International Coalition of Library Consortia

OCLC Western Service Center
OCLC Western
Website: http://www.oclc.org/western

Brief description

The OCLC Western Service Center serves libraries in the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. OCLC Western trains members on and supports the full range of OCLC products and services. Under the Cooperative Library Services Program, OCLC Western negotiates discounts for members on non-OCLC electronic resources; offers training and consulting services to libraries, museums, archives, and government agencies in digitization and preservation; and offers continuing education programs on a variety of library-related topics.

Legal structure

Primary functions

• Cataloging services
• Electronic content licensing 
• Interlibrary loan/document delivery 
• Preservation
• Training 
• Union lists/shared online catalogs
  

Number and type of member libraries

Academic, Public, School, Special