Online Computer Library Center
E397627
Online Computer Library Center is a global nonprofit cooperative organization that provides shared cataloging, interlibrary loan, and other library services and research to help libraries worldwide manage and access information.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Online Computer Library Center canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3900744 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Online Computer Library Center Context triple: [OCLC, fullName, Online Computer Library Center]
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A.
UN Digital Library
The UN Digital Library is an online platform providing comprehensive access to United Nations documents, publications, and archival materials.
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B.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
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C.
SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)
SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) is the main online discovery and catalogue system for accessing the collections of the Bodleian Libraries and other Oxford University libraries.
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D.
Delhi University Library System
The Delhi University Library System is the centralized network of libraries serving the University of Delhi’s colleges and departments, providing access to a vast collection of academic resources and research materials.
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E.
Open Library project
The Open Library project is an online initiative to create a comprehensive, publicly accessible catalog of every book ever published, offering digital borrowing and reading where possible.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Online Computer Library Center Target entity description: Online Computer Library Center is a global nonprofit cooperative organization that provides shared cataloging, interlibrary loan, and other library services and research to help libraries worldwide manage and access information.
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A.
UN Digital Library
The UN Digital Library is an online platform providing comprehensive access to United Nations documents, publications, and archival materials.
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B.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
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C.
SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)
SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) is the main online discovery and catalogue system for accessing the collections of the Bodleian Libraries and other Oxford University libraries.
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D.
Delhi University Library System
The Delhi University Library System is the centralized network of libraries serving the University of Delhi’s colleges and departments, providing access to a vast collection of academic resources and research materials.
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E.
Open Library project
The Open Library project is an online initiative to create a comprehensive, publicly accessible catalog of every book ever published, offering digital borrowing and reading where possible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic utility
ⓘ
library cooperative ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ research organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OCLC ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
bibliographic control
ⓘ
information retrieval ⓘ library automation ⓘ linked data ⓘ metadata standards ⓘ |
| formerName | Ohio College Library Center ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Fred Kilgour ⓘ |
| hasPart |
OCLC
ⓘ
surface form:
OCLC Global Council
OCLC ⓘ
surface form:
OCLC Regional Councils
OCLC ⓘ
surface form:
OCLC Research
|
| hasSlogan | The world’s libraries. Connected. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dublin, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry |
information services
ⓘ
library and information science ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit ⓘ |
| memberOf | library community ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to make information more accessible and useful through cooperation among libraries ⓘ |
| operates |
OCLC
ⓘ
surface form:
WorldCat
|
| operatesIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia-Pacific ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| product |
CONTENTdm
ⓘ
EZproxy ⓘ QuestionPoint ⓘ WorldCat ⓘ WorldCat ⓘ
surface form:
WorldCat Discovery
OCLC ⓘ
surface form:
WorldShare Management Services
|
| purpose | to support libraries in managing and accessing information ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| service |
bibliographic services
ⓘ
discovery services ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ library management services ⓘ library systems development ⓘ metadata services ⓘ research services ⓘ shared cataloging ⓘ |
| website | https://www.oclc.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Online Computer Library Center Description of subject: Online Computer Library Center is a global nonprofit cooperative organization that provides shared cataloging, interlibrary loan, and other library services and research to help libraries worldwide manage and access information.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.