Last month OCLC announced beta testing has begun on their OCLC WorldShare Metadata Record Manager. They are collaborating with pilot libraries in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Spain on this new record management product.

OCLC WorldShare is an enterprise system and according to their news release, WorldShare Metadata Record Manager will be available to libraries using WorldShare Management Services (WMS) beginning in September 2013. In 2014, Record Manager will be available to all OCLC cataloging members using WMS, alternative cloud-based services or traditional integrated library systems.

Their goal is to help libraries maintain their collections and reduce costs in a global environment.