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WorldCat is an organization established on August 26, 1971[1]. It operates as a website.
The platform serves as a global catalog of library collections. WorldCat was created to facilitate resource sharing and discovery among libraries worldwide.
WorldCat
Summary
WorldCat is a website[1]. WorldCat ranks in the top 4% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- WorldCat is in the country of United States[3].
- WorldCat's instance of is recorded as website[4].
- WorldCat's instance of is recorded as online public access catalog[5].
- WorldCat's instance of is recorded as union catalog[6].
- WorldCat's instance of is recorded as bibliography[7].
- WorldCat's instance of is recorded as database[8].
- WorldCat's instance of is recorded as organization[9].
- WorldCat's owned by is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[10].
- WorldCat's operator is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[11].
- WorldCat's logo image is recorded as WorldCat logo.svg[12].
- WorldCat's headquarters location is recorded as Dublin[13].
- WorldCat's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 176058852[14].
- WorldCat's OCLC number is recorded as 42004954[15].
- WorldCat's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2006000525[16].
- WorldCat's Commons category is recorded as WorldCat[17].
- WorldCat's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[18].
- WorldCat's has part is recorded as Faceted Application of Subject Terminology[19].
- +1971-08-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WorldCat[20].
- WorldCat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04t_ln[21].
- WorldCat's official website is recorded as https://search.worldcat.org/[22].
- WorldCat's official website is recorded as https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat.html[23].
- WorldCat's described at URL is recorded as https://tapor.ca/tools/1243[24].
- WorldCat's described by source is recorded as Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure[25].
- WorldCat's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+5234'}[26].
- WorldCat's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+3756'}[27].
Body
Founding
+1971-08-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WorldCat[20].
Operations
WorldCat's headquarters location is recorded as Dublin[13]. WorldCat's operator is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[11].
Ownership
WorldCat's owned by is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[10].
Why It Matters
WorldCat ranks in the top 4% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2] WorldCat has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] WorldCat is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]