WorldCat Services


Collection Sets Highlights

  • Saves time and money
  • Makes collections available more quickly
  • Increasesuse of new and existing materials
  • New sets added continuously

WorldCat Collection Sets

OCLC WorldCat Collection Sets let your library’s users quickly have access to a newly purchased set of microform, nonmicroform, or electronic content by providing a matching, precataloged set of MARC records ready to load into your local system. Your staff is spared the process of cataloging hundreds or thousands of individual titles. And your holdings of the new materials are automatically set in WorldCat, so they are immediately visible to sharing libraries around the world.

“You have it, but no one knows it’s there”

It’s a problem common to libraries, but Collection Sets make your newly acquired content ready to use now—there’s no waiting for your users. You increase visibility and use of the resources, and thusly, user satisfaction.

Behind it, the power of WorldCat

WorldCat Collection Sets automatically registers your holdings of the materials in WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive online union catalog and bibliographic database.

Aligned with major vendors’ collections

More than 300 available WorldCat Collection Sets are based on the offerings of established vendors, and feature complete bibliographic records. New sets are added each week.

Cataloged by OCLC members

Collection Set cataloging has been completed by recognized OCLC member institutions, including many university libraries. As a member institution, you can receive OCLC account credit for contributing a set your staff has cataloged. Collection Sets, however, are available for purchase by any library, not just member institutions.


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