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756372754. WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of tens of thousands of institutions (mostly libraries ), in many countries, that are current or past members of the OCLC global cooperative. [3] It is operated by OCLC, Inc. [4] Many of the OCLC member libraries collectively maintain WorldCat's database, the world's largest ...
OCLC. / 40.1025; -83.1269. OCLC, Inc., doing business as OCLC, [4] is an American nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large". [2] It was founded in 1967 as the Ohio College Library Center, then became the Online ...
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Introduced. 6 August 2003. ( 2003-08-06) Example. 106965171. Website. viaf .org. The Virtual International Authority File ( VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
OCLC's website describes WorldCat as "a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by 9,031 institutions" ( [1] accessed on 10/26/2007). This figure differs greatly from 50,000+ libraries listed in the first paragraph of this article. Where did the 50,000 number come from?
WorldCat. Template documentation. This template can make an external link to: A library holding: An item (book, CD, video, journal, etc.) catalogued in the inventories of various libraries. A bibliography: A list of works by or about a subject (i.e., works associated with a particular subject heading ). Library holdings are tracked by WorldCat ...