OCLC Inc.
OCLC is a global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, pioneers, leaders, and learners. With thousands of library members in more than 100 countries, we come together as OCLC to make information more accessible and more useful. Whether we’re supporting advancements on the leading edge of science or helping children build a strong learning foundation, shared knowledge is the common thread. People can find the answers they need to solve important problems in their lives, in their communities, and in the world. Together we make breakthroughs possible. Both big and small. Because what is known must be shared.www.oclc.org
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Oct 11, 2026
Augustine ThompsonGUEST
One of the things I did is, you know, thank you AI in its primitive form.
Augustine ThompsonGUEST
When I was going to do this, I put into the search engine for OCLC, the online library catalog, which is a comprehensive online library catalog of all the major libraries in the United States and some in Europe.
Augustine ThompsonGUEST
And so I put in Subject, Francis of Assisi.
Augustine ThompsonGUEST
Period.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
Over the next several decades, the system continued to be revised periodically, with new editions being published by the ongoing Forest Press Publishing Company.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
However, this finally changed in 1988 when an Ohio nonprofit now known as OCLC purchased Forest Press, along with the rights to the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
OCLC began in 1967 with the desire to embrace the latest technology of the time, computers.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
The DDC allowed people to easily locate the information they needed, and with the help of computerization, physical boundaries could be overcome as well.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
If libraries openly shared their catalogs electronically, information could be sent between libraries, helping people gain greater access to the information they sought.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
After successfully connecting the libraries in the state of Ohio, the OCLC opened up their membership to other states just over a decade later.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
Once they acquired the DDC, they continued to manage and update it, adding new classifications to fit the new topics that were rapidly emerging.
Heather FosterNARRATOR
In 2000, WebDewey was launched.