National Library of Australia and OCLC reach accord to facilitate global resource sharing

National Library of Australia and OCLC reach accord to facilitate global resource sharing

The National Library of Australia and OCLC have reached an accord that will enable the 1,300 Australian libraries that use the National Library's new Kinetica resource sharing service to become full or partial OCLC members, thus gaining access to the OCLC cataloging and resource sharing services. The accord signals the intention of both organisations to develop a close working relationship to ensure that Kinetica's National Bibliographic database is updated with contributions to WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) from Kinetica libraries. Australian libraries will gain access to the more than 40 million WorldCat records, and OCLC libraries outside Australia will gain increased access to Australian bibliographic records. The National Library of Australia and OCLC also intend to examine further opportunities for global resource sharing.