OCLC acquired HKA, a Dutch library automation company, and its integrated library system Wise.
July 2013 OCLC replaced its Dewey Decimal Classification book browser with the Classify Service.
March 2013 The antitrust lawsuit against OCLC was dropped after SkyRiver's acquisition by Innovative Interfaces.
2010 OCLC sold NetLibrary to EBSCO Industries.
July 2010 OCLC was sued by SkyRiver and Innovative Interfaces in an antitrust lawsuit.

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