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OCLC offers RSS feeds and podcasts featuring news, events, product updates, system alerts, research, with more topics on the way. You can get the latest headlines delivered to your news reader to make staying informed easier than ever.

Podcasts (English)

OCLC now offers podcasts of OCLC events significant to the library and information science community. Learn more about podcasts at Yahoo!, Apple or Wikipedia.

Please note that many of these individual audio programs are an hour or more in length and can exceed 30MB in size.

Name Feed Description
OCLC Events podcast RSS OCLC presentations to and meetings with the library and information science community, including OCLC Symposium presentations and discussions.
OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series podcast RSS Each year OCLC Research invites distinguished professionals to Dublin to make presentations on topics of current interest.
OCLC Programs and Research PARcasts RSS Interviews and webinars with thought leaders and OCLC Programs and Research staff on a range of topics from industry issues to project findings.

Choose your news

OCLC offers news and information customized by news type, service areas and more.

OCLC News and Events

NameFeedDescription
OCLC News RSS The latest OCLC news headlines. 

OCLC Products and Services

NameFeedDescription
OCLC Products and Services RSS The latest updates to all OCLC products and services 
Cataloging and Metadata RSS News and updates on OCLC Cataloging and Metadata products and services 
Content and Collections RSS News and updates on OCLC Content and Collections products and services 
Dewey Journal RSS All the latest Dewey Decimal Classification® news and announcements, DDC mappings, and tips. Dewey services also offers these updates in individual feeds.
025.431: The Dewey blog RSS The Dewey blog offers news and views on classification issues, interesting and unusual DDC resources, and a means to provide ongoing feedback to help shape the DDC's future.
Digital Collection Management RSS News and updates on OCLC Digital Collection Management products and services 
EZproxy Enhancements RSS Recent enhancements and updates
EZproxy Database Configurations RSS Recent additions and changes to database specific configuration instructions
Group Services RSS News and updates on OCLC Group Services 
Management Services and Systems RSS News and updates on OCLC Management Services and Systems 
Reference and Discovery RSS News and updates on OCLC Reference and Discovery products and services 
Resource Sharing and Delivery RSS News and updates on OCLC Resource Sharing and Delivery products and services 
Web and Data Services RSS News and updates on OCLC Web and Data Services 
WorldCat RSS News and updates on OCLC WorldCat 

OCLC Support (English)

NameFeedDescription
System Alerts RSS Conditions that might be affecting an OCLC service.
Closed Dates in Authority Records RSS Lists of authority headings that have been changed to add a death date.

OCLC Programs and Research (English)

NameFeedDescription
OCLC Programs and Research RSS The latest announcements from OCLC Programs and Research.
RLG Programs RSS Latest news from RLG Programs
OCLC Research RSS The latest announcements from OCLC Research
Above the Fold RSS feed RSS A weekly electronic newsletter for the changing world of libraries, archives and museums that seeks to bring attention to items of interest from beyond our normal reading sphere.
Terminology Services project RSS Latest news and announcements on the progress of the project.

OCLC-related feeds (English)

An offering of feeds available from other sources that OCLC visitors may find of interest.

Name Feed Description
BlogJunction RSS WebJunction's niche in the blogosphere.
Dublin Core RSS Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
HangingTogether RSS OCLC RLG Programs staff discuss current issues impacting the intersection of libraries, archives and museums.
Hectic Pace RSS Andrew Pace, Executive Director for Networked Library Services at OCLC pontificates on a variety of issues important to libraries.
It's all good RSS A blog from five OCLC staff about all things present and future that impact libraries and library users.
Lorcan Dempsey's weblog RSS Lorcan Dempsy, Vice President (Research) and Chief Strategist, OCLC, on libraries, services and networking.
Metalogue RSS Metalogue is a forum for sharing thoughts on all things related to knowledge organization by and for libraries, hosted by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services for OCLC.
OCLC Developer Network Blog RSS News and ideas from the Web Services group and the Developer Network at OCLC.
Outgoing RSS Thom Hickey, Chief Scientist, OCLC Research, on library metadata techniques and trends.
Q6 RSS Jeff Young, Software Architect, considers the who, what, where, why, when, and how of leveraging Web standards.
A View of South America RSS Lucia Shelton, a member of the OCLC Latin America and the Caribbean team, is the primary correspondent for library news and events for this region. Lucia's colleagues, Tim Rapp, Antonio Alba and Antonio Yanez, post their chronicles as well. These intriguing, trilingual posts appear in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Weibel Lines RSS Ruminations on Libraries and Internet standards from Stu Weibel, Senior Reseach Scientist at OCLC.
WorldCat blog RSS A fun spot to read about what's happening on WorldCat.org and to share cool ways that people are using the site and their libraries.

RSS resources

What is RSS?

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based format for distributing information from websites to desktops. A newsreader application accesses the RSS feeds you choose to bring your favorite information sources to you. Numerous newsreaders are available, including freeware, shareware and browser-based options.

How do I add a feed?

If you already have an RSS reader set up, choose a feed by right-clicking on the "XML" icon, and select "Copy Shortcut" (Internet Explorer) or "Copy Link Location" (Firefox), then paste the feed location into the RSS address/URL field of your reader. An alternate method is to click and drag the XML icon, and drop it into the RSS address/URL field. You may also need to click a "subscribe" link to finish the subscription process.

If you experience any problems reading any of our feeds, please let us know!